Columbus Blue Jackets vs Nashville Predators
Regular season · Thursday, December 22, 2011 · Bridgestone Arena
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Game summary
The Nashville Predators beat the Columbus Blue Jackets 6-5 on Thursday, December 22, 2011 at Bridgestone Arena. The Predators outshot the Blue Jackets 38-31.
Jeff Carter scored a hat trick and Ryan Johansen scored twice. Mike Fisher, Patric Hornqvist, Nick Spaling, Roman Josi, David Legwand and Martin Erat also scored.
Pekka Rinne made 26 saves on 31 shots for the win; Curtis Sanford stopped 32 of 38.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Mike Fisher (1)Sergei Kostitsyn (1), Ryan Suter (1)0–112:29 NSH · PPG
Jeff Carter (1)Vinny Prospal (1)1–112:56 CBJ- Jeff Carter (2)Rick Nash (1), Fedor Tyutin (1)2–114:35 CBJ · PPG
Ryan Johansen (1)R.J. Umberger (1), Derick Brassard (1)3–115:30 CBJ · PPG- Jeff Carter (3)Rick Nash (2), Nikita Nikitin (1)4–116:14 CBJ · PPG
2nd period
Patric Hornqvist (1)Shea Weber (1), David Legwand (1)4–205:28 NSH- Ryan Johansen (2)R.J. Umberger (2), Derick Brassard (2)5–207:52 CBJ · PPG
Nick Spaling (1)Colin Wilson (1), Jordin Tootoo (1)5–308:53 NSH
Roman Josi (1)Francis Bouillon (1), Martin Erat (1)5–413:41 NSH
3rd period
David Legwand (1)Colin Wilson (2), Shea Weber (2)5–516:14 NSH · PPG
Martin Erat (1)Ryan Suter (2), Shea Weber (3)5–619:51 NSH
Team stats
CBJNSH
31Shots on goal38
49%Faceoff %51%
4/6Power play2/3
8Penalty minutes21
13Hits13
8Blocked shots11
1Giveaways12
10Takeaways11
Penalties
- 1st 11:32
Nikita Nikitin · holding2 min - 1st 14:26
Brian McGrattan · interference5 min - 1st 14:26Brian McGrattan · game misconduct10 min
- 2nd 07:15David Legwand · tripping2 min
- 2nd 11:15Derek MacKenzie · slashing2 min
- 2nd 17:42Derick Brassard · slashing2 min
- 2nd 17:42Sergei Kostitsyn · roughing2 min
- 3rd 01:19Patric Hornqvist · high sticking2 min
- 3rd 15:52Derick Brassard · holding2 min
Season series
Columbus Blue Jackets
| 7Jeff CarterC | 3 | 0 | 3 | -1 | 4 | 19:22 |
| 16Derick BrassardC | 0 | 2 | 2 | -1 | 2 | 16:20 |
| 18R.J. UmbergerC | 0 | 2 | 2 | -1 | 2 | 18:21 |
| 19Ryan JohansenC | 2 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 2 | 09:19 |
| 61Rick NashL | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 17:04 |
| 22Vinny ProspalL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 17:03 |
| 6Nikita NikitinD | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 5 | 25:40 |
| 51Fedor TyutinD | 0 | 1 | 1 | -3 | 1 | 27:40 |
| 15Derek DorsettR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 19:06 |
| 17Mark LetestuC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 12:28 |
| 24Derek MacKenzieC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 07:58 |
| 26Samuel PahlssonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:36 |
| 40Jared BollR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 05:32 |
| 50Antoine VermetteC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 17:19 |
| 3Marc MethotD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 19:30 |
| 4John MooreD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 11:31 |
| 14Grant ClitsomeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 13:25 |
| 21James WisniewskiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 19:36 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Steve MasonG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 30Curtis SanfordG | L | 38 | 32 | 6 | .842 | 59:51 |
Nashville Predators
| 6Shea WeberD | 0 | 3 | 3 | +2 | 1 | 26:58 |
| 10Martin EratR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 2 | 17:39 |
| 11David LegwandC | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 17:28 |
| 33Colin WilsonC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 2 | 14:45 |
| 20Ryan SuterD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 3 | 26:14 |
| 12Mike FisherC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 1 | 19:37 |
| 13Nick SpalingC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 17:07 |
| 22Jordin TootooR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 5 | 16:15 |
| 27Patric HornqvistR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 3 | 16:01 |
| 74Sergei KostitsynL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 17:25 |
| 51Francis BouillonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 18:57 |
| 59Roman JosiD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 2 | 15:07 |
| 15Craig SmithC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 | 13:04 |
| 23Brian McGrattanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 03:19 |
| 24Matt HalischukR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 09:20 |
| 25Jerred SmithsonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 09:00 |
| 7Jonathon BlumD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 16:33 |
| 38Jack HillenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 15:34 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35Pekka RinneG | W | 31 | 26 | 5 | .839 | 60:00 |
| 39Anders LindbackG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |