National Hockey League
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Minnesota 5, Nashville 3
When: 8:00 PM ET, Saturday, December 5, 2009
Where: Bridgestone Arena, Nashville, Tennessee
Referees: Kerry Fraser, Brian Pochmara
Linesmen: Shane Heyer, Brian Mach
Attendance: 13145
Final Scoring Summary
 
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Minnesota 2215
Nashville 1023
Scoring/Penalty Summary
1st Period
Scoring
9:27 - Predators Martin Erat (PP) Assists: Ryan Suter
18:16 - Wild Andrew Ebbett (EV) Assists: Martin Havlat , Derek Boogaard
19:48 - Wild James Sheppard (EV) Assists: Nick Schultz , Owen Nolan
Penalties
6:04 - Wild Greg Zanon (2) Hooking
 8:02 - Wild Nick Schultz (2) Kneeing
 12:55 - Wild Jaime Sifers (2) Tripping
 15:40 - Wild Shane Hnidy (2) Interference
2nd Period
Scoring
11:21 - Wild Andrew Brunette (PP) Assists: Martin Havlat
17:37 - Wild Antti Miettinen (EV) Assists: Andrew Brunette , Mikko Koivu
Penalties
10:35 - Predators Cody Franson (2) Holding
 19:56 - Predators David Legwand (2) Holding the stick
3rd Period
Scoring
3:27 - Wild Eric Belanger (PP) Unassisted
9:05 - Predators Jason Arnott (EV) Unassisted
19:48 - Predators Marcel Goc (EV) Assists: Wade Belak
Penalties
2:33 - Predators Jason Arnott (2) Slashing
 6:11 - Predators Jerred Smithson (2) Hooking
 19:56 - Wild Kim Johnsson (2) Delay of game
Minnesota Wild
Player POS G A P +/- PIM SOG SHF TOI EV PP SH PP SH HT BS FW FL FO%
Niklas Backstrom G 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0:00 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Josh Harding G 0 0 0 0 0 60:00 46:53 5:40 7:27 0 0 - - - - -
Marek Zidlicky D 0 0 0 E 0 0 26 22:34 14:18 2:34 5:42 0 0 - - - - -
Kim Johnsson D 0 0 0 +1 2 1 29 20:29 14:10 2:33 3:46 0 0 - - - - -
Greg Zanon D 0 0 0 -2 2 2 26 18:58 15:49 0:00 3:09 0 0 - - - - -
Mikko Koivu C 0 1 1 +1 0 2 25 17:19 10:31 3:20 3:28 0 0 - - 9 11 45
Owen Nolan RW 0 1 1 +1 0 1 21 18:54 15:04 1:49 2:01 0 0 - - 2 0 100
Chuck Kobasew RW 0 0 0 E 0 3 15 12:33 12:02 0:31 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Martin Havlat RW 0 2 2 -1 0 5 19 14:47 10:57 3:50 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Andrew Brunette LW 1 1 2 +1 0 2 20 12:58 9:38 3:20 0:00 1 0 - - - - -
Andrew Ebbett C 1 0 1 E 0 5 18 13:19 12:15 0:00 1:04 0 0 - - 3 7 30
Antti Miettinen RW 1 0 1 +1 0 1 21 15:33 9:24 3:20 2:49 0 0 - - - - -
Kyle Brodziak C 0 0 0 -1 0 4 21 14:31 11:47 0:31 2:13 0 0 - - 13 4 76
Derek Boogaard LW 0 1 1 -1 0 0 13 9:20 8:34 0:46 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Eric Belanger C 1 0 1 +1 0 6 23 16:31 12:24 1:49 2:18 1 0 - - 6 6 50
Jaime Sifers D 0 0 0 E 2 2 23 13:28 13:28 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Shane Hnidy D 0 0 0 +1 2 1 27 21:35 19:06 1:48 0:41 0 0 - - - - -
Guillaume Latendresse RW 0 0 0 E 0 1 18 16:21 14:47 1:34 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
James Sheppard C 1 0 1 +1 0 2 16 13:43 12:53 0:00 0:50 0 0 - - - - -
Nick Schultz D 0 1 1 +2 2 1 27 19:38 17:18 0:35 1:45 0 0 - - - - -
Nashville Predators
Player POS G A P +/- PIM SOG SHF TOI EV PP SH PP SH HT BS FW FL FO%
Pekka Rinne G 0 0 0 0 0 20:00 15:06 0:04 4:50 0 0 - - - - -
Dan Ellis G 0 0 0 0 0 40:00 31:47 7:23 0:50 0 0 - - - - -
Dan Hamhuis D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 20 19:37 15:16 0:00 4:21 0 0 - - - - -
Wade Belak RW 0 1 1 +1 0 0 9 5:49 5:45 0:04 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Shea Weber D 0 0 0 E 0 5 24 21:56 15:13 5:16 1:27 0 0 - - - - -
Kevin Klein D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 23 18:24 15:10 0:04 3:10 0 0 - - - - -
Marcel Goc C 1 0 1 E 0 1 19 12:32 10:33 0:08 1:51 0 0 - - 5 5 50
Martin Erat LW 1 0 1 +1 0 1 21 18:19 12:06 4:29 1:44 1 0 - - 1 1 50
David Legwand C 0 0 0 -2 2 3 24 16:06 12:12 2:50 1:04 0 0 - - 8 5 62
Cal O'Reilly C 0 0 0 E 0 0 13 9:18 8:23 0:00 0:55 0 0 - - 3 6 33
Jason Arnott C 1 0 1 +1 2 6 20 20:51 16:09 4:42 0:00 0 0 - - 5 12 29
Ryan Suter D 0 1 1 E 0 2 26 22:08 14:43 5:16 2:09 0 0 - - - - -
Jordin Tootoo RW 0 0 0 -1 0 2 20 15:18 13:45 0:16 1:17 0 0 - - - - -
Jerred Smithson C 0 0 0 -2 2 4 23 14:41 12:43 0:08 1:50 0 0 - - 6 4 60
Steve Sullivan RW 0 0 0 +1 0 2 19 17:52 15:27 2:25 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Ryan Jones RW 0 0 0 E 0 2 14 10:21 10:09 0:12 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Joel Ward RW 0 0 0 -2 0 0 25 16:45 11:28 2:38 2:39 0 0 - - - - -
Cody Franson D 0 0 0 E 2 0 21 17:41 15:34 2:07 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Francis Bouillon D 0 0 0 E 0 1 22 20:14 17:50 2:11 0:13 0 0 - - - - -
J.P. Dumont RW 0 0 0 E 0 0 17 16:28 11:59 4:29 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Goaltending
Minnesota
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Josh Harding W (9-12-0) 29 26 3 .897 0 60:00
Nashville
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Dan Ellis L (15-13-1) 28 24 4 .857 0 40:00
Pekka Rinne 11 10 1 .909 0 20:00