Vancouver Canucks vs Nashville Predators
Playoffs · Thursday, May 5, 2011 · Bridgestone Arena
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Game summary
The Vancouver Canucks beat the Nashville Predators 4–2 on Thursday, May 5, 2011 at Bridgestone Arena. The Canucks outshot the Predators 28–21.
Goals came from Christian Ehrhoff, Joel Ward, Alexander Edler, Cody Franson, Ryan Kesler and Henrik Sedin.
Roberto Luongo made 19 saves on 21 shots for the win; Pekka Rinne stopped 24 of 27.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Christian Ehrhoff (1)Henrik Sedin (1), Daniel Sedin (1)1–015:04 VAN
Joel Ward (1)Cody Franson (1), Martin Erat (1)1–119:18 NSH ·
2nd period
Alexander Edler (1)Ryan Kesler (1), Christian Ehrhoff (1)2–109:43 VAN
3rd period
Cody Franson (1)David Legwand (1), Joel Ward (1)2–203:27 NSH
Ryan Kesler (1)Henrik Sedin (2), Christian Ehrhoff (2)3–207:28 VAN · 
Henrik Sedin (1)Alexandre Burrows (1), Ryan Kesler (2)4–219:39 VAN ·
Team stats
VANNSH
2821
50%50%
1/31/3
88
1925
1615
312
510
Penalties
- 4:01 into the first period
Kevin Klein · cross checking2 min - 18:18 into the first period
Sami Salo · delaying game puck over glass2 min - 20:00 into the first periodKevin Bieksa · slashing2 min
- 20:00 into the first periodShea Weber · roughing2 min
- 4:30 into the second periodShane O'Brien · high sticking2 min
- 13:58 into the second periodMaxim Lapierre · interference2 min
- 15:11 into the second periodAaron Rome · slashing2 min
- 6:21 into the third periodRyan Suter · holding2 min
Season series
Vancouver Canucks
| 17Ryan KeslerC | 1 | 2 | 3 | +2 | 6 | 23:40 |
| 33Henrik SedinC | 1 | 2 | 3 | +2 | 1 | 18:05 |
| 5Christian EhrhoffD | 1 | 2 | 3 | +1 | 3 | 20:37 |
| 14Alexandre BurrowsL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 3 | 17:15 |
| 22Daniel SedinL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 16:55 |
| 23Alexander EdlerD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 16:21 |
| 13Raffi TorresL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | 12:46 |
| 15Tanner GlassL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 08:04 |
| 20Chris HigginsL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 17:21 |
| 21Mason RaymondL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17:53 |
| 26Mikael SamuelssonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 13:27 |
| 36Jannik HansenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 12:20 |
| 39Cody HodgsonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 05:59 |
| 40Maxim LapierreC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:06 |
| 2Dan HamhuisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 24:13 |
| 3Kevin BieksaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | 23:54 |
| 6Sami SaloD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:45 |
| 29Aaron RomeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:20 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Roberto LuongoG | W | 21 | 2 | .905 |
| 35Cory SchneiderG | 0 | 0 | – |
Nashville Predators
| 29Joel WardR | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 4 | 20:02 |
| 4Cody FransonD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 3 | 17:50 |
| 10Martin EratR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | 19:30 |
| 11David LegwandC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | 21:01 |
| 5Blake GeoffrionC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 07:59 |
| 12Mike FisherC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 20:29 |
| 13Nick SpalingC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:48 |
| 22Jordin TootooR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:39 |
| 24Matt HalischukR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 10:15 |
| 25Jerred SmithsonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 06:27 |
| 27Patric HornqvistR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 5 | 10:05 |
| 33Colin WilsonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 13:34 |
| 74Sergei KostitsynL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:05 |
| 6Shea WeberD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | 26:25 |
| 7Jonathon BlumD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 17:27 |
| 8Kevin KleinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 15:36 |
| 20Ryan SuterD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | 28:26 |
| 55Shane O'BrienD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 14:44 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35Pekka RinneG | L | 27 | 3 | .889 |
| 39Anders LindbackG | 0 | 0 | – |