Nashville Predators vs Minnesota Wild
Regular season · Wednesday, December 2, 2009 · Xcel Energy Center
XM 207 · FS-TN · KSTC
Game summary
The Minnesota Wild beat the Nashville Predators 5-4 in overtime on Wednesday, December 2, 2009 at Xcel Energy Center. The Predators outshot the Wild 35-27.
Jason Arnott scored twice. Marcel Goc, Antti Miettinen, Cal Clutterbuck, Guillaume Latendresse, Steve Sullivan, Mikko Koivu and Andrew Ebbett also scored.
Niklas Backstrom made 31 saves on 35 shots for the win; Pekka Rinne stopped 22 of 27.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Marcel Goc (1)Martin Erat (1), Steve Sullivan (1)1–007:20 NSH
Antti Miettinen (1)Andrew Brunette (1), Mikko Koivu (1)1–110:31 MIN
Cal Clutterbuck (1)Kyle Brodziak (1), Martin Havlat (1)1–214:42 MIN
Jason Arnott (1)J-P Dumont (1), Steve Sullivan (2)2–216:52 NSH
Guillaume Latendresse (1)Kyle Brodziak (2)2–317:28 MIN
2nd period
Steve Sullivan (1)Kevin Klein (1), Jason Arnott (1)3–308:27 NSH
3rd period
- Jason Arnott (2)J-P Dumont (2), Steve Sullivan (3)4–303:42 NSH
Mikko Koivu (1)Andrew Brunette (2), Marek Zidlicky (1)4–413:02 MIN · PPG
OT period
Andrew Ebbett (1)Guillaume Latendresse (1), Greg Zanon (1)4–501:26 MIN
Team stats
NSHMIN
35Shots on goal27
40%Faceoff %60%
0/2Power play1/2
9Penalty minutes9
16Hits23
11Blocked shots9
6Giveaways4
4Takeaways11
Penalties
- 1st 11:53
Derek Boogaard · fighting5 min - 1st 11:53
Wade Belak · fighting5 min - 2nd 09:26Chuck Kobasew · cross checking2 min
- 2nd 13:05Martin Erat · roughing2 min
- 3rd 12:52Francis Bouillon · tripping2 min
- 3rd 17:40Mikko Koivu · hooking2 min
Season series
Nashville Predators
| 26Steve SullivanL | 1 | 3 | 4 | +3 | 3 | 20:43 |
| 19Jason ArnottC | 2 | 1 | 3 | +2 | 2 | 20:37 |
| 71J-P DumontR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +3 | 2 | 16:28 |
| 9Marcel GocC | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 1 | 16:02 |
| 10Martin EratR | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 3 | 19:46 |
| 8Kevin KleinD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 20:57 |
| 3Wade BelakR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 02:23 |
| 11David LegwandC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18:41 |
| 18Mike SantorelliC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 04:53 |
| 22Jordin TootooR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 4 | 15:37 |
| 25Jerred SmithsonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17:05 |
| 27Patric HornqvistR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 07:26 |
| 29Joel WardR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 21:01 |
| 2Dan HamhuisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 20:12 |
| 6Shea WeberD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 25:06 |
| 20Ryan SuterD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 24:58 |
| 32Cody FransonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 4 | 13:05 |
| 51Francis BouillonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 18:34 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35Pekka RinneG | O | 27 | 22 | 5 | .815 | 61:26 |
| 39Dan EllisG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |
Minnesota Wild
| 9Mikko KoivuC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 4 | 19:33 |
| 15Andrew BrunetteL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 1 | 18:01 |
| 21Kyle BrodziakC | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 16:24 |
| 48Guillaume LatendresseL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 3 | 17:13 |
| 14Martin HavlatR | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 1 | 14:49 |
| 16Andrew EbbettC | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 1 | 12:07 |
| 20Antti MiettinenR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 16:24 |
| 22Cal ClutterbuckR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 13:22 |
| 3Marek ZidlickyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 1 | 23:59 |
| 6Greg ZanonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 0 | 23:49 |
| 11Owen NolanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:40 |
| 12Chuck KobasewR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 3 | 12:18 |
| 24Derek BoogaardL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 07:54 |
| 25Eric BelangerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15:18 |
| 5Kim JohnssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 1 | 21:48 |
| 26Jaime SifersD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 14:28 |
| 34Shane HnidyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 15:39 |
| 55Nick SchultzD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 22:59 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 32Niklas BackstromG | W | 35 | 31 | 4 | .886 | 61:26 |
| 37Josh HardingG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |