Nashville Predators vs Chicago Blackhawks
Regular season · Sunday, December 27, 2009 · United Center
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Game summary
The Chicago Blackhawks beat the Nashville Predators 5–4 on Sunday, December 27, 2009 at United Center. The Blackhawks outshot the Predators 29–20.
Patrick Kane scored twice and John Madden scored twice. Marcel Goc, Martin Erat, Brian Campbell, Dan Hamhuis and Cody Franson also scored.
Antti Niemi made 16 saves on 20 shots for the win; Dan Ellis stopped 24 of 29.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Marcel Goc (1)Cody Franson (1)1–001:35 NSH
Patrick Kane (1)Jonathan Toews (1), Brian Campbell (1)1–106:55 CHI
2nd period
Martin Erat (1)Steve Sullivan (1)2–100:47 NSH
3rd period
John Madden (1)Andrew Ladd (1), Duncan Keith (1)2–206:40 CHI
John Madden (2)Bryan Bickell (1)2–312:12 CHI
Brian Campbell (1)Patrick Kane (1), Jonathan Toews (2)2–413:33 CHI ·
Dan Hamhuis (1)Jason Arnott (1), Ryan Suter (1)3–415:38 NSH
Cody Franson (1)Unassisted4–416:35 NSH
Patrick Kane (2)Duncan Keith (2), Jonathan Toews (3)4–519:16 CHI
Team stats
NSHCHI
2029
51%49%
0/21/5
128
2014
116
05
69
Penalties
- 4:40 into the first period
Martin Erat · interference2 min
- 11:16 into the first period
Wade Belak · charging2 min
- 17:04 into the first period
Brent Sopel · slashing2 min
- 13:20 into the second period
Brent Seabrook · holding2 min
- 4:23 into the third period
Patric Hornqvist · holding2 min
- 9:38 into the third period
Steve Sullivan · high sticking2 min
- 13:15 into the third period
Dan Hamhuis · tripping2 min
- 20:00 into the third period
Jason Arnott · roughing2 min
- 20:00 into the third period
Troy Brouwer · roughing2 min
- 20:00 into the third period
Brent Seabrook · cross checking2 min
Season series
Nashville Predators
| 32Cody FransonD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 3 | 11:45 |
| 9Marcel GocC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 17:43 |
| 10Martin EratR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 1 | 18:58 |
| 19Jason ArnottC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 18:56 |
| 26Steve SullivanL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 19:05 |
| 27Patric HornqvistR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 14:47 |
| 2Dan HamhuisD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 23:28 |
| 20Ryan SuterD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 25:34 |
| 3Wade BelakR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 04:08 |
| 11David LegwandC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 18:06 |
| 12Andreas ThuressonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 06:00 |
| 13Nick SpalingC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11:08 |
| 28Ryan JonesL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 09:18 |
| 29Joel WardR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19:32 |
| 71J-P DumontR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15:56 |
| 6Shea WeberD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 0 | 20:11 |
| 8Kevin KleinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 21:38 |
| 51Francis BouillonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 16:31 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35Pekka RinneG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 39Dan EllisG | L | 29 | 5 | .828 |
Chicago Blackhawks
| 19Jonathan ToewsC | 0 | 3 | 3 | +1 | 3 | 20:10 |
| 88Patrick KaneR | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 20:15 |
| 11John MaddenC | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 2 | 14:24 |
| 2Duncan KeithD | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 27:47 |
| 51Brian CampbellD | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 25:16 |
| 16Andrew LaddL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 15:19 |
| 29Bryan BickellL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 11:22 |
| 10Patrick SharpR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | 18:39 |
| 22Troy BrouwerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 19:04 |
| 33Dustin ByfuglienR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 14:22 |
| 46Colin FraserC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 08:38 |
| 55Ben EagerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 06:33 |
| 81Marian HossaR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | 21:38 |
| 82Tomas KopeckyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:31 |
| 5Brent SopelD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 11:03 |
| 6Jordan HendryD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 4 | 16:39 |
| 7Brent SeabrookD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21:14 |
| 25Cam BarkerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 13:31 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Antti NiemiG | W | 20 | 4 | .800 |
| 39Cristobal HuetG | 0 | 0 | – |