Nashville Predators vs Columbus Blue Jackets
Regular season · Thursday, December 8, 2011 · Nationwide Arena
FS-O (HD) · FS-TN (HD)
Game summary
The Nashville Predators beat the Columbus Blue Jackets 4-3 in overtime on Thursday, December 8, 2011 at Nationwide Arena. The Blue Jackets outshot the Predators 24-22.
Goals came from Jeff Carter, Antoine Vermette, Mike Fisher, Derek Dorsett, Patric Hornqvist, Sergei Kostitsyn and Colin Wilson.
Pekka Rinne made 21 saves on 24 shots for the win; Curtis Sanford stopped 18 of 22.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Jeff Carter (1)Vinny Prospal (1), Rick Nash (1)0–112:42 CBJ
2nd period
Antoine Vermette (1)Jared Boll (1), Nikita Nikitin (1)0–210:49 CBJ
Mike Fisher (1)Sergei Kostitsyn (1), Francis Bouillon (1)1–213:10 NSH
3rd period
Derek Dorsett (1)Marc Methot (1), James Wisniewski (1)1–301:24 CBJ
Patric Hornqvist (1)Shea Weber (1), Ryan Suter (1)2–318:24 NSH
Sergei Kostitsyn (1)Martin Erat (1), Ryan Suter (2)3–319:47 NSH · PPG
OT period
Colin Wilson (1)Martin Erat (2)4–301:45 NSH
Team stats
NSHCBJ
22Shots on goal24
51%Faceoff %49%
1/1Power play0/1
7Penalty minutes7
26Hits25
11Blocked shots9
4Giveaways6
5Takeaways9
Penalties
- 1st 16:04
Francis Bouillon · fighting5 min - 1st 16:04
Derek Dorsett · fighting5 min - 3rd 15:52Francis Bouillon · hooking2 min
- 3rd 18:54Samuel Pahlsson · cross checking2 min
Season series
Nashville Predators
| 10Martin EratR | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 19:57 |
| 74Sergei KostitsynL | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 15:19 |
| 20Ryan SuterD | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 26:10 |
| 12Mike FisherC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 20:10 |
| 27Patric HornqvistR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 18:00 |
| 33Colin WilsonC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 17:40 |
| 6Shea WeberD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 26:07 |
| 51Francis BouillonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 20:45 |
| 11David LegwandC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19:24 |
| 13Nick SpalingC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:27 |
| 15Craig SmithC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | 20:43 |
| 23Brian McGrattanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 05:48 |
| 24Matt HalischukR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 12:47 |
| 25Jerred SmithsonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 10:05 |
| 28Kyle WilsonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 09:13 |
| 8Kevin KleinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22:11 |
| 38Jack HillenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:27 |
| 59Roman JosiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:10 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35Pekka RinneG | W | 24 | 21 | 3 | .875 | 60:22 |
| 39Anders LindbackG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |
Columbus Blue Jackets
| 7Jeff CarterC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 18:09 |
| 15Derek DorsettR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 17:04 |
| 22Vinny ProspalL | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 3 | 18:45 |
| 40Jared BollR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 08:39 |
| 50Antoine VermetteC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 16:08 |
| 61Rick NashL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 18:11 |
| 3Marc MethotD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 21:06 |
| 6Nikita NikitinD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 25:49 |
| 21James WisniewskiD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 23:23 |
| 16Derick BrassardC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | 14:53 |
| 17Mark LetestuC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 09:02 |
| 18R.J. UmbergerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 19:32 |
| 19Ryan JohansenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13:41 |
| 24Derek MacKenzieC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:05 |
| 26Samuel PahlssonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 18:28 |
| 5Aaron JohnsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:49 |
| 14Grant ClitsomeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:27 |
| 51Fedor TyutinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25:56 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Steve MasonG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 30Curtis SanfordG | O | 22 | 18 | 4 | .818 | 61:45 |