Minnesota Wild vs Nashville Predators
Regular season · Tuesday, April 3, 2012 · Bridgestone Arena
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Game summary
The Nashville Predators beat the Minnesota Wild 2–1 in a shootout on Tuesday, April 3, 2012 at Bridgestone Arena. The Wild outshot the Predators 26–24.
Goals came from Gabriel Bourque and Dany Heatley.
Anders Lindback made 25 saves on 26 shots for the win; Niklas Backstrom stopped 23 of 24.
Three stars
Scoring
2nd period
Gabriel Bourque (1)Nick Spaling (1)0–112:31 NSH
Dany Heatley (1)Nate Prosser (1), Mikko Koivu (1)1–117:53 MIN
Shootout
Alexander RadulovUnassisted1–300:00 NSH
Team stats
MINNSH
2624
48%52%
0/40/1
612
1214
813
910
1311
Penalties
- 7:25 into the first period
Ryan Suter · cross checking2 min - 10:56 into the first period
Justin Falk · interference2 min - 16:42 into the first periodBrandon Yip · roughing2 min
- 16:42 into the first periodErik Christensen · roughing2 min
- 18:53 into the first periodDavid Legwand · interference2 min
- 0:42 into the third periodMartin Erat · tripping2 min
- 11:54 into the third periodNick Spaling · hooking2 min
- 11:54 into the third periodJed Ortmeyer · diving2 min
- 19:48 into the third periodAndrei Kostitsyn · tripping2 min
Season series
Minnesota Wild
| 9Mikko KoivuC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 23:15 |
| 15Dany HeatleyL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 22:15 |
| 39Nate ProsserD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 20:53 |
| 10Devin SetoguchiR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 22:34 |
| 14Darroll PoweC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:15 |
| 16Jason ZuckerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12:49 |
| 19Stephane VeilleuxL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11:22 |
| 21Kyle BrodziakC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:10 |
| 22Cal ClutterbuckR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 16:54 |
| 25Nick JohnsonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11:27 |
| 26Erik ChristensenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:39 |
| 41Jed OrtmeyerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10:49 |
| 43Warren PetersC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 12:04 |
| 4Clayton StonerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 18:53 |
| 6Marco ScandellaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21:27 |
| 20Kurtis FosterD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13:57 |
| 44Justin FalkD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 23:04 |
| 77Tom GilbertD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 30:13 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 32Niklas BackstromG | O | 24 | 1 | .958 |
| 37Josh HardingG | 0 | 0 | – |
Nashville Predators
| 13Nick SpalingC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 16:21 |
| 57Gabriel BourqueL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 09:49 |
| 10Martin EratR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19:56 |
| 11David LegwandC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 16:24 |
| 12Mike FisherC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 22:44 |
| 15Craig SmithC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 06:36 |
| 18Brandon YipR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 07:37 |
| 27Patric HornqvistR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 09:07 |
| 28Paul GaustadC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:02 |
| 46Andrei KostitsynL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:17 |
| 47Alexander RadulovR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19:28 |
| 74Sergei KostitsynL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 20:23 |
| 6Shea WeberD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 28:03 |
| 8Kevin KleinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18:37 |
| 20Ryan SuterD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 27:40 |
| 51Francis BouillonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19:47 |
| 59Roman JosiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 18:48 |
| 75Hal GillD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 16:21 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 37Chet PickardG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 39Anders LindbackG | W | 26 | 1 | .962 |