Nashville Predators vs Chicago Blackhawks
Regular season · Friday, January 5, 2007 · United Center
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Game summary
The Nashville Predators beat the Chicago Blackhawks 8–3 on Friday, January 5, 2007 at United Center. The Blackhawks outshot the Predators 38–30.
Scott Hartnell scored twice and Tony Salmelainen scored twice. Brandon Bochenski, Paul Kariya, Jason Arnott, Steve Sullivan, David Legwand, Josef Vasicek and Ryan Suter also scored.
Chris Mason made 35 saves on 38 shots for the win; Nikolai Khabibulin stopped 9 of 13.
Scoring
1st period
Scott Hartnell (16)Paul Kariya (30), Jason Arnott (12)1–001:10 NSH
Brandon Bochenski (2)Adrian Aucoin (7)1–111:49 CHI
Paul Kariya (13)David Legwand (18)2–114:53 NSH
Jason Arnott (13)J-P Dumont (22), Steve Sullivan (26)3–119:13 NSH
2nd period
Steve Sullivan (12)Jason Arnott (13), J-P Dumont (23)4–101:13 NSH- Scott Hartnell (17)Paul Kariya (31), Kimmo Timonen (22)5–103:32 NSH
David Legwand (12)Dan Hamhuis (6)6–111:07 NSH
Josef Vasicek (4)Shea Weber (15), Darcy Hordichuk (2)7–112:18 NSH
Tony Salmelainen (4)Bryan Smolinski (17), Jeff Hamilton (10)7–213:39 CHI
Ryan Suter (5)Paul Kariya (32), David Legwand (19)8–216:57 NSH
3rd period
- Tony Salmelainen (5)Patrick Sharp (9), Jim Vandermeer (6)8–317:02 CHI
Team stats
NSHCHI
3038
43%57%
0/50/3
812
813
129
02
20
Penalties
- 5:54 into the first period
Patrick Sharp · slashing2 min - 3:41 into the second periodDuncan Keith · slashing2 min
- 3:41 into the second periodDuncan Keith · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 6:08 into the second periodMichael Holmqvist · hooking2 min
- 8:01 into the second period
Ryan Suter · interference2 min - 8:57 into the second periodDavid Legwand · diving2 min
- 15:28 into the second periodBrent Seabrook · cross checking2 min
- 15:28 into the second periodSteve Sullivan · diving2 min
- 17:45 into the second periodTony Salmelainen · interference2 min
- 12:22 into the third periodShea Weber · tripping2 min
Season series
Nashville Predators
| 9Paul KariyaL | 1 | 3 | 4 | +3 | 3 | 20:04 |
| 11David LegwandC | 1 | 2 | 3 | +3 | 2 | 21:19 |
| 19Jason ArnottC | 1 | 2 | 3 | +3 | 3 | 14:06 |
| 17Scott HartnellL | 2 | 0 | 2 | +3 | 3 | 20:20 |
| 26Steve SullivanL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 2 | 17:03 |
| 71J-P DumontR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 2 | 13:08 |
| 16Darcy HordichukL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 08:28 |
| 63Josef VasicekC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 11:37 |
| 2Dan HamhuisD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 0 | 19:29 |
| 6Shea WeberD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | 16:20 |
| 20Ryan SuterD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 21:16 |
| 44Kimmo TimonenD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | 20:26 |
| 22Jordin TootooR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 09:06 |
| 25Jerred SmithsonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12:23 |
| 38Vernon FiddlerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14:44 |
| 47Alexander RadulovR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 12:05 |
| 3Marek ZidlickyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 1 | 18:02 |
| 5Greg ZanonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21:49 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Chris MasonG | W | 38 | 3 | .921 |
| 49Michael LeightonG | 0 | 0 | – |
Chicago Blackhawks
| 8Tony SalmelainenL | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 2 | 15:06 |
| 10Patrick SharpL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 5 | 17:20 |
| 11Bryan SmolinskiC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 17:17 |
| 20Brandon BochenskiR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 1 | 15:43 |
| 51Jeff HamiltonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 15:52 |
| 23Jim VandermeerD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 19:30 |
| 33Adrian AucoinD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | 17:38 |
| 12Peter BondraR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 12:39 |
| 15Tuomo RuutuL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | 16:00 |
| 16Radim VrbataR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 5 | 11:31 |
| 17Michael HolmqvistC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | 14:57 |
| 19Denis ArkhipovC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 1 | 12:36 |
| 22Martin LapointeR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 0 | 09:59 |
| 49Carl CorazziniC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11:18 |
| 2Duncan KeithD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | 23:04 |
| 5Jassen CullimoreD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 2 | 16:27 |
| 7Brent SeabrookD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17:55 |
| 43James WisniewskiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | 0 | 22:06 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Brian BoucherG | 17 | 4 | .765 | |
| 39Nikolai KhabibulinG | L | 13 | 4 | .692 |