Nashville Predators vs Carolina Hurricanes
Regular season · Tuesday, February 28, 2012 · RBC Center
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Game summary
The Carolina Hurricanes beat the Nashville Predators 4-3 on Tuesday, February 28, 2012 at RBC Center. The Hurricanes outshot the Predators 33-29.
Goals came from Craig Smith, Jamie McBain, Colin Wilson, Eric Staal, Tim Brent, Bryan Allen and Gabriel Bourque.
Cam Ward made 26 saves on 29 shots for the win; Anders Lindback stopped 29 of 33.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Craig Smith (1)Matt Halischuk (1), Gabriel Bourque (1)1–002:42 NSH
2nd period
Jamie McBain (1)Anthony Stewart (1)1–105:17 CAR
Colin Wilson (1)Unassisted2–112:31 NSH
Eric Staal (1)Jeff Skinner (1), Jussi Jokinen (1)2–213:04 CAR · PPG
Tim Brent (1)Jeff Skinner (2), Eric Staal (1)2–317:24 CAR · PPG
3rd period
Bryan Allen (1)Eric Staal (2)2–401:28 CAR
Gabriel Bourque (1)Jordin Tootoo (1), David Legwand (1)3–402:18 NSH
Team stats
NSHCAR
29Shots on goal33
48%Faceoff %52%
0/1Power play2/6
12Penalty minutes2
22Hits14
12Blocked shots12
1Giveaways9
8Takeaways6
Penalties
- 1st 09:16
Jack Hillen · holding the stick2 min - 1st 19:00David Legwand · high sticking2 min
- 2nd 00:55Bench · too many men on the ice2 min
- 2nd 12:52Andrei Kostitsyn · hooking2 min
- 2nd 17:13Shea Weber · hooking2 min
- 2nd 19:21
Bryan Allen · slashing2 min - 3rd 08:50Mike Fisher · hooking2 min
Season series
Nashville Predators
| 57Gabriel BourqueL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 4 | 11:35 |
| 11David LegwandC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 18:20 |
| 15Craig SmithC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 09:46 |
| 22Jordin TootooR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 12:13 |
| 24Matt HalischukR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 09:46 |
| 33Colin WilsonC | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 3 | 13:15 |
| 10Martin EratR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19:33 |
| 12Mike FisherC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20:57 |
| 13Nick SpalingC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 14:50 |
| 27Patric HornqvistR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13:48 |
| 46Andrei KostitsynL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:13 |
| 74Sergei KostitsynL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16:22 |
| 6Shea WeberD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 29:52 |
| 20Ryan SuterD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 6 | 29:04 |
| 38Jack HillenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 11:51 |
| 51Francis BouillonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:33 |
| 59Roman JosiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 17:55 |
| 75Hal GillD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 15:56 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35Pekka RinneG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 39Anders LindbackG | L | 33 | 29 | 4 | .879 | 58:48 |
Carolina Hurricanes
| 12Eric StaalC | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 22:40 |
| 53Jeff SkinnerC | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 18:33 |
| 13Anthony StewartR | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 09:24 |
| 36Jussi JokinenL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 17:28 |
| 37Tim BrentC | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 6 | 16:41 |
| 4Jamie McBainD | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 6 | 15:47 |
| 5Bryan AllenD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 20:07 |
| 11Zach BoychukL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14:50 |
| 14Andreas NodlR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 14:29 |
| 16Brandon SutterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:10 |
| 19Jiri TlustyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 18:58 |
| 21Drayson BowmanL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 09:23 |
| 71Jerome SamsonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 11:53 |
| 6Tim GleasonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21:08 |
| 8Jaroslav SpacekD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 13:52 |
| 27Derek JoslinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 11:34 |
| 28Justin FaulkD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 5 | 24:01 |
| 44Jay HarrisonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 20:02 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Cam WardG | W | 29 | 26 | 3 | .897 | 60:00 |
| 35Justin PetersG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |