Nashville Predators vs San Jose Sharks
Regular season · Thursday, March 11, 2010 · HP Pavilion at San Jose
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Game summary
The San Jose Sharks beat the Nashville Predators 8–5 on Thursday, March 11, 2010 at HP Pavilion at San Jose. The Predators outshot the Sharks 45–26.
Patric Hornqvist scored twice, Dany Heatley scored twice, J-P Dumont scored twice and Joe Pavelski scored twice. Joe Thornton, Colin Wilson, Manny Malhotra, Patrick Marleau and Jay Leach also scored.
Evgeni Nabokov made 40 saves on 45 shots for the win; Dan Ellis stopped 17 of 23.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Patric Hornqvist (1)Shea Weber (1), Ryan Suter (1)1–009:11 NSH ·
Dany Heatley (1)Joe Thornton (1), Devin Setoguchi (1)1–114:10 SJS
2nd period
Patric Hornqvist (2)Francis Bouillon (1), Steve Sullivan (1)2–104:29 NSH
Joe Thornton (1)Dany Heatley (1), Patrick Marleau (1)2–206:11 SJS ·
J-P Dumont (1)Cody Franson (1), Colin Wilson (1)3–211:31 NSH ·
Colin Wilson (1)Cody Franson (2), Martin Erat (1)4–215:22 NSH
3rd period
Dany Heatley (2)Dan Boyle (1), Joe Pavelski (1)4–303:40 SJS ·
Manny Malhotra (1)Joe Pavelski (2), Kent Huskins (1)4–405:16 SJS
Joe Pavelski (1)Manny Malhotra (1)4–511:16 SJS
J-P Dumont (2)Kevin Klein (1), David Legwand (1)5–513:26 NSH
Joe Pavelski (2)Scott Nichol (1), Manny Malhotra (2)5–614:40 SJS
Patrick Marleau (1)Torrey Mitchell (1), Ryane Clowe (1)5–717:34 SJS
Jay Leach (1)Niclas Wallin (1), Scott Nichol (2)5–819:34 SJS ·
Team stats
NSHSJS
4526
55%45%
2/42/3
68
2526
2118
1415
615
Penalties
- 4:29 into the first period
Torrey Mitchell · tripping2 min
- 7:52 into the first period
Dan Boyle · interference2 min
- 17:50 into the first period
David Legwand · tripping2 min
- 5:52 into the second period
Martin Erat · interference2 min
- 10:42 into the second period
Scott Nichol · high sticking2 min
- 17:50 into the second period
Rob Blake · high sticking2 min
- 3:08 into the third period
Dan Hamhuis · tripping2 min
Season series
Nashville Predators
| 27Patric HornqvistR | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 17:31 |
| 33Colin WilsonC | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 19:12 |
| 71J-P DumontR | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 09:57 |
| 32Cody FransonD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 0 | 19:26 |
| 10Martin EratR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | 20:09 |
| 11David LegwandC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 2 | 14:59 |
| 26Steve SullivanL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 15:34 |
| 6Shea WeberD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −5 | 3 | 20:14 |
| 8Kevin KleinD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | 18:54 |
| 20Ryan SuterD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −6 | 5 | 21:37 |
| 51Francis BouillonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | 19:44 |
| 9Marcel GocC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 16:02 |
| 14Dustin BoydC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 08:00 |
| 19Jason ArnottC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | 20:28 |
| 22Jordin TootooR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 06:34 |
| 25Jerred SmithsonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 0 | 14:54 |
| 29Joel WardR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 1 | 17:18 |
| 2Dan HamhuisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 17:47 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35Pekka RinneG | 2 | 1 | .500 | |
| 39Dan EllisG | L | 23 | 6 | .739 |
San Jose Sharks
| 8Joe PavelskiC | 2 | 2 | 4 | +3 | 5 | 19:35 |
| 15Dany HeatleyL | 2 | 1 | 3 | +1 | 5 | 20:46 |
| 27Manny MalhotraC | 1 | 2 | 3 | +3 | 1 | 14:05 |
| 12Patrick MarleauC | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 2 | 21:11 |
| 19Joe ThorntonC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 3 | 19:10 |
| 21Scott NicholC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +3 | 0 | 13:07 |
| 16Devin SetoguchiR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 17:47 |
| 17Torrey MitchellC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 15:06 |
| 29Ryane CloweL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | 16:35 |
| 7Niclas WallinD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 2 | 21:44 |
| 22Dan BoyleD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | 27:44 |
| 28Jay LeachD | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 1 | 14:03 |
| 40Kent HuskinsD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 20:04 |
| 41Jed OrtmeyerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 09:25 |
| 59Brad StaubitzR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 04:12 |
| 64Jamie McGinnL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 05:00 |
| 3Douglas MurrayD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 12:41 |
| 4Rob BlakeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 21:37 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Thomas GreissG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 20Evgeni NabokovG | W | 45 | 5 | .889 |