Nashville Predators vs Minnesota Wild
Regular season · Saturday, October 7, 2006 · Xcel Energy Center
FS-CR (HD) · FS-N
Game summary
The Minnesota Wild beat the Nashville Predators 6–5 on Saturday, October 7, 2006 at Xcel Energy Center. The Wild outshot the Predators 34–30.
Goals came from Mikko Lehtonen, Steve Sullivan, Pavol Demitra, Marian Gaborik, Scott Hartnell, Mark Parrish, Mikko Koivu, Marek Zidlicky, Todd White, Martin Erat and Brian Rolston.
Niklas Backstrom made 17 saves on 19 shots for the win; Tomas Vokoun stopped 28 of 34.
Scoring
1st period
Mikko Lehtonen (1)J-P Dumont (1), Ryan Suter (3)1–001:41 NSH
Steve Sullivan (2)Unassisted2–003:59 NSH · 
Pavol Demitra (1)Marian Gaborik (2), Brian Rolston (1)2–106:54 MIN · 
Marian Gaborik (2)Kurtis Foster (2)2–209:01 MIN · 
Scott Hartnell (1)J-P Dumont (2), David Legwand (2)3–210:05 NSH ·
2nd period
Mark Parrish (1)Kim Johnsson (1)3–314:55 MIN ·
3rd period
Mikko Koivu (1)Pierre-Marc Bouchard (2), Brian Rolston (2)3–401:53 MIN · 
Marek Zidlicky (1)Jason Arnott (1), Steve Sullivan (2)4–405:21 NSH
Todd White (2)Petteri Nummelin (1), Pavol Demitra (3)4–508:01 MIN · 
Martin Erat (1)Steve Sullivan (3)5–510:34 NSH · 
Brian Rolston (1)Pierre-Marc Bouchard (3), Kurtis Foster (3)5–618:49 MIN
Team stats
NSHMIN
3034
54%46%
2/75/8
1614
1411
1317
610
37
Penalties
- 3:17 into the first period
Paul Kariya · delaying game2 min - 5:54 into the first periodDan Hamhuis · interference2 min
- 8:24 into the first periodScott Hartnell · tripping2 min
- 9:39 into the first period
Pascal Dupuis · hooking2 min - 11:11 into the first periodPierre-Marc Bouchard · hooking2 min
- 18:09 into the first periodKim Johnsson · interference2 min
- 8:24 into the second periodDerek Boogaard · cross checking2 min
- 10:12 into the second periodMarian Gaborik · hooking2 min
- 12:57 into the second periodTomas Vokoun · delaying game illegal play by goalie2 min
- 17:22 into the second periodJason Arnott · holding2 min
- 18:57 into the second periodScott Nichol · hooking2 min
- 1:44 into the third periodRyan Suter · interference2 min
- 6:33 into the third periodMartin Erat · slashing2 min
- 9:12 into the third periodBrian Rolston · cross checking2 min
- 11:55 into the third periodKurtis Foster · tripping2 min
Season series
Nashville Predators
| 26Steve SullivanL | 1 | 2 | 3 | +3 | 1 | 16:50 |
| 71J-P DumontR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 3 | 15:45 |
| 10Martin EratR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 3 | 21:04 |
| 11David LegwandC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 17:09 |
| 17Scott HartnellL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 15:36 |
| 19Jason ArnottC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | 17:18 |
| 3Marek ZidlickyD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 19:14 |
| 20Ryan SuterD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 17:12 |
| 42Mikko LehtonenD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 09:14 |
| 9Paul KariyaL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | 23:24 |
| 12Scott NicholC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 11:24 |
| 16Darcy HordichukL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 04:19 |
| 22Jordin TootooR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 04:29 |
| 25Jerred SmithsonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11:04 |
| 63Josef VasicekC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 18:01 |
| 2Dan HamhuisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 25:22 |
| 6Shea WeberD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:49 |
| 44Kimmo TimonenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 26:02 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29Tomas VokounG | L | 34 | 6 | .824 |
| 30Chris MasonG | 0 | 0 | – |
Minnesota Wild
| 12Brian RolstonR | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 6 | 22:31 |
| 10Marian GaborikR | 1 | 1 | 2 | −2 | 5 | 21:16 |
| 38Pavol DemitraR | 1 | 1 | 2 | −2 | 3 | 21:21 |
| 96Pierre-Marc BouchardC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 2 | 15:00 |
| 26Kurtis FosterD | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 23:37 |
| 9Mikko KoivuC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 3 | 08:28 |
| 21Mark ParrishR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 1 | 14:28 |
| 28Todd WhiteC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 17:15 |
| 5Kim JohnssonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 1 | 20:26 |
| 33Petteri NummelinD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 16:51 |
| 11Pascal DupuisR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:46 |
| 19Stephane VeilleuxL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 08:56 |
| 24Derek BoogaardL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 03:43 |
| 37Wes WalzC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:55 |
| 92Branko RadivojevicR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 07:19 |
| 3Keith CarneyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:01 |
| 41Martin SkoulaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 21:18 |
| 55Nick SchultzD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | 18:04 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 32Niklas BackstromG | W | 19 | 2 | .895 |
| 35Manny FernandezG | 11 | 3 | .727 |