Nashville Predators vs Minnesota Wild

Regular season · Tuesday, December 18, 2007 · Xcel Energy Center

NashvillePredatorsAway

2–3

32–31

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XM 239 · FS-CR (HD) · KSTC

Game summary

The Minnesota Wild beat the Nashville Predators 3–2 on Tuesday, December 18, 2007 at Xcel Energy Center. The Predators outshot the Wild 32–31.

Goals came from Jason Arnott, J-P Dumont, Marian Gaborik, Eric Belanger and Brian Rolston.

Josh Harding made 30 saves on 32 shots for the win; Dan Ellis stopped 28 of 31.

Goals
NSH	1	1	0	2	32
MIN	0	0	3	3	31

Scoring

1st period

Jason Arnott (9)Ryan Suter (9)1–008:49 NSH

2nd period

J-P Dumont (8)Martin Erat (17), Jason Arnott (14)2–011:25 NSH ·

3rd period

Marian Gaborik (13)Pavol Demitra (10), Pierre-Marc Bouchard (18)2–100:41 MIN
Eric Belanger (8)Pierre-Marc Bouchard (19), Brent Burns (9)2–206:54 MIN
Brian Rolston (12)Eric Belanger (13), Brent Burns (10)2–318:52 MIN

Team stats

NSHMIN

3231

61%39%

1/50/5

1210

810

199

29

35

Penalties

9:37 into the first periodSean Hill · hooking2 min
13:40 into the first periodDan Hamhuis · hooking2 min
16:42 into the first periodDominic Moore · high sticking2 min
7:15 into the second periodVernon Fiddler · tripping2 min
10:49 into the second periodMatt Foy · hooking2 min
18:40 into the second periodRadek Bonk · cross checking2 min
0:41 into the third periodJerred Smithson · tripping2 min
7:12 into the third periodMatt Foy · hooking2 min
8:00 into the third periodRyan Suter · tripping2 min
9:08 into the third periodNick Schultz · interference2 min
19:51 into the third periodShea Weber · hooking2 min

Season series

Nashville Predators

Nashville Predators skaters

19Jason ArnottC	1	1	2	0	3	0	0	0	50	19:00
10Martin EratR	0	1	1	+1	4	0	0	0	–	20:23
71J-P DumontR	1	0	1	−1	5	0	0	0	–	11:38
20Ryan SuterD	0	1	1	+1	2	1	2	2	–	20:12
11David LegwandC	0	0	0	−1	4	0	0	0	60	16:59
12Scott NicholC	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	80	11:36
14Radek BonkC	0	0	0	−1	2	0	0	2	81	13:51
22Jordin TootooR	0	0	0	+1	1	0	0	0	–	13:49
23Martin GelinasL	0	0	0	−1	1	1	1	0	–	16:34
25Jerred SmithsonC	0	0	0	−1	0	0	1	2	33	08:24
38Vernon FiddlerC	0	0	0	−1	1	0	0	2	–	12:29
41Jed OrtmeyerR	0	0	0	−1	3	1	0	0	–	12:12
47Alexander RadulovR	0	0	0	−1	2	0	2	0	–	13:30
2Dan HamhuisD	0	0	0	−1	1	0	0	2	–	20:49
3Marek ZidlickyD	0	0	0	−2	0	1	3	0	–	19:45
5Greg ZanonD	0	0	0	−3	0	0	3	0	–	20:03
6Shea WeberD	0	0	0	+1	0	3	3	2	–	19:47
7Greg De VriesD	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	–	19:38

Nashville Predators goalies
Goalie
30Chris MasonG		0	0	0	–	–
39Dan EllisG	L	31	28	3	.903	59:12

Minnesota Wild

Minnesota Wild skaters

25Eric BelangerC	1	1	2	+2	4	0	1	0	53	17:56
96Pierre-Marc BouchardC	0	2	2	+3	2	0	1	0	–	15:20
8Brent BurnsD	0	2	2	+3	4	1	0	0	–	25:35
10Marian GaborikR	1	0	1	+1	5	1	0	0	–	19:13
12Brian RolstonR	1	0	1	+3	5	0	0	0	100	21:39
38Pavol DemitraR	0	1	1	+1	2	0	0	0	38	23:05
15James SheppardC	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	–	10:38
18Dominic MooreC	0	0	0	−1	0	0	0	2	50	08:27
19Stephane VeilleuxL	0	0	0	−1	0	1	0	0	–	15:08
21Mark ParrishR	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	–	17:41
34Aaron VorosL	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	–	08:38
83Matt FoyR	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	–	06:35
92Branko RadivojevicR	0	0	0	−1	2	0	1	0	–	13:39
3Keith CarneyD	0	0	0	+1	1	0	0	0	–	15:51
5Kim JohnssonD	0	0	0	0	2	1	2	0	–	23:27
6Sean HillD	0	0	0	−1	0	0	0	2	–	10:51
41Martin SkoulaD	0	0	0	0	1	3	1	0	–	17:52
55Nick SchultzD	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	2	–	20:04

Minnesota Wild goalies
Goalie
29Josh HardingG	W	32	30	2	.938	59:45
32Niklas BackstromG		0	0	0	–	–