Colorado Avalanche vs Nashville Predators
Regular season · Sunday, March 17, 2002 · Gaylord Entertainment Center
Game summary
The Colorado Avalanche beat the Nashville Predators 5-4 on Sunday, March 17, 2002 at Gaylord Entertainment Center. The Predators outshot the Avalanche 28-21.
Martin Skoula scored twice. Radim Vrbata, Vladimir Orszagh, Martin Erat, Steve Reinprecht, Scott Hartnell, Ville Nieminen and Greg Johnson also scored.
David Aebischer made 24 saves on 28 shots for the win; Mike Dunham stopped 16 of 21.
Scoring
1st period
Radim Vrbata (14)Steve Reinprecht (25), Joe Sakic (46)1–003:18 COL
Vladimir Orszagh (13)Martin Erat (18), Andy Berenzweig (6)1–106:46 NSH
Martin Erat (8)Vladimir Orszagh (19), Andy Delmore (15)1–210:05 NSH · PPG
Martin Skoula (8)Rob Blake (35), Ville Nieminen (13)2–214:28 COL · PPG
Steve Reinprecht (14)Joe Sakic (47), Martin Skoula (17)3–219:24 COL
2nd period
- Martin Skoula (9)Ville Nieminen (14), Rob Blake (36)4–208:58 COL · PPG
Scott Hartnell (10)Petr Tenkrat (13), Jere Karalahti (2)4–316:21 NSH
3rd period
Ville Nieminen (10)Steve Reinprecht (26), Joe Sakic (48)5–311:23 COL
Greg Johnson (16)Steve Dubinsky (1), Andy Delmore (16)5–412:42 NSH
Team stats
COLNSH
21Shots on goal28
47%Faceoff %53%
2/4Power play1/5
14Penalty minutes8
28Hits25
13Blocked shots4
8Giveaways8
13Takeaways11
Penalties
- 1st 04:44
Steve Moore · tripping obstruction2 min - 1st 07:03
Vladimir Orszagh · hooking obstruction2 min - 1st 08:19Chris Drury · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 1st 13:04Scott Hartnell · roughing2 min
- 2nd 07:09Scott Hartnell · high sticking2 min
- 2nd 17:08Brian Willsie · diving2 min
- 2nd 20:00Rob Blake · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 3rd 12:49Vladimir Orszagh · high sticking2 min
- 3rd 14:28Pascal Trepanier · interference2 min
- 3rd 20:00Rob Blake · high sticking2 min
- 3rd 20:00Rob Blake · high sticking2 min
Season series
Colorado Avalanche
| 10Ville NieminenL | 1 | 2 | 3 | +1 | 4 | 14:55 |
| 19Joe SakicC | 0 | 3 | 3 | +2 | 0 | 21:16 |
| 28Steve ReinprechtC | 1 | 2 | 3 | +3 | 3 | 20:27 |
| 41Martin SkoulaD | 2 | 1 | 3 | -1 | 3 | 24:24 |
| 4Rob BlakeD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 2 | 29:26 |
| 17Radim VrbataR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 16:04 |
| 9Brad LarsenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10:36 |
| 12Mike KeaneR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 18:16 |
| 18Chris DruryC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 13:54 |
| 27Scott ParkerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 05:53 |
| 29Eric MessierL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 | 19:47 |
| 36Steve MooreC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 05:35 |
| 40Alex TanguayL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:28 |
| 50Brian WillsieR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 08:06 |
| 2Bryan MuirD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 15:09 |
| 6Rick BerryD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 09:49 |
| 7Greg De VriesD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | 28:18 |
| 11Pascal TrepanierD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 13:39 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1David AebischerG | W | 28 | 24 | 4 | .857 | 60:00 |
| 33Patrick RoyG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |
Nashville Predators
| 19Martin EratR | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 18:04 |
| 33Vladimir OrszaghL | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 22:37 |
| 5Andy DelmoreD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 6 | 17:13 |
| 14Steve DubinskyR | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 17:37 |
| 15Petr TenkratR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 16:34 |
| 17Scott HartnellL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 5 | 19:28 |
| 22Greg JohnsonC | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 3 | 17:42 |
| 16Jere KaralahtiD | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 3 | 13:30 |
| 26Andy BerenzweigD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 08:33 |
| 11David LegwandC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 17:14 |
| 12Reid SimpsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 05:33 |
| 20Nathan PerrottR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 05:10 |
| 25Denis ArkhipovC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19:08 |
| 43Vitali YachmenevR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 14:16 |
| 3Karlis SkrastinsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 15:10 |
| 23Bill HoulderD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | 19:30 |
| 32Cale HulseD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 20:02 |
| 44Kimmo TimonenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26:02 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Mike DunhamG | L | 21 | 16 | 5 | .762 | 59:24 |
| 29Tomas VokounG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |