Nashville Predators vs Colorado Avalanche
Regular season · Thursday, March 31, 2011 · Pepsi Center
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Game summary
The Nashville Predators beat the Colorado Avalanche 3-2 on Thursday, March 31, 2011 at Pepsi Center. The Predators outshot the Avalanche 34-29.
Goals came from Colin Wilson, Jordin Tootoo, Martin Erat, Paul Stastny and David Jones.
Pekka Rinne made 27 saves on 29 shots for the win; Brian Elliott stopped 31 of 34.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Colin Wilson (1)Matt Halischuk (1), Blake Geoffrion (1)1–015:35 NSH
2nd period
Jordin Tootoo (1)Cody Franson (1), Martin Erat (1)2–010:20 NSH
3rd period
Martin Erat (1)Mike Fisher (1), Sergei Kostitsyn (1)3–012:52 NSH · PPG
Paul Stastny (1)Milan Hejduk (1), Matt Duchene (1)3–113:35 COL
David Jones (1)John-Michael Liles (1), Kevin Porter (1)3–218:58 COL
Team stats
NSHCOL
34Shots on goal29
37%Faceoff %63%
1/3Power play0/0
2Penalty minutes8
7Hits12
16Blocked shots12
3Giveaways7
7Takeaways13
Penalties
- 2nd 11:33
David Jones · tripping2 min - 2nd 13:28Ryan O'Byrne · high sticking2 min
- 3rd 11:39Cody McLeod · roughing2 min
- 3rd 20:00
David Legwand · roughing2 min - 3rd 20:00Erik Johnson · roughing2 min
Season series
Nashville Predators
| 10Martin EratR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 3 | 20:15 |
| 5Blake GeoffrionC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 08:53 |
| 12Mike FisherC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 18:29 |
| 22Jordin TootooR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 09:08 |
| 24Matt HalischukR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 10:10 |
| 33Colin WilsonC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 09:27 |
| 74Sergei KostitsynL | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 1 | 17:14 |
| 4Cody FransonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 17:40 |
| 11David LegwandC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | 22:17 |
| 13Nick SpalingC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 12:09 |
| 25Jerred SmithsonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 13:10 |
| 27Patric HornqvistR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 | 18:21 |
| 29Joel WardR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 20:27 |
| 6Shea WeberD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 24:46 |
| 7Jonathon BlumD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:23 |
| 8Kevin KleinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16:13 |
| 20Ryan SuterD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26:14 |
| 55Shane O'BrienD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 18:44 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35Pekka RinneG | W | 29 | 27 | 2 | .931 | 60:00 |
| 39Anders LindbackG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |
Colorado Avalanche
| 9Matt DucheneC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 19:55 |
| 12Kevin PorterC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 14:14 |
| 23Milan HejdukR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 18:35 |
| 26Paul StastnyC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 3 | 19:36 |
| 54David JonesR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 15:26 |
| 4John-Michael LilesD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 24:01 |
| 11Philippe DupuisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 10:51 |
| 16Jay McClementC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:29 |
| 18Brandon YipR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 10:38 |
| 29Ryan StoaC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11:12 |
| 34Daniel WinnikC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:03 |
| 37Ryan O'ReillyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 15:00 |
| 55Cody McLeodL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 08:55 |
| 3Ryan O'ByrneD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 20:27 |
| 6Erik JohnsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 24:29 |
| 36Jonas HolosD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 17:31 |
| 43Cameron GaunceD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:30 |
| 48Matt HunwickD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22:05 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Brian ElliottG | L | 34 | 31 | 3 | .912 | 58:50 |
| 31Peter BudajG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |