Nashville Predators vs Carolina Hurricanes
Regular season · Saturday, January 2, 2016 · PNC Arena
FS-CR · FS-TN
Game summary
The Nashville Predators beat the Carolina Hurricanes 2-1 in overtime on Saturday, January 2, 2016 at PNC Arena. The Hurricanes outshot the Predators 28-21.
Goals came from Victor Rask, Paul Gaustad and Mattias Ekholm.
Pekka Rinne made 27 saves on 28 shots for the win; Eddie Lack stopped 19 of 21.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Victor Rask (11)Jeff Skinner (6), Phillip Di Giuseppe (5)0–108:58 CAR
2nd period
Paul Gaustad (1)Mattias Ekholm (9), Miikka Salomaki (2)1–112:35 NSH · SHG
OT period
Mattias Ekholm (5)Filip Forsberg (16), Ryan Ellis (13)2–103:09 NSH
Team stats
NSHCAR
21Shots on goal28
50%Faceoff %50%
0/4Power play0/3
6Penalty minutes8
48Hits28
12Blocked shots14
7Giveaways10
6Takeaways22
Penalties
- 1st 01:38
Calle Jarnkrok · delaying game face off violation2 min - 1st 12:35
Brad Malone · hooking2 min - 2nd 05:43Phillip Di Giuseppe · hooking2 min
- 2nd 11:04Calle Jarnkrok · slashing2 min
- 2nd 14:26Craig Smith · holding2 min
- 2nd 17:04Jordan Staal · interference2 min
- 3rd 04:24Bench · too many men on the ice2 min
Season series
Nashville Predators
| 14Mattias EkholmD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 1 | 20:52 |
| 9Filip ForsbergL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 22:34 |
| 20Miikka SalomakiR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 11:29 |
| 28Paul GaustadC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 10:57 |
| 4Ryan EllisD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 22:10 |
| 11Cody HodgsonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 08:17 |
| 12Mike FisherC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21:51 |
| 15Craig SmithC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:45 |
| 18James NealL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19:46 |
| 19Calle JarnkrokC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 11:55 |
| 24Eric NystromL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 09:05 |
| 33Colin WilsonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 13:32 |
| 38Viktor ArvidssonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14:49 |
| 63Mike RibeiroC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 18:51 |
| 3Seth JonesD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19:56 |
| 5Barret JackmanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:43 |
| 6Shea WeberD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26:29 |
| 59Roman JosiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 25:26 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Carter HuttonG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 35Pekka RinneG | W | 28 | 27 | 1 | .964 | 63:09 |
Carolina Hurricanes
| 34Phillip Di GiuseppeL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 05:12 |
| 49Victor RaskC | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 1 | 14:54 |
| 53Jeff SkinnerC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 16:28 |
| 11Jordan StaalC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 19:33 |
| 12Eric StaalC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 19:53 |
| 15Andrej NestrasilC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18:10 |
| 16Elias LindholmC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 20:07 |
| 20Riley NashC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 12:49 |
| 24Brad MaloneC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 09:30 |
| 25Chris TerryL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 08:25 |
| 32Kris VersteegR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15:32 |
| 42Joakim NordstromC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:45 |
| 5Noah HanifinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:02 |
| 26John-Michael LilesD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 22:08 |
| 27Justin FaulkD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 5 | 23:26 |
| 54Brett PesceD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15:37 |
| 65Ron HainseyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22:19 |
| 74Jaccob SlavinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 23:41 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Cam WardG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 31Eddie LackG | O | 21 | 19 | 2 | .905 | 63:09 |