Nashville Predators vs Atlanta Thrashers
Regular season · Friday, November 28, 2008 · Philips Arena
XM 206 · FS-TN · SPSO
Game summary
The Nashville Predators beat the Atlanta Thrashers 4–3 in overtime on Friday, November 28, 2008 at Philips Arena. The Predators outshot the Thrashers 26–25.
Goals came from Dan Hamhuis, Todd White, Scott Nichol, Nathan Oystrick, Jason Arnott, Ilya Kovalchuk and Ryan Suter.
Pekka Rinne made 22 saves on 25 shots for the win; Johan Hedberg stopped 22 of 26.
Scoring
1st period
Dan Hamhuis (2)Vernon Fiddler (2), Scott Nichol (5)1–008:39 NSH · 
Todd White (7)Unassisted1–116:39 ATL
2nd period
Scott Nichol (3)Dan Hamhuis (6)2–100:42 NSH
Nathan Oystrick (2)Eric Perrin (5), Jason Williams (5)2–210:06 ATL
3rd period
Jason Arnott (11)Jerred Smithson (3), Jordin Tootoo (2)3–206:21 NSH
Ilya Kovalchuk (8)Nathan Oystrick (2), Jason Williams (6)3–310:26 ATL
Overtime
Ryan Suter (3)Shea Weber (12), Pekka Rinne (1)4–301:44 NSH
Team stats
NSHATL
2625
58%42%
0/30/4
86
1512
911
512
818
Penalties
- 4:49 into the first period
Radek Bonk · hooking2 min - 8:12 into the first periodJoel Ward · hooking2 min
- 9:35 into the first period
Bench · too many men on the ice2 min - 18:26 into the first periodDan Hamhuis · tripping2 min
- 5:31 into the second periodRadek Bonk · high sticking2 min
- 13:34 into the second periodGarnet Exelby · interference2 min
- 19:54 into the second periodNiclas Havelid · slashing2 min
Season series
Nashville Predators
| 12Scott NicholC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 1 | 11:04 |
| 2Dan HamhuisD | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 21:14 |
| 19Jason ArnottC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 19:53 |
| 22Jordin TootooR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 4 | 11:34 |
| 25Jerred SmithsonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | 14:22 |
| 38Vernon FiddlerC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 10:08 |
| 6Shea WeberD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 25:05 |
| 20Ryan SuterD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 23:27 |
| 3Wade BelakR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 06:36 |
| 10Martin EratR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 19:55 |
| 11David LegwandC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 17:04 |
| 14Radek BonkC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 16:54 |
| 29Joel WardR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 16:25 |
| 42Antti PihlstromL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13:55 |
| 71J-P DumontR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | 17:27 |
| 4Ville KoistinenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:02 |
| 5Greg ZanonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | 20:28 |
| 7Greg De VriesD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18:28 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35Pekka RinneG | W | 25 | 3 | .880 |
| 39Dan EllisG | 0 | 0 | – |
Atlanta Thrashers
| 14Jason WilliamsC | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 19:20 |
| 7Nathan OystrickD | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 16:21 |
| 11Eric PerrinC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 18:39 |
| 12Todd WhiteC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 17:21 |
| 17Ilya KovalchukL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 21:29 |
| 10Bryan LittleC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 18:23 |
| 13Vyacheslav KozlovL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | 17:34 |
| 19Marty ReasonerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14:38 |
| 20Colby ArmstrongR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:31 |
| 23Jim SlaterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:24 |
| 27Chris ThorburnR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 09:58 |
| 36Eric BoultonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 06:20 |
| 42Joey CrabbR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 09:21 |
| 2Garnet ExelbyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17:15 |
| 6Ron HainseyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 24:35 |
| 18Mathieu SchneiderD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 20:16 |
| 28Niclas HavelidD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 18:47 |
| 39Toby EnstromD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | 24:49 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Johan HedbergG | O | 26 | 4 | .846 |
| 31Ondrej PavelecG | 0 | 0 | – |