Nashville Predators vs Columbus Blue Jackets

Regular season · Monday, December 14, 2009 · Nationwide Arena

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5–3

32–31

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Game summary

The Nashville Predators beat the Columbus Blue Jackets 5–3 on Monday, December 14, 2009 at Nationwide Arena. The Predators outshot the Blue Jackets 32–31.

Steve Sullivan scored a hat trick. Antoine Vermette, Patric Hornqvist, Jakub Voracek, Ryan Jones and R.J. Umberger also scored.

Dan Ellis made 28 saves on 31 shots for the win; Steve Mason stopped 27 of 32.

Goals
NSH	1	3	1	5	32
CBJ	1	1	1	3	31

Scoring

1st period

Steve Sullivan (1)Unassisted1–003:52 NSH
Antoine Vermette (1)Jakub Voracek (1), Kris Russell (1)1–116:23 CBJ ·

2nd period

Patric Hornqvist (1)David Legwand (1)2–108:27 NSH
Steve Sullivan (2)Martin Erat (1), Shea Weber (1)3–108:52 NSH
Jakub Voracek (1)R.J. Umberger (1)3–211:09 CBJ ·
Steve Sullivan (3)Francis Bouillon (1), Kevin Klein (1)4–216:08 NSH

3rd period

Ryan Jones (1)Dan Hamhuis (1), Kevin Klein (2)5–206:18 NSH
R.J. Umberger (1)Jason Chimera (1)5–315:53 CBJ

Team stats

NSHCBJ

3231

37%63%

0/42/8

168

119

177

Penalties

5:07 into the first periodRyan Jones · holding2 min
6:12 into the first periodAntoine Vermette · hooking2 min
14:29 into the first periodJoel Ward · hooking2 min
1:31 into the second periodSteve Sullivan · high sticking2 min
2:18 into the second periodShea Weber · tripping2 min
5:02 into the second periodMike Commodore · interference2 min
10:35 into the second periodJason Arnott · holding2 min
15:00 into the second periodJ-P Dumont · tripping2 min
16:02 into the second periodRick Nash · tripping2 min
18:52 into the second periodDan Hamhuis · high sticking2 min
10:48 into the third periodRyan Jones · hooking2 min
19:20 into the third periodDerick Brassard · holding the stick2 min

Season series

Nashville Predators

Nashville Predators skaters

26Steve SullivanL	3	0	3	+3	4	0	0	2	–	16:33
8Kevin KleinD	0	2	2	+2	2	0	3	0	–	23:21
10Martin EratR	0	1	1	+2	4	0	1	0	–	16:47
11David LegwandC	0	1	1	+1	1	1	0	0	54	22:01
27Patric HornqvistR	1	0	1	+1	4	1	0	0	–	08:49
28Ryan JonesL	1	0	1	+1	2	3	0	4	–	10:40
2Dan HamhuisD	0	1	1	+1	1	0	2	2	–	21:31
6Shea WeberD	0	1	1	+2	0	1	1	2	–	20:06
51Francis BouillonD	0	1	1	+1	2	0	2	0	–	19:37
3Wade BelakR	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	–	05:20
9Marcel GocC	0	0	0	+1	1	0	0	0	50	14:18
19Jason ArnottC	0	0	0	+3	6	0	0	2	29	17:11
25Jerred SmithsonR	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	20	18:03
29Joel WardR	0	0	0	−1	1	1	2	2	–	16:36
38Dave ScatchardC	0	0	0	−1	2	1	0	0	20	07:45
71J-P DumontR	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	2	–	13:21
20Ryan SuterD	0	0	0	+2	0	1	1	0	–	22:04
52Alexander SulzerD	0	0	0	0	2	0	4	0	–	11:36

Nashville Predators goalies
Goalie
35Pekka RinneG		0	0	0	–	00:00
39Dan EllisG	W	31	28	3	.903	59:53

Columbus Blue Jackets

Columbus Blue Jackets skaters

18R.J. UmbergerC	1	1	2	−1	6	1	1	0	65	20:46
93Jakub VoracekR	1	1	2	−2	3	0	0	0	–	15:58
25Jason ChimeraL	0	1	1	0	4	0	1	0	–	14:04
50Antoine VermetteC	1	0	1	−2	3	0	0	2	60	19:47
10Kris RussellD	0	1	1	−2	0	0	0	0	–	19:32
14Raffi TorresL	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	–	16:26
16Derick BrassardC	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	2	50	17:18
17Andrew MurrayC	0	0	0	−1	2	1	0	0	–	08:22
20Kristian HuseliusL	0	0	0	−2	3	0	0	0	–	19:06
26Samuel PahlssonC	0	0	0	−1	0	0	0	0	71	11:37
33Freddy ModinL	0	0	0	−1	0	0	0	0	–	10:51
40Jared BollR	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	–	02:58
61Rick NashL	0	0	0	−1	5	1	0	2	–	23:27
3Marc MethotD	0	0	0	−3	0	2	1	0	–	14:11
6Anton StralmanD	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0	–	23:17
8Jan HejdaD	0	0	0	−2	1	0	2	0	–	18:37
22Mike CommodoreD	0	0	0	−2	1	0	2	2	–	17:01
51Fedor TyutinD	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	–	21:13

Columbus Blue Jackets goalies
Goalie
1Steve MasonG	L	32	27	5	.844	58:49
32Mathieu GaronG		0	0	0	–	00:00