Nashville Predators vs Minnesota Wild
Regular season · Friday, December 31, 2010 · Xcel Energy Center
FS-N (HD) · FS-TN (HD)
Game summary
The Nashville Predators beat the Minnesota Wild 4-1 on Friday, December 31, 2010 at Xcel Energy Center. The Predators outshot the Wild 32-23.
Goals came from Cody Franson, Patric Hornqvist, Chuck Kobasew, Joel Ward and Sergei Kostitsyn.
Pekka Rinne made 22 saves on 23 shots for the win; Niklas Backstrom stopped 28 of 30.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Cody Franson (1)Shane O'Brien (1), David Legwand (1)1–004:23 NSH
2nd period
Patric Hornqvist (1)Shea Weber (1), J-P Dumont (1)2–010:28 NSH
3rd period
Chuck Kobasew (1)Martin Havlat (1), Matt Cullen (1)2–118:06 MIN
Joel Ward (1)Unassisted3–118:53 NSH · EN
Sergei Kostitsyn (1)David Legwand (2), Shea Weber (2)4–119:53 NSH · EN
Team stats
NSHMIN
32Shots on goal23
45%Faceoff %55%
0/1Power play0/4
8Penalty minutes2
13Hits23
16Blocked shots16
4Giveaways6
3Takeaways11
Penalties
- 1st 05:32
Colin Wilson · delaying game puck over glass2 min - 1st 15:25
Brad Staubitz · hooking2 min - 2nd 04:21Marcel Goc · tripping2 min
- 2nd 15:10Nick Spaling · delaying game puck over glass2 min
- 3rd 04:53Marek Svatos · hooking2 min
Season series
Nashville Predators
| 11David LegwandC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 1 | 15:50 |
| 6Shea WeberD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 2 | 24:26 |
| 27Patric HornqvistR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 10:35 |
| 29Joel WardR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 2 | 17:40 |
| 71J-P DumontR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 10:37 |
| 74Sergei KostitsynL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 17:42 |
| 4Cody FransonD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 13:09 |
| 55Shane O'BrienD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 17:29 |
| 9Marcel GocC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:08 |
| 13Nick SpalingC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | 18:02 |
| 16Cal O'ReillyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 10:12 |
| 25Jerred SmithsonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | 18:28 |
| 33Colin WilsonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12:57 |
| 40Marek SvatosR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 09:59 |
| 58Linus KlasenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 14:02 |
| 8Kevin KleinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21:50 |
| 20Ryan SuterD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | 25:11 |
| 51Francis BouillonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17:55 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35Pekka RinneG | W | 23 | 22 | 1 | .957 | 59:48 |
| 39Anders LindbackG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |
Minnesota Wild
| 7Matt CullenC | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 1 | 16:44 |
| 12Chuck KobasewR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 15:18 |
| 24Martin HavlatR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 20:43 |
| 9Mikko KoivuC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 | 21:41 |
| 11John MaddenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 10:37 |
| 15Andrew BrunetteL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 20:13 |
| 16Brad StaubitzR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 03:27 |
| 19Patrick O'SullivanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 14:31 |
| 20Antti MiettinenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 6 | 20:46 |
| 21Kyle BrodziakC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 17:26 |
| 23Eric NystromL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 10:29 |
| 96Pierre-Marc BouchardC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:54 |
| 5Greg ZanonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18:52 |
| 6Marco ScandellaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17:12 |
| 8Brent BurnsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 24:46 |
| 25Cam BarkerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 | 19:17 |
| 46Jared SpurgeonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 12:54 |
| 55Nick SchultzD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18:22 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 32Niklas BackstromG | L | 30 | 28 | 2 | .933 | 58:48 |
| 60Jose TheodoreG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |