Nashville Predators vs Colorado Avalanche
Regular season · Saturday, March 5, 2016 · Pepsi Center
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Game summary
The Nashville Predators beat the Colorado Avalanche 5-2 on Saturday, March 5, 2016 at Pepsi Center. The Predators outshot the Avalanche 40-36.
Goals came from Blake Comeau, Filip Forsberg, Gabriel Landeskog, James Neal, Mike Fisher, Shea Weber and Miikka Salomaki.
Pekka Rinne made 34 saves on 36 shots for the win; Calvin Pickard stopped 35 of 38.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Blake Comeau (10)Carl Soderberg (32), Shawn Matthias (12)0–107:27 COL
2nd period
Filip Forsberg (28)Craig Smith (14), Mike Ribeiro (39)1–115:30 NSH
Gabriel Landeskog (17)Nathan MacKinnon (29), Francois Beauchemin (22)1–219:14 COL
3rd period
James Neal (23)Ryan Johansen (34)2–201:02 NSH
Mike Fisher (9)Unassisted3–210:16 NSH
Shea Weber (17)Filip Forsberg (23), Austin Watson (6)4–218:22 NSH · EN
Miikka Salomaki (5)Calle Jarnkrok (9), Mattias Ekholm (22)5–219:05 NSH · EN
Team stats
NSHCOL
40Shots on goal36
32%Faceoff %68%
0/4Power play0/3
16Penalty minutes18
28Hits27
22Blocked shots22
2Giveaways6
12Takeaways9
Penalties
- 1st 02:42
Francois Beauchemin · tripping2 min - 1st 09:55Gabriel Landeskog · delaying game puck over glass2 min
- 1st 18:39
Austin Watson · fighting5 min - 1st 18:39Jarome Iginla · fighting5 min
- 1st 18:39Bench · too many men on the ice2 min
- 2nd 01:57Carl Soderberg · interference2 min
- 2nd 10:13Paul Gaustad · fighting5 min
- 2nd 10:13Cody McLeod · fighting5 min
- 2nd 12:20Craig Smith · high sticking2 min
- 3rd 03:28Mike Fisher · holding2 min
- 3rd 19:47Cody McLeod · slashing2 min
Season series
Nashville Predators
| 9Filip ForsbergL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 4 | 20:03 |
| 12Mike FisherC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 17:15 |
| 15Craig SmithC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 14:50 |
| 18James NealL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 5 | 18:00 |
| 19Calle JarnkrokC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 19:27 |
| 20Miikka SalomakiR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 2 | 15:08 |
| 51Austin WatsonL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 09:16 |
| 63Mike RibeiroC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 16:09 |
| 92Ryan JohansenC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 16:17 |
| 6Shea WeberD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 27:32 |
| 14Mattias EkholmD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 3 | 21:54 |
| 28Paul GaustadC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 05:42 |
| 33Colin WilsonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 09:09 |
| 38Viktor ArvidssonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 12:58 |
| 2Anthony BitettoD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:16 |
| 4Ryan EllisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | 23:42 |
| 8Petter GranbergD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 09:49 |
| 59Roman JosiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 4 | 26:47 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Carter HuttonG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 35Pekka RinneG | W | 36 | 34 | 2 | .944 | 59:47 |
Colorado Avalanche
| 14Blake ComeauL | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 7 | 15:26 |
| 18Shawn MatthiasC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13:00 |
| 29Nathan MacKinnonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 3 | 18:23 |
| 34Carl SoderbergC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 13:39 |
| 92Gabriel LandeskogL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 20:58 |
| 32Francois BeaucheminD | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 1 | 23:43 |
| 7John MitchellC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 12:47 |
| 8Jack SkilleR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 06:37 |
| 9Matt DucheneC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 17:51 |
| 12Jarome IginlaR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 15:43 |
| 25Mikhail GrigorenkoC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 3 | 17:09 |
| 55Cody McLeodL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 06:34 |
| 89Mikkel BoedkerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18:13 |
| 2Nick HoldenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 24:42 |
| 3Chris BigrasD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 11:20 |
| 4Tyson BarrieD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 5 | 24:21 |
| 6Erik JohnsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 25:07 |
| 41Andrew BodnarchukD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 09:31 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Semyon VarlamovG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 31Calvin PickardG | L | 38 | 35 | 3 | .921 | 58:43 |