Nashville Predators vs Minnesota Wild

Regular season · Tuesday, January 31, 2012 · Xcel Energy Center

NashvillePredatorsAway

5–4

Final

SOG 30–25

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Game summary

The Nashville Predators beat the Minnesota Wild 5-4 on Tuesday, January 31, 2012 at Xcel Energy Center. The Predators outshot the Wild 30-25.

Dany Heatley scored twice and Mike Fisher scored twice. Cal Clutterbuck, Matt Halischuk, Kyle Brodziak, Brandon Yip and Patric Hornqvist also scored.

Pekka Rinne made 21 saves on 25 shots for the win; Josh Harding stopped 25 of 30.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
NSH	0	1	4	5	30
MIN	2	1	1	4	25

Three stars

Scoring

1st period

Dany Heatley (1)Nick Johnson (1)0–108:04 MIN
Dany Heatley (2)Matt Cullen (1)0–212:36 MIN · PPG

2nd period

Cal Clutterbuck (1)Matt Cullen (2), Justin Falk (1)0–301:29 MIN
Matt Halischuk (1)Kevin Klein (1), Brandon Yip (1)1–309:33 NSH

3rd period

Kyle Brodziak (1)Nick Johnson (2), Dany Heatley (1)1–400:16 MIN
Brandon Yip (1)Matt Halischuk (1), Craig Smith (1)2–409:22 NSH
Patric Hornqvist (1)Sergei Kostitsyn (1), Shea Weber (1)3–416:39 NSH
Mike Fisher (1)Colin Wilson (1), Martin Erat (1)4–417:00 NSH
Mike Fisher (2)Unassisted5–419:39 NSH

Team stats

NSHMIN

30Shots on goal25

46%Faceoff %54%

0/1Power play1/1

4Penalty minutes4

12Hits17

12Blocked shots16

5Giveaways7

2Takeaways5

Penalties

1st 09:39Justin Falk · hooking2 min
1st 12:15Shea Weber · holding2 min
2nd 06:02Jordin Tootoo · roughing2 min
2nd 06:02Cal Clutterbuck · slashing2 min

Season series

Nashville Predators

Nashville Predators skaters

12Mike FisherC	2	0	2	-1	3	1	1	0	50	18:02
18Brandon YipR	1	1	2	+2	3	1	2	0	–	11:33
24Matt HalischukR	1	1	2	+2	3	0	0	0	–	12:40
10Martin EratR	0	1	1	+1	2	0	1	0	–	17:18
15Craig SmithC	0	1	1	+1	4	2	0	0	50	13:53
27Patric HornqvistR	1	0	1	+1	3	0	1	0	–	15:51
33Colin WilsonC	0	1	1	+1	1	0	0	0	33	17:40
74Sergei KostitsynL	0	1	1	-1	2	0	0	0	–	14:23
6Shea WeberD	0	1	1	+2	0	3	3	2	–	28:44
8Kevin KleinD	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	–	18:03
11David LegwandC	0	0	0	+1	2	0	1	0	36	14:51
13Nick SpalingC	0	0	0	+1	3	0	1	0	56	15:17
22Jordin TootooR	0	0	0	-2	1	1	0	2	–	14:19
57Gabriel BourqueL	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	–	11:52
20Ryan SuterD	0	0	0	+2	0	0	0	0	–	27:42
38Jack HillenD	0	0	0	+1	1	1	0	0	–	10:48
49Ryan EllisD	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	–	14:54
59Roman JosiD	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	0	–	19:49

Nashville Predators goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
35Pekka RinneG	W	25	21	4	.840	60:00
39Anders LindbackG		0	0	0	–	00:00

Minnesota Wild

Minnesota Wild skaters

15Dany HeatleyL	2	1	3	+1	5	0	0	0	–	20:29
7Matt CullenC	0	2	2	-1	2	0	0	0	67	17:51
25Nick JohnsonR	0	2	2	+1	2	1	1	0	–	16:56
21Kyle BrodziakC	1	0	1	0	8	0	0	0	46	21:14
22Cal ClutterbuckR	1	0	1	-1	2	3	0	2	–	16:29
44Justin FalkD	0	1	1	-2	1	1	1	2	–	20:34
10Devin SetoguchiR	0	0	0	-1	2	1	0	0	–	17:21
14Darroll PoweC	0	0	0	-1	0	1	3	0	–	15:15
28Matt KassianL	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	0	–	06:09
36Chad RauC	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	63	07:49
41Jed OrtmeyerR	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	0	–	08:58
43Warren PetersC	0	0	0	-1	1	1	1	0	50	14:11
45Carson McMillanR	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	0	100	13:12
4Clayton StonerD	0	0	0	-3	0	1	2	0	–	18:06
5Greg ZanonD	0	0	0	-2	0	3	2	0	–	19:26
39Nate ProsserD	0	0	0	-1	0	1	2	0	–	21:14
46Jared SpurgeonD	0	0	0	+2	0	0	1	0	–	20:42
55Nick SchultzD	0	0	0	+2	0	0	3	0	–	20:24

Minnesota Wild goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
32Niklas BackstromG		0	0	0	–	00:00
37Josh HardingG	L	30	25	5	.833	59:40