Nashville Predators vs Edmonton Oilers
Regular season · Tuesday, March 4, 2008 · Rexall Place
PPV · XM 208
Game summary
The Nashville Predators beat the Edmonton Oilers 5–1 on Tuesday, March 4, 2008 at Rexall Place. The Oilers outshot the Predators 30–24.
Martin Erat scored a hat trick. J-P Dumont, Tom Gilbert and Ville Koistinen also scored.
Dan Ellis made 29 saves on 30 shots for the win; Mathieu Garon stopped 9 of 12.
Scoring
1st period
J-P Dumont (25)Ville Koistinen (12), Jason Arnott (39)1–000:55 NSH
Martin Erat (19)Jan Hlavac (14), Marek Zidlicky (35)2–003:48 NSH- Martin Erat (20)David Legwand (29), Jan Hlavac (15)3–013:09 NSH
2nd period
- Martin Erat (21)Shea Weber (9), Ryan Suter (21)4–000:54 NSH
Tom Gilbert (10)Robert Nilsson (22), Fernando Pisani (6)4–105:45 EDM
Ville Koistinen (4)Vernon Fiddler (20)5–109:33 NSH
Team stats
NSHEDM
2430
54%46%
0/20/4
2824
912
1311
819
63
Penalties
- 6:07 into the first period
Jerred Smithson · interference goalkeeper2 min - 3:16 into the second period
Steve Staios · fighting5 min - 3:16 into the second periodSteve Staios · game misconduct10 min
- 3:16 into the second periodZack Stortini · fighting5 min
- 3:16 into the second periodJerred Smithson · fighting5 min
- 3:16 into the second periodJerred Smithson · game misconduct10 min
- 3:16 into the second periodDarcy Hordichuk · fighting5 min
- 3:28 into the second periodDavid Legwand · holding2 min
- 10:40 into the second periodShea Weber · interference2 min
- 14:28 into the second periodJoni Pitkanen · holding2 min
- 1:14 into the third periodMarty Reasoner · hooking2 min
- 12:46 into the third periodShea Weber · cross checking2 min
Season series
Nashville Predators
| 10Martin EratR | 3 | 0 | 3 | +3 | 3 | 16:17 |
| 17Jan HlavacL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 0 | 18:29 |
| 4Ville KoistinenD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +4 | 1 | 17:07 |
| 11David LegwandC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | 18:47 |
| 19Jason ArnottC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 15:53 |
| 38Vernon FiddlerC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 12:39 |
| 71J-P DumontR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 14:44 |
| 3Marek ZidlickyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +4 | 1 | 21:06 |
| 6Shea WeberD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 21:25 |
| 20Ryan SuterD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 23:27 |
| 12Scott NicholC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 14:46 |
| 14Radek BonkC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:29 |
| 16Darcy HordichukL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 10:48 |
| 22Jordin TootooR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 14:41 |
| 25Jerred SmithsonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 03:49 |
| 47Alexander RadulovR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 16:21 |
| 2Dan HamhuisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 19:26 |
| 7Greg De VriesD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 17:48 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Chris MasonG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 39Dan EllisG | W | 30 | 1 | .967 |
Edmonton Oilers
| 12Robert NilssonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 19:18 |
| 34Fernando PisaniR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 4 | 15:20 |
| 77Tom GilbertD | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 1 | 22:32 |
| 8Geoff SandersonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 0 | 01:25 |
| 13Andrew CoglianoL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18:08 |
| 16Jarret StollC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 16:41 |
| 19Marty ReasonerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | 0 | 10:35 |
| 20Curtis GlencrossL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:24 |
| 27Dustin PennerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17:03 |
| 46Zack StortiniR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 11:19 |
| 51Kyle BrodziakC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 15:38 |
| 83Ales HemskyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 20:03 |
| 89Sam GagnerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | 19:45 |
| 2Matt GreeneD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 20:33 |
| 24Steve StaiosD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | 09:23 |
| 25Joni PitkanenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 2 | 24:51 |
| 36Mathieu RoyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 15:20 |
| 37Denis GrebeshkovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23:47 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 32Mathieu GaronG | L | 12 | 3 | .750 |
| 35Dwayne RolosonG | 12 | 2 | .833 |