Nashville Predators vs Columbus Blue Jackets

Regular season · Thursday, December 4, 2003 · Nationwide Arena

4–2

24–39

Game summary

The Nashville Predators beat the Columbus Blue Jackets 4–2 on Thursday, December 4, 2003 at Nationwide Arena. The Blue Jackets outshot the Predators 39–24.

Goals came from Rem Murray, Scott Hartnell, Greg Johnson, Nikolay Zherdev, Rick Nash and Scott Walker.

Tomas Vokoun made 37 saves on 39 shots for the win; Marc Denis stopped 20 of 23.

Goals
NSH	0	2	2	4	24
CBJ	0	0	2	2	39

Scoring

2nd period

Rem Murray (4)Jason York (4)1–002:58 NSH
Scott Hartnell (9)David Legwand (12)2–003:19 NSH

3rd period

Greg Johnson (7)Unassisted3–013:29 NSH
Nikolay Zherdev (1)Aaron Johnson (1), Anders Eriksson (4)3–114:28 CBJ
Rick Nash (17)Nikolay Zherdev (1), Geoff Sanderson (9)3–219:39 CBJ
Scott Walker (7)Unassisted4–219:44 NSH ·

Team stats

NSHCBJ

2439

43%57%

0/40/3

418

910

Penalties

15:23 into the first periodRick Nash · interference2 min
0:34 into the second periodRick Nash · slashing2 min
5:24 into the second periodVladimir Orszagh · hooking2 min
9:16 into the second periodDarryl Sydor · hooking2 min
19:41 into the second periodDerrick Walser · hooking2 min
1:45 into the third periodDavid Legwand · interference2 min
8:58 into the third periodMartin Erat · tripping2 min

Season series

Nashville Predators

Nashville Predators skaters

11David LegwandC	0	1	1	+1	2	1	0	2	47	16:21
15Rem MurrayL	1	0	1	+2	1	0	0	0	50	19:28
17Scott HartnellL	1	0	1	+1	4	0	0	0	–	18:02
22Greg JohnsonC	1	0	1	+2	2	0	1	0	50	20:03
24Scott WalkerR	1	0	1	+2	4	0	0	0	–	20:02
27Jason YorkD	0	1	1	+3	1	0	0	0	–	20:12
10Martin EratR	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	50	15:49
18Adam HallR	0	0	0	+1	1	0	0	0	100	17:50
19Jim McKenzieL	0	0	0	−1	0	0	0	0	–	04:07
25Denis ArkhipovC	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	29	15:59
33Vladimir OrszaghL	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	–	15:58
38Vernon FiddlerC	0	0	0	−1	1	0	0	0	29	05:36
55Jordin TootooR	0	0	0	−1	0	0	0	0	100	04:07
2Dan HamhuisD	0	0	0	0	3	1	2	0	–	21:44
3Marek ZidlickyD	0	0	0	−1	0	1	1	0	–	18:50
4Mark EatonD	0	0	0	+2	1	0	2	0	–	22:37
23Jamie AllisonD	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	–	12:00
44Kimmo TimonenD	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	–	24:22

Nashville Predators goalies
Goalie
29Tomas VokounG	W	39	37	2	.949	60:00
30Chris MasonG		0	0	0	–	–

Columbus Blue Jackets

Columbus Blue Jackets skaters

13Nikolay ZherdevR	1	1	2	−1	5	0	1	0	–	16:41
8Geoff SandersonL	0	1	1	−1	5	1	0	0	–	14:24
61Rick NashL	1	0	1	0	9	4	0	4	–	19:38
2Anders ErikssonD	0	1	1	+1	1	2	1	0	–	22:32
47Aaron JohnsonD	0	1	1	−1	2	0	0	0	–	11:57
9David VybornyR	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	50	21:21
10Trevor LetowskiR	0	0	0	−1	4	2	0	0	–	17:17
17David LingR	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	–	08:00
20Lasse PirjetaL	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	–	09:08
25Andrew CasselsC	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	56	22:21
26Todd MarchantC	0	0	0	−1	0	0	1	0	58	17:51
27Manny MalhotraC	0	0	0	−1	1	2	0	0	65	11:39
28Tyler WrightC	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	43	11:58
32Kent McDonellR	0	0	0	−1	0	0	0	0	100	05:09
5Darryl SydorD	0	0	0	−1	3	0	2	2	–	21:50
7Scott LachanceD	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	–	22:33
23Derrick WalserD	0	0	0	−1	2	0	1	2	–	19:45
24Todd RohloffD	0	0	0	−2	1	2	1	0	–	18:03

Columbus Blue Jackets goalies
Goalie
30Marc DenisG	L	23	20	3	.870	59:28
40Fred BrathwaiteG		0	0	0	–	–