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20/12/2008
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Nashville Predators 4 , San Jose Sharks 3
Shots: 26 - 28
PP: 1 of 6 (10 shots), Passing:61/79=77 %, Challenges:38/42=88 %
PP: 2 of 11 (16 shots), Passing:75/84=89 %, Challenges:46/59=76 %
Attendance: 17298 of 17298 (Gaylord Center)
Ticket income: 503372 Match televised: No
Boxscore for the game:
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07:58 0-1
Ryane Clowe [7] (Joni Pitkänen, Tomas Plihal)
09:16 0-2
Pavol Demitra [17] (Jonathan Cheechoo, Kristopher Letang)PP
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26:14 0-3
Mattias Öhlund [6] (Kristopher Letang, Devin Setoguchi)PP
32:45 1-3
Radek Bonk [4] (Jonathan Blum, Dan Hamhuis)PP
38:08 2-3
Radek Bonk [5] (Jordin Tootoo, Greg de Vries)
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55:01 3-3
Radek Bonk [6] (Greg de Vries, Jonathan Blum)
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62:06 4-3
Jean-Pierre Dumont [19] (Alexander Radulov, Jason Arnott)
Penalty summary:
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01:17
Steve Sullivan (2 min for elbowing)
05:29
Radek Bonk (2 min for boarding)
08:06
David Legwand (2 min for hooking)
09:25
Colin Wilson (2 min for hooking)
11:37
Steve Sullivan (2 min for hooking)
14:02
Mattias Öhlund (2 min for slashing)
18:04
Pavol Demitra (2 min for tripping)
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22:11
Dan Hamhuis (2 min for holding the stick)
25:51
Dan Hamhuis (2 min for slashing)
29:07
Alexander Radulov (2 min for tripping)
31:26
Jarret Stoll (2 min for hooking)
36:01
Jonathan Blum (2 min for high-sticking)
38:55
Kevin Klein (2 min for slashing)
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41:27
Radek Bonk (2 min for tripping)
43:41
Jarret Stoll (2 min for diving)
48:31
Joni Pitkänen (2 min for tripping)
51:43
Jordin Tootoo (5 min for fighting)
51:43
Zdeno Chara (5 min for fighting)
56:06
Joe Thornton (2 min for tripping)
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Nashville Predators scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Jordin Tootoo 0 1 0 0 0 0 5 0 16.50 8
R Brandon Bochenski 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 9.40 7
R Jean-Pierre Dumont 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 7.00 8
R Steve Sullivan 0 0 3 1 0 0 4 0 21.20 7
C Vernon Fiddler 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 -1 5.30 5
C Radek Bonk 3 0 3 0 1 2 4 2 19.20 9
C Jason Arnott 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 21.50 7
C David Legwand 0 0 3 0 1 0 2 0 22.50 7
L Jan Hlavac 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 5.00 5
L Colin Wilson 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 1 9.40 6
L Alexander Radulov 0 1 2 0 0 0 2 1 7.00 5
L Martin Erat 0 0 5 1 0 0 0 0 20.10 8
D Kevin Klein 0 0 0 3 0 2 2 1 9.40 7
D Shea Weber 0 0 2 4 0 3 0 1 25.40 8
D Dan Hamhuis 0 1 0 2 0 1 4 0 26.50 8
D Greg de Vries 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 2 19.10 7
D Jonathan Blum 0 2 1 0 0 0 2 1 12.50 7
D Ryan Suter 0 0 1 4 0 3 0 -1 30.10 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Dan Ellis 3 0 25 0 0 62.00 7
G Pekka Rinne 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
San Jose Sharks scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Mike Grier 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 16.00 7
R Steve Bernier 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 -1 6.50 4
R Pavol Demitra 1 0 3 2 1 0 2 -2 15.30 7
R Jarret Stoll 0 0 5 2 2 0 4 0 20.40 7
C Tomas Plihal 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 7.30 6
C Curtis Brown 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 -1 6.50 5
C Devin Setoguchi 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 -2 17.50 7
C Evgeny Malkin 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 21.30 7
L Ryane Clowe 1 0 2 0 3 0 0 1 16.00 7
L Vyacheslav Kozlov 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 -1 6.50 5
L Jonathan Cheechoo 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 -2 16.30 6
L Joe Thornton 0 0 4 3 1 1 2 0 22.50 9
D Keith Yandle 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 6.50 5
D Mattias Öhlund 1 0 3 0 1 0 2 -2 27.10 8
D Joni Pitkänen 0 1 2 2 0 0 2 1 28.10 8
D Kyle McLaren 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 12.00 5
D Kristopher Letang 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 -2 23.40 7
D Zdeno Chara 0 0 1 1 0 0 5 1 26.30 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Kari Lehtonen 4 0 22 0 0 62.00 5
G Tyson Sexsmith 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Radek Bonk
2nd star: Jordin Tootoo
3rd star: Jean-Pierre Dumont
Notes for Nashville Predators:
-Dan Hamhuis notched his 20th assist of the season.
-Radek Bonk finally ended his 25 game goal drought.
Notes for San Jose Sharks:
-Jarret Stoll had his 5 game goal streak snapped.
-Jarret Stoll had his 5 game point streak snapped.
-Evgeny Malkin had his 13 game point streak snapped.
Other notes:
-Zdeno Chara beat Jordin Tootoo in a fight.
Farm game result:
Milwaukee Admirals 9( 50) , Cleveland Barons 0( 4)
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1-0
Patric Hörnqvist
2-0
Blake Geoffrion (Ryan Jones, Patric Hörnqvist)
3-0
Scott Nichol (Greg Zanon)
4-0
Matt Ellison (Chris Durno)
5-0
Joel Ward (Blake Geoffrion, Drew MacIntyre)
6-0
Nick Spaling (Richard Stehlik, Wade Belak)
7-0
Ryan Jones (Ville Koistinen, Rich Peverley)
8-0
Nolan Yonkman (Patric Hörnqvist)
9-0
Wade Belak (Patric Hörnqvist)
Goalies: Drew MacIntyre - Taylor Dakers