Nashville Predators vs Dallas Stars
Regular season · Friday, December 23, 2011 · American Airlines Center
FS-SW (HD) · FS-TN (HD)
Game summary
The Dallas Stars beat the Nashville Predators 6–3 on Friday, December 23, 2011 at American Airlines Center. The Predators outshot the Stars 37–29.
Goals came from Vernon Fiddler, Loui Eriksson, Steve Ott, Matt Halischuk, Martin Erat, Mike Ribeiro, David Legwand, Jamie Benn and Michael Ryder.
Richard Bachman made 34 saves on 37 shots for the win; Anders Lindback stopped 19 of 21.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Vernon Fiddler (1)Radek Dvorak (1), Sheldon Souray (1)0–109:25 DAL
Loui Eriksson (1)Trevor Daley (1), Michael Ryder (1)0–210:41 DAL
Steve Ott (1)Trevor Daley (2), Mike Ribeiro (1)0–312:30 DAL
2nd period
Matt Halischuk (1)Blake Geoffrion (1), Jerred Smithson (1)1–308:56 NSH
Martin Erat (1)Ryan Suter (1), Shea Weber (1)2–311:45 NSH · 
Mike Ribeiro (1)Brenden Morrow (1), Steve Ott (1)2–414:10 DAL
3rd period
David Legwand (1)Colin Wilson (1), Craig Smith (1)3–404:38 NSH · 
Jamie Benn (1)Loui Eriksson (1), Michael Ryder (2)3–505:08 DAL
Michael Ryder (1)Jamie Benn (1)3–617:53 DAL ·
Team stats
NSHDAL
3729
51%49%
2/50/3
610
2422
1913
812
811
Penalties
- 17:37 into the first period
Loui Eriksson · hooking2 min - 19:29 into the first periodTrevor Daley · holding2 min
- 3:47 into the second period
Jordin Tootoo · tripping2 min - 10:29 into the second periodAdam Burish · kneeing2 min
- 11:06 into the second periodNicklas Grossmann · tripping2 min
- 19:03 into the second periodJerred Smithson · hooking2 min
- 3:58 into the third periodAlex Goligoski · delaying game2 min
- 14:28 into the third periodBlake Geoffrion · boarding2 min
Season series
Nashville Predators
| 5Blake GeoffrionC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | 08:45 |
| 10Martin EratR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 20:34 |
| 11David LegwandC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 19:30 |
| 15Craig SmithC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 17:06 |
| 24Matt HalischukR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 3 | 07:37 |
| 25Jerred SmithsonR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | 08:01 |
| 33Colin WilsonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | 14:12 |
| 6Shea WeberD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −3 | 5 | 27:20 |
| 20Ryan SuterD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −3 | 2 | 29:39 |
| 12Mike FisherC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 4 | 17:42 |
| 13Nick SpalingC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | 15:42 |
| 22Jordin TootooR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 15:28 |
| 27Patric HornqvistR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 4 | 15:27 |
| 74Sergei KostitsynL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 2 | 16:21 |
| 7Jonathon BlumD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:15 |
| 38Jack HillenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 13:06 |
| 51Francis BouillonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | 15:50 |
| 59Roman JosiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 1 | 17:57 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35Pekka RinneG | 7 | 3 | .571 | |
| 39Anders LindbackG | L | 21 | 2 | .905 |
Dallas Stars
| 73Michael RyderR | 1 | 2 | 3 | +3 | 3 | 12:58 |
| 14Jamie BennL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +3 | 2 | 18:09 |
| 21Loui ErikssonL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +3 | 2 | 16:35 |
| 29Steve OttC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 1 | 18:42 |
| 63Mike RibeiroC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 1 | 19:33 |
| 6Trevor DaleyD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 2 | 21:22 |
| 10Brenden MorrowL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | 18:30 |
| 20Radek DvorakR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 15:15 |
| 38Vernon FiddlerL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 16:46 |
| 44Sheldon SourayD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 07:56 |
| 16Adam BurishR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 09:30 |
| 23Tom WandellC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 09:56 |
| 24Eric NystromL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 16:39 |
| 2Nicklas GrossmannD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 1 | 17:52 |
| 27Adam PardyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 11:48 |
| 28Mark FistricD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:01 |
| 33Alex GoligoskiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 2 | 24:08 |
| 36Philip LarsenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 1 | 23:12 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Andrew RaycroftG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Richard BachmanG | W | 37 | 3 | .919 |