Nashville Predators vs Columbus Blue Jackets

Preseason · Thursday, September 29, 2016 · Nationwide Arena

2–3

27–40

Game summary

The Columbus Blue Jackets beat the Nashville Predators 3–2 in overtime on Thursday, September 29, 2016 at Nationwide Arena. The Blue Jackets outshot the Predators 40–27.

Goals came from Ryan Craig, Anthony Bitetto, Yannick Weber, Paul Bittner and Brandon Dubinsky.

Curtis McElhinney made 15 saves on 17 shots for the win; Juuse Saros stopped 23 of 25.

Goals
NSH	0	1	1	0	2	27
CBJ	1	0	1	1	3	40

Three stars

Scoring

1st period

Ryan Craig (1)Gregory Campbell (1), Cam Atkinson (2)0–119:38 CBJ

2nd period

Anthony Bitetto (1)Matt Carle (1), Pontus Aberg (1)1–113:33 NSH ·

3rd period

Yannick Weber (1)Calle Jarnkrok (2), Craig Smith (1)2–106:48 NSH
Paul Bittner (1)Brandon Dubinsky (1), Jack Johnson (1)2–215:56 CBJ

Overtime

Brandon Dubinsky (1)Cam Atkinson (3), Zach Werenski (1)2–302:49 CBJ

Team stats

NSHCBJ

2740

53%47%

1/50/6

1210

2722

2111

310

Penalties

2:59 into the first periodMike Liambas · interference2 min
12:28 into the first periodGregory Campbell · holding2 min
15:59 into the first periodViktor Arvidsson · slashing2 min
3:16 into the second periodAnthony Bitetto · holding the stick2 min
4:43 into the second periodMatt Irwin · tripping2 min
11:40 into the second periodPierre-Luc Dubois · interference2 min
13:46 into the second periodAaron Palushaj · roughing2 min
0:27 into the third periodBoone Jenner · tripping2 min
1:19 into the third periodViktor Arvidsson · holding the stick2 min
9:12 into the third periodMike Liambas · holding2 min
11:20 into the third periodJosh Anderson · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min

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Nashville Predators

Nashville Predators skaters

15Craig SmithC	0	1	1	0	9	0	0	0	–	0	0	22	16:21
19Calle JarnkrokC	0	1	1	0	1	1	3	0	48	0	0	26	19:30
46Pontus AbergL	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	–	0	0	17	15:32
2Anthony BitettoD	1	0	1	0	3	1	1	2	–	0	0	27	21:56
7Yannick WeberD	1	0	1	0	4	1	1	0	–	0	0	31	27:24
25Matt CarleD	0	1	1	+1	1	2	3	0	–	0	0	33	25:50
17Mike LiambasL	0	0	0	−1	0	4	1	4	–	0	0	13	07:15
26Harry ZolnierczykL	0	0	0	0	1	3	3	0	–	0	0	21	14:35
32Frederick GaudreauC	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	71	0	0	25	19:27
38Viktor ArvidssonL	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	4	–	0	2	23	17:11
50Vladislav KamenevC	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	47	0	0	19	16:51
51Austin WatsonL	0	0	0	0	1	4	2	0	–	0	0	22	18:43
68Max GortzR	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	2	1	17	12:06
73Felix GirardC	0	0	0	−2	2	2	1	0	54	0	0	20	12:23
80Adam PayerlC	0	0	0	−2	0	1	1	0	–	0	0	11	07:37
8Petter GranbergD	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	0	–	0	0	21	14:21
52Matt IrwinD	0	0	0	−2	0	3	1	2	–	0	0	20	14:24
62Trevor MurphyD	0	0	0	−2	0	2	0	0	–	0	0	20	15:16

Nashville Predators goalies
Goalie
39Marek MazanecG		15	14	1	.933	29:24
74Juuse SarosG	O	25	23	2	.920	33:13

Columbus Blue Jackets

Columbus Blue Jackets skaters

13Cam AtkinsonR	0	2	2	+2	6	0	0	0	–	0	1	24	18:44
17Brandon DubinskyC	1	1	2	+2	3	2	1	0	58	0	1	25	20:23
9Gregory CampbellC	0	1	1	+1	0	2	0	2	33	0	1	16	11:06
12Ryan CraigC	1	0	1	+1	1	2	0	0	–	0	0	13	08:04
57Paul BittnerL	1	0	1	+1	1	1	0	0	–	0	0	15	12:44
7Jack JohnsonD	0	1	1	+1	3	0	1	0	–	1	1	22	18:52
8Zach WerenskiD	0	1	1	+3	5	0	1	0	–	0	0	26	23:41
18Pierre-Luc DuboisL	0	0	0	−1	1	1	1	2	42	0	1	26	16:53
25William KarlssonC	0	0	0	0	3	1	1	0	43	0	1	20	13:59
34Josh AndersonR	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	2	–	0	0	19	12:42
38Boone JennerC	0	0	0	−1	2	0	1	2	67	0	0	24	17:11
42Aaron PalushajR	0	0	0	+1	1	0	1	2	–	0	0	20	15:08
43Scott HartnellL	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	–	0	0	20	13:31
71Nick FolignoL	0	0	0	−1	2	3	0	0	–	0	1	28	18:48
27Ryan MurrayD	0	0	0	−1	0	1	3	0	–	1	0	28	23:02
58David SavardD	0	0	0	0	4	4	0	0	–	0	1	21	18:16
65Markus NutivaaraD	0	0	0	+1	4	0	0	0	–	1	1	25	19:25
78Blake SiebenalerD	0	0	0	−1	2	0	0	0	–	0	1	21	16:06

Columbus Blue Jackets goalies
Goalie
30Curtis McElhinneyG	W	17	15	2	.882	34:51
70Joonas KorpisaloG		10	10	0	1.000	27:57