Chicago Blackhawks vs Nashville Predators
Regular season · Saturday, March 31, 2012 · Bridgestone Arena
FS-TN (HD) · WGN
Game summary
The Chicago Blackhawks beat the Nashville Predators 5-4 on Saturday, March 31, 2012 at Bridgestone Arena. The Blackhawks outshot the Predators 37-33.
Shea Weber scored twice. Patrick Sharp, Dave Bolland, Patrick Kane, Viktor Stalberg, Martin Erat, Alexander Radulov and Brent Seabrook also scored.
Corey Crawford made 29 saves on 33 shots for the win; Pekka Rinne stopped 32 of 37.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Patrick Sharp (1)Andrew Shaw (1), Nick Leddy (1)1–003:25 CHI · PPG
2nd period
Dave Bolland (1)Marian Hossa (1), Patrick Kane (1)2–001:05 CHI · PPG
Patrick Kane (1)Niklas Hjalmarsson (1), Brent Seabrook (1)3–006:50 CHI
Viktor Stalberg (1)Marcus Kruger (1)4–008:35 CHI
Martin Erat (1)Ryan Suter (1), Mike Fisher (1)4–109:29 NSH · PPG
Shea Weber (1)Ryan Suter (2), Andrei Kostitsyn (1)4–210:18 NSH
3rd period
Alexander Radulov (1)David Legwand (1), Kevin Klein (1)4–304:38 NSH- Shea Weber (2)Ryan Suter (3), David Legwand (2)4–407:10 NSH · PPG
Brent Seabrook (1)Andrew Shaw (2), Bryan Bickell (1)5–408:19 CHI
Team stats
CHINSH
37Shots on goal33
32%Faceoff %68%
2/6Power play2/4
8Penalty minutes12
6Hits15
14Blocked shots8
10Giveaways15
11Takeaways11
Penalties
- 1st 01:38
Matt Halischuk · high sticking2 min - 1st 10:27Paul Gaustad · roughing2 min
- 1st 19:48David Legwand · hooking2 min
- 2nd 04:36
Sean O'Donnell · holding2 min - 2nd 09:21Dave Bolland · interference2 min
- 2nd 13:13Martin Erat · slashing2 min
- 2nd 16:46Gabriel Bourque · tripping2 min
- 2nd 19:27Bench · too many men on the ice2 min
- 3rd 06:05Dave Bolland · boarding2 min
- 3rd 19:52Alexander Radulov · hooking2 min
Season series
Chicago Blackhawks
| 65Andrew ShawC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 2 | 20:21 |
| 88Patrick KaneR | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 19:36 |
| 7Brent SeabrookD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 3 | 31:12 |
| 10Patrick SharpR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 5 | 23:14 |
| 16Marcus KrugerC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 20:23 |
| 25Viktor StalbergL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 14:16 |
| 29Bryan BickellL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 16:40 |
| 36Dave BollandC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 19:51 |
| 81Marian HossaR | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 5 | 18:39 |
| 4Niklas HjalmarssonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | 24:16 |
| 8Nick LeddyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 23:29 |
| 15Andrew BrunetteL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:49 |
| 22Jamal MayersR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 05:29 |
| 39Jimmy HayesR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 02:55 |
| 52Brandon BolligL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 03:19 |
| 6Sean O'DonnellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 08:48 |
| 27Johnny OduyaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 25:57 |
| 34Dylan OlsenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 03:35 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Ray EmeryG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 50Corey CrawfordG | W | 33 | 29 | 4 | .879 | 59:58 |
Nashville Predators
| 20Ryan SuterD | 0 | 3 | 3 | +1 | 2 | 27:41 |
| 11David LegwandC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 1 | 18:58 |
| 6Shea WeberD | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 4 | 26:29 |
| 10Martin EratR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 17:25 |
| 12Mike FisherC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 19:27 |
| 46Andrei KostitsynL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 16:15 |
| 47Alexander RadulovR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 19:48 |
| 8Kevin KleinD | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 2 | 18:25 |
| 13Nick SpalingC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 16:23 |
| 22Jordin TootooR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 04:00 |
| 24Matt HalischukR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 05:06 |
| 27Patric HornqvistR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 15:04 |
| 28Paul GaustadC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 11:14 |
| 57Gabriel BourqueL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 12:27 |
| 74Sergei KostitsynL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 15:55 |
| 51Francis BouillonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 13:46 |
| 59Roman JosiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 15:46 |
| 75Hal GillD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17:15 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35Pekka RinneG | L | 37 | 32 | 5 | .865 | 59:24 |
| 39Anders LindbackG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |