Nashville Predators vs San Jose Sharks
Regular season · Saturday, January 8, 2011 · HP Pavilion at San Jose
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Game summary
The Nashville Predators beat the San Jose Sharks 2–1 on Saturday, January 8, 2011 at HP Pavilion at San Jose. The Sharks outshot the Predators 43–26.
Goals came from David Legwand, Logan Couture and Sergei Kostitsyn.
Pekka Rinne made 42 saves on 43 shots for the win; Antti Niemi stopped 24 of 26.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
David Legwand (1)Ryan Suter (1), Shea Weber (1)1–013:10 NSH
2nd period
Logan Couture (1)Ryane Clowe (1)1–104:35 SJS
3rd period
Sergei Kostitsyn (1)Patric Hornqvist (1), Marcel Goc (1)2–106:23 NSH
Team stats
NSHSJS
2643
44%56%
0/00/2
40
2613
2211
1420
139
Penalties
- 18:33 into the first period
Shea Weber · holding2 min
- 3:50 into the third period
Shane O'Brien · high sticking2 min
Season series
Nashville Predators
| 9Marcel GocC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 19:45 |
| 11David LegwandC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 19:07 |
| 27Patric HornqvistR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 18:55 |
| 74Sergei KostitsynL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 19:08 |
| 6Shea WeberD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 23:13 |
| 20Ryan SuterD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 26:54 |
| 3Wade BelakR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 03:09 |
| 12Andreas ThuressonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:05 |
| 25Jerred SmithsonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 18:08 |
| 29Joel WardR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19:39 |
| 33Colin WilsonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:44 |
| 40Marek SvatosR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12:07 |
| 53Chris MuellerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 08:36 |
| 71J-P DumontR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 07:21 |
| 4Cody FransonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | 11:07 |
| 8Kevin KleinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22:33 |
| 51Francis BouillonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 19:31 |
| 55Shane O'BrienD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16:58 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35Pekka RinneG | W | 43 | 1 | .977 |
| 39Anders LindbackG | 0 | 0 | – |
San Jose Sharks
| 29Ryane CloweL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 21:41 |
| 39Logan CoutureC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 8 | 20:57 |
| 10Jamal MayersR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 5 | 12:49 |
| 12Patrick MarleauC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 21:43 |
| 15Dany HeatleyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 22:23 |
| 16Devin SetoguchiR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 6 | 18:29 |
| 17Torrey MitchellC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 12:42 |
| 19Joe ThorntonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 5 | 23:41 |
| 21Scott NicholC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 07:58 |
| 64Jamie McGinnL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 06:36 |
| 72Brandon MashinterL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 04:39 |
| 78Benn FerrieroR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 09:20 |
| 3Douglas MurrayD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | 19:50 |
| 7Niclas WallinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | 16:23 |
| 22Dan BoyleD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 25:40 |
| 40Kent HuskinsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 17:57 |
| 44Marc-Edouard VlasicD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 17:12 |
| 60Jason DemersD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 21:36 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Antero NiittymakiG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Antti NiemiG | L | 26 | 2 | .923 |