Nashville Predators vs Minnesota Wild

Regular season · Saturday, December 20, 2014 · Xcel Energy Center

NashvillePredatorsAway

6–5

Final/OT

SOG 44–27

MinnesotaWildHome

FS-N · FS-TN

Game summary

The Nashville Predators beat the Minnesota Wild 6-5 in overtime on Saturday, December 20, 2014 at Xcel Energy Center. The Predators outshot the Wild 44-27.

Zach Parise scored twice. Jason Zucker, Calle Jarnkrok, Matt Cullen, Craig Smith, Marco Scandella, Filip Forsberg, Roman Josi, Thomas Vanek and Mattias Ekholm also scored.

Pekka Rinne made 22 saves on 27 shots for the win; Niklas Backstrom stopped 27 of 30.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	OT	T	SOG
NSH	3	0	2	1	6	44
MIN	2	1	2	0	5	27

Three stars

Scoring

1st period

Jason Zucker (12)Jason Pominville (15), Mikko Koivu (11)0–101:10 MIN
Calle Jarnkrok (3)Shea Weber (13), Roman Josi (13)1–104:37 NSH
Zach Parise (12)Charlie Coyle (10), Thomas Vanek (15)1–206:37 MIN
Matt Cullen (4)Victor Bartley (2), Mike Fisher (4)2–213:58 NSH
Craig Smith (8)Mike Ribeiro (18)3–218:14 NSH

2nd period

Marco Scandella (7)Charlie Coyle (11), Zach Parise (13)3–307:18 MIN · PPG

3rd period

Filip Forsberg (13)Victor Bartley (3), Craig Smith (9)4–301:48 NSH
Roman Josi (4)Shea Weber (14), Matt Cullen (5)5–309:05 NSH · PPG
Zach Parise (13)Jason Pominville (16), Ryan Suter (19)5–410:46 MIN · PPG
Thomas Vanek (5)Marco Scandella (5), Ryan Suter (20)5–519:12 MIN

OT period

Mattias Ekholm (1)Unassisted6–501:45 NSH

Team stats

NSHMIN

44Shots on goal27

48%Faceoff %52%

1/4Power play2/4

8Penalty minutes8

10Hits12

14Blocked shots21

5Giveaways7

0Takeaways2

Penalties

1st 08:19Ryan Carter · interference2 min
2nd 00:42Jonas Brodin · holding2 min
2nd 04:55Mikko Koivu · hooking2 min
2nd 06:36Mike Fisher · hooking2 min
2nd 06:36Mike Fisher · hooking2 min
3rd 03:42Victor Bartley · interference2 min
3rd 07:14Charlie Coyle · hooking2 min
3rd 09:51Olli Jokinen · holding2 min

Season series

Nashville Predators

Nashville Predators skaters

7Matt CullenC	1	1	2	-1	4	0	0	0	57	17:54
15Craig SmithC	1	1	2	+2	7	0	1	0	100	18:44
6Shea WeberD	0	2	2	+2	3	2	1	0	–	26:43
59Roman JosiD	1	1	2	0	3	0	1	0	–	27:20
64Victor BartleyD	0	2	2	+1	0	2	1	2	–	12:11
9Filip ForsbergL	1	0	1	+1	5	2	0	0	–	19:36
12Mike FisherC	0	1	1	-1	3	0	2	4	72	18:25
19Calle JarnkrokC	1	0	1	+1	1	1	0	0	33	07:43
63Mike RibeiroC	0	1	1	+1	3	0	0	0	28	18:40
14Mattias EkholmD	1	0	1	+1	1	0	0	0	–	20:58
13Olli JokinenC	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	2	38	14:22
21Derek RoyC	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0	67	07:37
24Eric NystromL	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	–	15:35
33Colin WilsonC	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	50	18:17
41Taylor BeckL	0	0	0	+1	2	0	0	0	–	08:09
57Gabriel BourqueL	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	–	12:48
3Seth JonesD	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	–	14:41
4Ryan EllisD	0	0	0	+1	6	0	4	0	–	21:46

Nashville Predators goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
30Carter HuttonG		0	0	0	–	00:00
35Pekka RinneG	W	27	22	5	.815	61:39

Minnesota Wild

Minnesota Wild skaters

11Zach PariseL	2	1	3	+2	2	0	0	0	–	20:18
3Charlie CoyleC	0	2	2	+1	2	1	2	2	55	19:43
26Thomas VanekL	1	1	2	+2	3	1	0	0	–	17:26
29Jason PominvilleR	0	2	2	0	3	0	1	0	100	19:14
6Marco ScandellaD	1	1	2	+1	2	3	4	0	–	23:33
20Ryan SuterD	0	2	2	-1	2	1	3	0	–	31:27
9Mikko KoivuC	0	1	1	+1	3	0	0	2	52	21:05
16Jason ZuckerL	1	0	1	-1	3	1	1	0	–	16:44
14Justin FontaineR	0	0	0	-1	1	0	0	0	–	07:11
18Ryan CarterC	0	0	0	-2	0	0	2	2	–	08:51
21Kyle BrodziakC	0	0	0	-2	0	1	1	0	33	08:18
22Nino NiederreiterR	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0	–	14:46
24Matt CookeL	0	0	0	-1	0	2	4	0	33	12:27
56Erik HaulaL	0	0	0	-1	3	1	0	0	64	14:23
5Christian FolinD	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	–	06:48
25Jonas BrodinD	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	2	–	26:31
39Nate ProsserD	0	0	0	-2	0	0	2	0	–	07:47
46Jared SpurgeonD	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	–	23:20

Minnesota Wild goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
32Niklas BackstromG	O	30	27	3	.900	41:02
35Darcy KuemperG		14	11	3	.786	20:00