Minnesota Wild vs Nashville Predators

Regular season · Thursday, February 26, 2015 · Bridgestone Arena

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4–2

Final

SOG 30–29

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Game summary

The Minnesota Wild beat the Nashville Predators 4-2 on Thursday, February 26, 2015 at Bridgestone Arena. The Wild outshot the Predators 30-29.

Nino Niederreiter scored twice. Erik Haula, Mike Fisher, Kyle Brodziak and Craig Smith also scored.

Devan Dubnyk made 27 saves on 29 shots for the win; Pekka Rinne stopped 26 of 29.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
MIN	1	2	1	4	30
NSH	0	2	0	2	29

Three stars

Scoring

1st period

Erik Haula (6)Justin Fontaine (13), Kyle Brodziak (9)1–017:35 MIN

2nd period

Mike Fisher (14)Matt Cullen (11), Mattias Ekholm (10)1–100:16 NSH
Kyle Brodziak (8)Erik Haula (4)2–107:12 MIN
Craig Smith (20)Mike Fisher (18), Matt Cullen (12)2–208:31 NSH
Nino Niederreiter (20)Charlie Coyle (19), Jordan Schroeder (4)3–209:48 MIN

3rd period

Nino Niederreiter (21)Unassisted4–218:21 MIN · EN

Team stats

MINNSH

30Shots on goal29

55%Faceoff %45%

0/2Power play0/2

4Penalty minutes4

17Hits20

16Blocked shots5

6Giveaways17

12Takeaways7

Penalties

1st 05:20Matt Cullen · tripping2 min
2nd 15:19Craig Smith · tripping2 min
2nd 18:14Mikael Granlund · hooking2 min
3rd 06:09Mikael Granlund · interference2 min

Season series

Minnesota Wild

Minnesota Wild skaters

21Kyle BrodziakC	1	1	2	+3	1	0	0	0	67	13:29
22Nino NiederreiterR	2	0	2	+2	2	3	1	0	–	14:45
56Erik HaulaL	1	1	2	+2	4	0	1	0	67	12:40
3Charlie CoyleC	0	1	1	+2	2	1	0	0	57	14:45
10Jordan SchroederC	0	1	1	+1	1	0	0	0	–	11:03
14Justin FontaineR	0	1	1	+2	2	0	0	0	–	11:48
9Mikko KoivuC	0	0	0	-2	3	0	0	0	53	18:11
11Zach PariseL	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	18:02
23Sean BergenheimL	0	0	0	-2	4	2	1	0	–	13:41
26Thomas VanekL	0	0	0	-2	0	1	0	0	–	16:28
29Jason PominvilleR	0	0	0	0	3	2	0	0	–	16:34
64Mikael GranlundC	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	4	36	17:06
5Christian FolinD	0	0	0	+1	0	2	1	0	–	11:50
6Marco ScandellaD	0	0	0	0	3	3	4	0	–	23:47
20Ryan SuterD	0	0	0	0	1	1	4	0	–	26:59
25Jonas BrodinD	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	–	24:05
39Nate ProsserD	0	0	0	+3	1	0	1	0	–	12:18
55Mathew DumbaD	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	–	18:29

Minnesota Wild goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
35Darcy KuemperG		0	0	0	–	00:00
40Devan DubnykG	W	29	27	2	.931	60:00

Nashville Predators

Nashville Predators skaters

7Matt CullenC	0	2	2	+2	1	0	0	2	43	13:19
12Mike FisherC	1	1	2	+1	2	4	0	0	48	16:14
15Craig SmithC	1	0	1	+2	2	2	0	2	–	16:44
14Mattias EkholmD	0	1	1	+1	2	1	0	0	–	20:41
9Filip ForsbergL	0	0	0	-3	2	0	0	0	–	19:12
10Mike SantorelliC	0	0	0	-1	1	1	0	0	–	13:49
18James NealL	0	0	0	-3	0	0	0	0	–	19:46
19Calle JarnkrokC	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	57	13:17
24Eric NystromL	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	–	12:18
28Paul GaustadC	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	54	10:00
33Colin WilsonC	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	25	14:08
57Gabriel BourqueL	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	–	09:41
63Mike RibeiroC	0	0	0	-3	2	2	0	0	38	20:20
3Seth JonesD	0	0	0	-1	4	0	1	0	–	20:26
4Ryan EllisD	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	0	–	11:29
6Shea WeberD	0	0	0	-2	5	2	2	0	–	26:58
44Cody FransonD	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	–	12:50
59Roman JosiD	0	0	0	-1	4	1	2	0	–	27:36

Nashville Predators goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
30Carter HuttonG		0	0	0	–	00:00
35Pekka RinneG	L	29	26	3	.897	57:12