Nashville Predators vs Colorado Avalanche
Regular season · Saturday, April 7, 2012 · Pepsi Center
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Game summary
The Nashville Predators beat the Colorado Avalanche 6–1 on Saturday, April 7, 2012 at Pepsi Center. The Avalanche outshot the Predators 45–29.
Goals came from David Legwand, Matt Duchene, Craig Smith, Patric Hornqvist, Roman Josi, Brandon Yip and Matt Halischuk.
Anders Lindback made 34 saves on 35 shots for the win; Jean-Sebastien Giguere stopped 23 of 29.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
David Legwand (1)Gabriel Bourque (1), Alexander Radulov (1)1–003:39 NSH
Matt Duchene (1)Chuck Kobasew (1), Cody McLeod (1)1–108:09 COL
Craig Smith (1)Matt Halischuk (1), Colin Wilson (1)2–112:10 NSH
Patric Hornqvist (1)Kevin Klein (1), Andrei Kostitsyn (1)3–119:59 NSH
2nd period
Roman Josi (1)Craig Smith (1), Kevin Klein (2)4–116:09 NSH
3rd period
Brandon Yip (1)Nick Spaling (1)5–101:57 NSH
Matt Halischuk (1)Craig Smith (2)6–106:20 NSH
Team stats
NSHCOL
2945
42%58%
0/10/1
44
1332
128
17
84
Penalties
- 15:13 into the first period
Chuck Kobasew · interference2 min - 14:03 into the second period
Patric Hornqvist · cross checking2 min - 14:03 into the second periodErik Johnson · roughing2 min
- 19:45 into the second periodCraig Smith · hooking2 min
Season series
Nashville Predators
| 15Craig SmithC | 1 | 2 | 3 | +3 | 1 | 13:35 |
| 24Matt HalischukR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 3 | 12:35 |
| 8Kevin KleinD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +3 | 0 | 20:24 |
| 11David LegwandC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 15:12 |
| 13Nick SpalingC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 3 | 16:19 |
| 18Brandon YipR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 14:32 |
| 27Patric HornqvistR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +3 | 4 | 13:17 |
| 33Colin WilsonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | 14:00 |
| 46Andrei KostitsynL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | 14:36 |
| 47Alexander RadulovR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 17:13 |
| 57Gabriel BourqueL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 14:22 |
| 59Roman JosiD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 2 | 22:07 |
| 22Jordin TootooR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 14:44 |
| 28Paul GaustadC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 16:03 |
| 6Shea WeberD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | 19:00 |
| 20Ryan SuterD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | 19:48 |
| 38Jack HillenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | 18:59 |
| 49Ryan EllisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19:23 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35Pekka RinneG | 10 | 0 | 1.000 | |
| 39Anders LindbackG | W | 35 | 1 | .971 |
Colorado Avalanche
| 9Matt DucheneC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 5 | 11:48 |
| 17Chuck KobasewR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 14:04 |
| 55Cody McLeodL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 13:01 |
| 11Jamie McGinnL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | 14:05 |
| 16Jay McClementC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 15:55 |
| 23Milan HejdukR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 2 | 17:35 |
| 26Paul StastnyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 15:28 |
| 37Ryan O'ReillyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | 16:36 |
| 40Mark OlverC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 15:10 |
| 54David JonesR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | 13:53 |
| 88Peter MuellerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 5 | 13:36 |
| 92Gabriel LandeskogL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | 16:55 |
| 3Ryan O'ByrneD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 21:15 |
| 6Erik JohnsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 5 | 19:13 |
| 8Jan HejdaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 20:36 |
| 22Matt HunwickD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 3 | 17:04 |
| 41Tyson BarrieD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | 19:56 |
| 44Ryan WilsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 19:50 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Semyon VarlamovG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Jean-Sebastien GiguereG | L | 29 | 6 | .793 |