Nashville Predators vs Dallas Stars
Regular season · Thursday, December 31, 2015 · American Airlines Center
FS-SW · FS-TN
Game summary
The Dallas Stars beat the Nashville Predators 5-1 on Thursday, December 31, 2015 at American Airlines Center. The Predators outshot the Stars 34-32.
Tyler Seguin scored twice. Craig Smith, Jamie Benn, Mattias Janmark and Patrick Eaves also scored.
Antti Niemi made 33 saves on 34 shots for the win; Pekka Rinne stopped 27 of 32.
Three stars
Scoring
2nd period
Craig Smith (9)Mike Ribeiro (21)1–011:22 NSH
Jamie Benn (24)Alex Goligoski (14)1–112:53 DAL
Mattias Janmark (9)Jason Spezza (14), John Klingberg (29)1–217:28 DAL
3rd period
Patrick Eaves (3)Jason Spezza (15)1–303:56 DAL
Tyler Seguin (22)Patrick Sharp (18)1–408:03 DAL- Tyler Seguin (23)Jamie Benn (28), John Klingberg (30)1–515:56 DAL
Team stats
NSHDAL
34Shots on goal32
40%Faceoff %60%
0/1Power play0/1
2Penalty minutes2
39Hits20
17Blocked shots12
9Giveaways7
8Takeaways8
Penalties
- 1st 12:49
Colton Sceviour · interference2 min - 3rd 12:10
Barret Jackman · elbowing2 min
Season series
Nashville Predators
| 15Craig SmithC | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 3 | 15:27 |
| 63Mike RibeiroC | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 2 | 18:07 |
| 9Filip ForsbergL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 19:35 |
| 12Mike FisherC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 15:05 |
| 18James NealL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 | 18:35 |
| 19Calle JarnkrokC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 14:38 |
| 20Miikka SalomakiR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13:59 |
| 24Eric NystromL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 13:16 |
| 28Paul GaustadC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 12:15 |
| 33Colin WilsonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 13:05 |
| 38Viktor ArvidssonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 12:20 |
| 51Austin WatsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 11:32 |
| 3Seth JonesD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 18:53 |
| 4Ryan EllisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 2 | 19:56 |
| 5Barret JackmanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 15:13 |
| 6Shea WeberD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 3 | 24:27 |
| 14Mattias EkholmD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 2 | 18:17 |
| 59Roman JosiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 23:20 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Carter HuttonG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 35Pekka RinneG | L | 32 | 27 | 5 | .844 | 60:00 |
Dallas Stars
| 14Jamie BennL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +3 | 5 | 17:28 |
| 90Jason SpezzaC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 2 | 17:55 |
| 91Tyler SeguinC | 2 | 0 | 2 | +3 | 5 | 18:08 |
| 3John KlingbergD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 1 | 21:29 |
| 10Patrick SharpL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 6 | 17:24 |
| 13Mattias JanmarkC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 1 | 18:15 |
| 18Patrick EavesR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 2 | 16:11 |
| 33Alex GoligoskiD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 21:55 |
| 20Cody EakinC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 13:38 |
| 21Antoine RousselL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 15:18 |
| 22Colton SceviourC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 15:42 |
| 27Travis MoenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 08:23 |
| 38Vernon FiddlerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10:58 |
| 43Valeri NichushkinR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 09:24 |
| 2Jyrki JokipakkaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 20:02 |
| 4Jason DemersD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 19:27 |
| 24Jordie BennD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | 17:20 |
| 47Johnny OduyaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | 19:03 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Antti NiemiG | W | 34 | 33 | 1 | .971 | 60:00 |
| 32Kari LehtonenG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |