Nashville Predators vs Philadelphia Flyers
Regular season · Saturday, March 7, 2009 · Wachovia Center
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Game summary
The Philadelphia Flyers beat the Nashville Predators 4–1 on Saturday, March 7, 2009 at Wachovia Center. The Predators outshot the Flyers 32–26.
Joffrey Lupul scored twice. Mike Richards, Martin Erat and Claude Giroux also scored.
Martin Biron made 31 saves on 32 shots for the win; Pekka Rinne stopped 22 of 26.
Scoring
2nd period
Mike Richards (25)Simon Gagne (34), Kimmo Timonen (28)0–100:45 PHI · 
Joffrey Lupul (19)Jeff Carter (30), Randy Jones (3)0–204:22 PHI
3rd period
Martin Erat (16)Shea Weber (23), Ryan Suter (30)1–207:45 NSH- Joffrey Lupul (20)Daniel Carcillo (8), Ryan Parent (2)1–308:51 PHI
Claude Giroux (5)Arron Asham (7)1–416:47 PHI
Team stats
NSHPHI
3226
46%54%
0/41/5
2220
2424
1911
2314
1215
Penalties
- 11:25 into the first period
Jordin Tootoo · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min - 11:25 into the first period
Daniel Carcillo · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min - 12:57 into the first periodBench · too many men on the ice2 min
- 17:14 into the first periodRyan Parent · high sticking2 min
- 17:44 into the first periodSteve Sullivan · high sticking2 min
- 18:57 into the first periodRyan Suter · tripping2 min
- 5:01 into the second periodJoffrey Lupul · interference2 min
- 6:08 into the second periodSteve Sullivan · interference2 min
- 13:01 into the second periodGreg De Vries · fighting5 min
- 13:01 into the second periodDaniel Carcillo · fighting5 min
- 13:03 into the second periodWade Belak · fighting5 min
- 13:03 into the second periodRiley Cote · fighting5 min
- 13:38 into the second periodMike Knuble · roughing2 min
- 11:36 into the third periodRandy Jones · delaying game2 min
- 17:41 into the third periodGreg De Vries · tripping2 min
Nashville Predators
| 10Martin EratR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 17:48 |
| 6Shea WeberD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 4 | 23:12 |
| 20Ryan SuterD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 3 | 23:37 |
| 3Wade BelakR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 05:27 |
| 11David LegwandC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 21:55 |
| 19Jason ArnottC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | 18:51 |
| 22Jordin TootooR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 13:31 |
| 25Jerred SmithsonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:38 |
| 26Steve SullivanL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17:25 |
| 28Ryan JonesL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 07:25 |
| 29Joel WardR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | 15:16 |
| 38Vernon FiddlerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:24 |
| 42Antti PihlstromL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 09:11 |
| 71J-P DumontR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 17:17 |
| 2Dan HamhuisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 23:21 |
| 5Greg ZanonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21:31 |
| 7Greg De VriesD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:01 |
| 8Kevin KleinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 12:22 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35Pekka RinneG | L | 26 | 4 | .846 |
| 39Dan EllisG | 0 | 0 | – |
Philadelphia Flyers
| 15Joffrey LupulL | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 4 | 17:19 |
| 12Simon GagneL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 17:50 |
| 13Daniel CarcilloL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 10:35 |
| 17Jeff CarterC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | 21:54 |
| 18Mike RichardsC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 20:32 |
| 28Claude GirouxC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 13:58 |
| 45Arron AshamR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 09:51 |
| 6Randy JonesD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 16:28 |
| 44Kimmo TimonenD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 23:21 |
| 77Ryan ParentD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 19:48 |
| 14Andreas NodlR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 07:29 |
| 19Scott HartnellL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 17:29 |
| 22Mike KnubleR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20:02 |
| 32Riley CoteL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 04:33 |
| 36Darroll PoweC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 09:32 |
| 5Braydon CoburnD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20:49 |
| 25Matt CarleD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 19:37 |
| 41Andrew AlbertsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | 19:00 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Antero NiittymakiG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 43Martin BironG | W | 32 | 1 | .969 |