Nashville Predators vs Carolina Hurricanes

Regular season · Saturday, November 20, 2010 · RBC Center

2–1

27–22

Game summary

The Nashville Predators beat the Carolina Hurricanes 2–1 in a shootout on Saturday, November 20, 2010 at RBC Center. The Predators outshot the Hurricanes 27–22.

Goals came from Joni Pitkanen and Jerred Smithson.

Pekka Rinne made 21 saves on 22 shots for the win; Cam Ward stopped 26 of 27.

Goals
NSH	0	1	0	0	0	2	27
CAR	1	0	0	0	0	1	22

Three stars

Scoring

1st period

Joni Pitkanen (1)Jeff Skinner (1), Tuomo Ruutu (1)0–109:22 CAR

2nd period

Jerred Smithson (1)Jordin Tootoo (1), Joel Ward (1)1–103:53 NSH

Shootout

Martin EratUnassisted3–100:00 NSH

Team stats

NSHCAR

2722

63%37%

0/30/3

2134

710

810

811

Penalties

16:37 into the first periodShea Weber · tripping2 min
4:55 into the second periodFrancis Bouillon · tripping2 min
18:34 into the second periodSergei Samsonov · interference2 min
1:18 into the third periodBench · too many men on the ice2 min
9:47 into the third periodTim Gleason · cross checking2 min
12:22 into the third periodJoni Pitkanen · hooking2 min

Season series

Nashville Predators

Nashville Predators skaters

22Jordin TootooR	0	1	1	+1	1	1	1	0	–	12:18
25Jerred SmithsonR	1	0	1	+1	3	2	0	0	64	13:08
29Joel WardR	0	1	1	+1	1	1	0	0	25	17:38
9Marcel GocC	0	0	0	0	2	2	1	0	63	19:04
10Martin EratR	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	–	18:47
13Nick SpalingC	0	0	0	−1	2	0	0	0	88	11:36
16Cal O'ReillyC	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	60	20:56
26Steve SullivanL	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	–	18:18
27Patric HornqvistR	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	–	17:40
33Colin WilsonC	0	0	0	−1	0	0	0	0	75	09:43
71J-P DumontR	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	–	15:38
74Sergei KostitsynL	0	0	0	−1	1	0	0	0	–	09:05
4Cody FransonD	0	0	0	−1	4	0	0	0	–	12:24
6Shea WeberD	0	0	0	0	2	7	0	2	–	30:51
8Kevin KleinD	0	0	0	+1	2	1	0	0	–	22:20
51Francis BouillonD	0	0	0	+1	0	2	0	2	–	23:33
52Alexander SulzerD	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	–	22:05
55Shane O'BrienD	0	0	0	−1	1	2	0	0	–	19:05

Nashville Predators goalies
Goalie
35Pekka RinneG	W	22	21	1	.955	64:54
39Anders LindbackG		0	0	0	–	00:00

Carolina Hurricanes

Carolina Hurricanes skaters

15Tuomo RuutuR	0	1	1	+1	0	4	0	0	46	15:50
53Jeff SkinnerC	0	1	1	+1	2	0	0	0	–	17:32
25Joni PitkanenD	1	0	1	0	1	1	1	2	–	27:29
8Patrick O'SullivanC	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	–	06:18
12Eric StaalC	0	0	0	−1	2	1	0	0	47	21:49
14Sergei SamsonovL	0	0	0	−1	4	4	1	2	–	18:37
16Brandon SutterC	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	44	19:10
18Jon MatsumotoC	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	–	05:47
19Jiri TlustyC	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	–	06:27
26Erik ColeL	0	0	0	+1	1	4	0	0	–	20:27
36Jussi JokinenL	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	17:52
39Patrick DwyerR	0	0	0	0	3	4	1	0	–	15:36
59Chad LaRoseR	0	0	0	−1	2	1	0	0	–	18:35
4Jamie McBainD	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0	–	13:29
6Tim GleasonD	0	0	0	0	1	7	0	2	–	23:42
7Ian WhiteD	0	0	0	−1	0	0	5	0	–	25:41
44Jay HarrisonD	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	–	12:04
77Joe CorvoD	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	–	27:45

Carolina Hurricanes goalies
Goalie
30Cam WardG	O	27	26	1	.963	64:50
60Justin PetersG		0	0	0	–	00:00