Nashville Predators vs Chicago Blackhawks
Regular season · Sunday, March 25, 2012 · United Center
NBCSN (HD) · TSN2
Game summary
The Nashville Predators beat the Chicago Blackhawks 6-1 on Sunday, March 25, 2012 at United Center. The Blackhawks outshot the Predators 25-24.
Goals came from Matt Halischuk, Andrei Kostitsyn, Patric Hornqvist, Francis Bouillon, Viktor Stalberg, Shea Weber and Mike Fisher.
Pekka Rinne made 24 saves on 25 shots for the win; Corey Crawford stopped 11 of 15.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Matt Halischuk (1)Brandon Yip (1), Paul Gaustad (1)1–006:16 NSH
Andrei Kostitsyn (1)David Legwand (1), Patric Hornqvist (1)2–015:28 NSH
2nd period
Patric Hornqvist (1)Alexander Radulov (1), Shea Weber (1)3–005:42 NSH · PPG
3rd period
Francis Bouillon (1)Ryan Ellis (1), Matt Halischuk (1)4–002:00 NSH
Viktor Stalberg (1)Nick Leddy (1), Andrew Shaw (1)4–105:58 CHI
Shea Weber (1)Mike Fisher (1)5–106:34 NSH
Mike Fisher (1)Gabriel Bourque (1), Pekka Rinne (1)6–117:33 NSH
Team stats
NSHCHI
24Shots on goal25
53%Faceoff %47%
1/2Power play0/4
13Penalty minutes9
26Hits24
25Blocked shots11
4Giveaways10
5Takeaways5
Penalties
- 1st 04:56
Jordin Tootoo · fighting5 min - 1st 04:56
Brandon Bollig · fighting5 min - 1st 10:36Sergei Kostitsyn · tripping2 min
- 1st 16:32Brandon Yip · boarding2 min
- 2nd 04:39Dave Bolland · roughing2 min
- 2nd 06:56Sean O'Donnell · high sticking2 min
- 2nd 13:34Shea Weber · interference2 min
- 3rd 03:57Patric Hornqvist · slashing2 min
Season series
Nashville Predators
| 12Mike FisherC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 1 | 20:00 |
| 24Matt HalischukR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 4 | 13:49 |
| 27Patric HornqvistR | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 17:15 |
| 6Shea WeberD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 3 | 24:17 |
| 11David LegwandC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 18:20 |
| 18Brandon YipR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 10:06 |
| 28Paul GaustadC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 14:27 |
| 46Andrei KostitsynL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +3 | 2 | 14:29 |
| 47Alexander RadulovR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 5 | 20:37 |
| 57Gabriel BourqueL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10:00 |
| 49Ryan EllisD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 14:19 |
| 51Francis BouillonD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 14:37 |
| 13Nick SpalingC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 14:25 |
| 22Jordin TootooR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 00:34 |
| 74Sergei KostitsynL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 17:45 |
| 8Kevin KleinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 19:25 |
| 20Ryan SuterD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 2 | 26:31 |
| 75Hal GillD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 21:07 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35Pekka RinneG | W | 25 | 24 | 1 | .960 | 59:57 |
| 39Anders LindbackG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |
Chicago Blackhawks
| 25Viktor StalbergL | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 3 | 14:38 |
| 65Andrew ShawC | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 1 | 19:11 |
| 8Nick LeddyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 2 | 23:45 |
| 10Patrick SharpR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 16:31 |
| 15Andrew BrunetteL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 14:28 |
| 17Brendan MorrisonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 1 | 13:00 |
| 22Jamal MayersR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 12:00 |
| 29Bryan BickellL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 14:02 |
| 36Dave BollandC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:59 |
| 52Brandon BolligL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 07:29 |
| 67Michael FrolikR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 13:45 |
| 81Marian HossaR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 18:34 |
| 88Patrick KaneR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 20:19 |
| 4Niklas HjalmarssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 20:37 |
| 6Sean O'DonnellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 11:47 |
| 7Brent SeabrookD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 24:44 |
| 27Johnny OduyaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 24:28 |
| 34Dylan OlsenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 11:00 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Ray EmeryG | 9 | 7 | 2 | .778 | 17:53 | |
| 50Corey CrawfordG | L | 15 | 11 | 4 | .733 | 41:47 |