Minnesota Wild vs Nashville Predators
Regular season · Saturday, December 5, 2009 · Sommet Center
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Game summary
The Minnesota Wild beat the Nashville Predators 5-3 on Saturday, December 5, 2009 at Sommet Center. The Wild outshot the Predators 39-29.
Goals came from Martin Erat, Andrew Ebbett, James Sheppard, Andrew Brunette, Antti Miettinen, Eric Belanger, Jason Arnott and Marcel Goc.
Josh Harding made 26 saves on 29 shots for the win; Dan Ellis stopped 24 of 28.
Scoring
1st period
Martin Erat (1)Ryan Suter (1)0–109:27 NSH · PPG
Andrew Ebbett (1)Martin Havlat (1), Derek Boogaard (1)1–118:16 MIN
James Sheppard (1)Nick Schultz (1), Owen Nolan (1)2–119:48 MIN
2nd period
Andrew Brunette (1)Martin Havlat (2)3–111:21 MIN · PPG
Antti Miettinen (1)Andrew Brunette (1), Mikko Koivu (1)4–117:37 MIN
3rd period
Eric Belanger (1)Unassisted5–103:27 MIN · PPG
Jason Arnott (1)Unassisted5–209:05 NSH
Marcel Goc (1)Wade Belak (1)5–319:48 NSH
Team stats
MINNSH
39Shots on goal29
54%Faceoff %46%
2/4Power play1/5
10Penalty minutes8
8Hits22
16Blocked shots14
6Giveaways15
15Takeaways6
Penalties
- 1st 06:04
Greg Zanon · hooking2 min - 1st 08:02Nick Schultz · kneeing2 min
- 1st 12:55Jaime Sifers · tripping2 min
- 1st 15:40Shane Hnidy · interference2 min
- 2nd 10:35
Cody Franson · holding2 min - 2nd 19:56David Legwand · holding the stick2 min
- 3rd 02:33Jason Arnott · slashing2 min
- 3rd 06:11Jerred Smithson · hooking2 min
- 3rd 19:56Kim Johnsson · delaying game puck over glass2 min
Season series
Minnesota Wild
| 14Martin HavlatR | 0 | 2 | 2 | -1 | 5 | 14:47 |
| 15Andrew BrunetteL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 2 | 12:58 |
| 9Mikko KoivuC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 17:19 |
| 11Owen NolanR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 18:54 |
| 16Andrew EbbettC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 13:19 |
| 20Antti MiettinenR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 15:33 |
| 24Derek BoogaardL | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 09:20 |
| 25Eric BelangerC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 6 | 16:31 |
| 51James SheppardC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 13:43 |
| 55Nick SchultzD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | 19:38 |
| 12Chuck KobasewR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 12:33 |
| 21Kyle BrodziakC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 | 14:31 |
| 48Guillaume LatendresseL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:21 |
| 3Marek ZidlickyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22:34 |
| 5Kim JohnssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 20:29 |
| 6Greg ZanonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 18:58 |
| 26Jaime SifersD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13:28 |
| 34Shane HnidyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 21:35 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 32Niklas BackstromG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 37Josh HardingG | W | 29 | 26 | 3 | .897 | 60:00 |
Nashville Predators
| 3Wade BelakR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 05:49 |
| 9Marcel GocC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 12:32 |
| 10Martin EratR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 18:19 |
| 19Jason ArnottC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 6 | 20:51 |
| 20Ryan SuterD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 22:08 |
| 11David LegwandC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 3 | 16:06 |
| 16Cal O'ReillyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 09:18 |
| 22Jordin TootooR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 15:18 |
| 25Jerred SmithsonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 4 | 14:41 |
| 26Steve SullivanL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 17:52 |
| 28Ryan JonesL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10:21 |
| 29Joel WardR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 16:45 |
| 71J-P DumontR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:28 |
| 2Dan HamhuisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 19:37 |
| 6Shea WeberD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 21:56 |
| 8Kevin KleinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 18:24 |
| 32Cody FransonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:41 |
| 51Francis BouillonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20:14 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35Pekka RinneG | 11 | 10 | 1 | .909 | 20:00 | |
| 39Dan EllisG | L | 28 | 24 | 4 | .857 | 40:00 |