Nashville Predators vs Phoenix Coyotes
Playoffs · Friday, April 27, 2012 · Jobing.com Arena
NBCSN · TSN · RDS
Game summary
The Phoenix Coyotes beat the Nashville Predators 4–3 in overtime on Friday, April 27, 2012 at Jobing.com Arena. The Predators outshot the Coyotes 42–24.
Goals came from Radim Vrbata, Brandon Yip, Rostislav Klesla, Andrei Kostitsyn, Mikkel Boedker, Martin Erat and Ray Whitney.
Mike Smith made 39 saves on 42 shots for the win; Pekka Rinne stopped 20 of 24.
| Goals | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 NSH | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 42 |
 PHX | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 24 |
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Radim Vrbata (1)Ray Whitney (1), Oliver Ekman-Larsson (1)0–107:23 PHX · 
Brandon Yip (1)Francis Bouillon (1), Craig Smith (1)1–114:09 NSH
2nd period
Rostislav Klesla (1)Daymond Langkow (1), Adrian Aucoin (1)1–203:05 PHX
Andrei Kostitsyn (1)Patric Hornqvist (1), Francis Bouillon (2)2–211:19 NSH
Mikkel Boedker (1)Antoine Vermette (1), Rostislav Klesla (1)2–316:27 PHX
3rd period
Martin Erat (1)Patric Hornqvist (2), Ryan Suter (1)3–315:18 NSH ·
Overtime
Ray Whitney (1)Martin Hanzal (1)3–414:04 PHX
Team stats
NSHPHX
4224
41%59%
1/51/3
610
3330
1515
411
59
Penalties
- 6:26 into the first periodKevin Klein · tripping2 min
- 11:22 into the first periodRadim Vrbata · high sticking2 min
- 15:43 into the first periodRyan Suter · tripping2 min
- 6:11 into the second periodMartin Hanzal · elbowing2 min
- 20:00 into the second periodAntoine Vermette · holding2 min
- 2:47 into the third periodPekka Rinne · interference2 min
- 6:29 into the third periodRadim Vrbata · delaying game puck over glass2 min
- 14:57 into the third periodBoyd Gordon · holding the stick2 min
Season series
Nashville Predators
| 27Patric HornqvistR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 8 | 20:18 |
| 51Francis BouillonD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 3 | 20:55 |
| 10Martin EratR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 5 | 22:20 |
| 15Craig SmithC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 09:29 |
| 18Brandon YipR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 09:35 |
| 46Andrei KostitsynL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 19:25 |
| 20Ryan SuterD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 3 | 33:17 |
| 11David LegwandC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 22:19 |
| 12Mike FisherC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 23:43 |
| 13Nick SpalingC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19:13 |
| 28Paul GaustadC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 12:06 |
| 47Alexander RadulovR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 21:28 |
| 57Gabriel BourqueL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18:16 |
| 74Sergei KostitsynL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 21:36 |
| 6Shea WeberD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 33:12 |
| 8Kevin KleinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | 19:52 |
| 59Roman JosiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | 20:17 |
| 75Hal GillD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | 18:02 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35Pekka RinneG | L | 24 | 4 | .833 |
| 39Anders LindbackG | 0 | 0 | – |
Phoenix Coyotes
| 13Ray WhitneyL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 2 | 21:05 |
| 16Rostislav KleslaD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 2 | 24:57 |
| 11Martin HanzalC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 22:23 |
| 17Radim VrbataR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 5 | 22:20 |
| 22Daymond LangkowC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | 13:08 |
| 50Antoine VermetteC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 19:33 |
| 89Mikkel BoedkerL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 17:34 |
| 23Oliver Ekman-LarssonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 30:35 |
| 33Adrian AucoinD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 2 | 20:49 |
| 8Gilbert BruleC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 08:20 |
| 14Taylor PyattL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16:28 |
| 15Boyd GordonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20:16 |
| 19Shane DoanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | 20:13 |
| 24Kyle ChipchuraC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 09:42 |
| 28Lauri KorpikoskiL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22:49 |
| 3Keith YandleD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 22:59 |
| 32Michal RozsivalD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22:29 |
| 53Derek MorrisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | 26:19 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Jason LaBarberaG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 41Mike SmithG | W | 42 | 3 | .929 |