Nashville Predators vs Columbus Blue Jackets

Regular season · Thursday, December 31, 2009 · Nationwide Arena

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2–1

Final/OT

SOG 29–32

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Game summary

The Nashville Predators beat the Columbus Blue Jackets 2-1 in overtime on Thursday, December 31, 2009 at Nationwide Arena. The Blue Jackets outshot the Predators 32-29.

Goals came from Raffi Torres, Andreas Thuresson and David Legwand.

Dan Ellis made 31 saves on 32 shots for the win; Mathieu Garon stopped 27 of 29.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	OT	T	SOG
NSH	0	0	1	1	2	29
CBJ	1	0	0	0	1	32

Three stars

Scoring

1st period

Raffi Torres (1)Jakub Voracek (1), Antoine Vermette (1)0–106:02 CBJ

3rd period

Andreas Thuresson (1)Joel Ward (1)1–112:39 NSH

OT period

David Legwand (1)Joel Ward (2)2–100:28 NSH

Team stats

NSHCBJ

29Shots on goal32

46%Faceoff %54%

0/2Power play0/1

2Penalty minutes4

16Hits22

10Blocked shots15

3Giveaways6

0Takeaways3

Penalties

2nd 13:53Milan Jurcina · tripping2 min
2nd 16:25David Legwand · holding2 min
3rd 06:30Jared Boll · elbowing2 min

Season series

Nashville Predators

Nashville Predators skaters

29Joel WardR	0	2	2	+1	1	1	0	0	29	18:30
11David LegwandC	1	0	1	+1	2	0	0	2	40	17:54
12Andreas ThuressonR	1	0	1	0	2	2	0	0	–	14:03
3Wade BelakR	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	–	05:10
9Marcel GocC	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	53	16:50
13Nick SpalingC	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	–	13:45
18Mike SantorelliC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	07:31
19Jason ArnottC	0	0	0	0	4	0	1	0	50	21:41
26Steve SullivanL	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	–	19:16
27Patric HornqvistR	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	–	17:22
28Ryan JonesL	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	–	09:39
71J-P DumontR	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	–	17:32
2Dan HamhuisD	0	0	0	+1	2	2	1	0	–	23:56
6Shea WeberD	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	–	22:39
20Ryan SuterD	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	–	24:46
32Cody FransonD	0	0	0	0	2	2	4	0	–	12:30
51Francis BouillonD	0	0	0	+1	0	0	1	0	–	23:30
52Alexander SulzerD	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	–	13:35

Nashville Predators goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
35Pekka RinneG		0	0	0	–	00:00
39Dan EllisG	W	32	31	1	.969	60:11

Columbus Blue Jackets

Columbus Blue Jackets skaters

14Raffi TorresL	1	0	1	+1	2	2	0	0	–	11:45
50Antoine VermetteC	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	50	17:02
93Jakub VoracekR	0	1	1	0	2	1	0	0	–	15:23
11Chris ClarkR	0	0	0	0	5	3	0	0	–	13:52
16Derick BrassardC	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	0	60	10:42
18R.J. UmbergerC	0	0	0	0	2	1	2	0	46	18:45
20Kristian HuseliusL	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	–	19:01
21Alexandre PicardL	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	0	–	09:02
26Samuel PahlssonC	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	67	15:41
33Freddy ModinL	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	–	16:08
40Jared BollR	0	0	0	-1	1	2	0	2	–	09:29
61Rick NashL	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	–	20:01
6Anton StralmanD	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	–	22:49
8Jan HejdaD	0	0	0	-1	2	2	5	0	–	20:48
10Kris RussellD	0	0	0	0	3	1	1	0	–	15:34
23Milan JurcinaD	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	–	17:36
36Mathieu RoyD	0	0	0	-1	3	2	4	0	–	21:50
51Fedor TyutinD	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	–	22:24

Columbus Blue Jackets goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
1Steve MasonG		0	0	0	–	00:00
32Mathieu GaronG	O	29	27	2	.931	60:28