Minnesota Wild vs Nashville Predators
Regular season · Thursday, December 15, 2016 · Bridgestone Arena
FS-N · FS-TN · FS-WI
Game summary
The Minnesota Wild beat the Nashville Predators 5-2 on Thursday, December 15, 2016 at Bridgestone Arena. The Predators outshot the Wild 36-19.
Eric Staal scored twice. Jonas Brodin, Ryan Ellis, Charlie Coyle, Mike Fisher and Mikael Granlund also scored.
Devan Dubnyk made 34 saves on 36 shots for the win; Pekka Rinne stopped 14 of 17.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Jonas Brodin (3)Mikael Granlund (13), Mikko Koivu (9)1–010:20 MIN · PPG
Ryan Ellis (4)Colin Wilson (10), Viktor Arvidsson (11)1–112:04 NSH
Charlie Coyle (10)Nino Niederreiter (11), Erik Haula (5)2–118:37 MIN
Eric Staal (8)Nino Niederreiter (12)3–119:06 MIN
2nd period
Mike Fisher (8)James Neal (6), Ryan Johansen (15)3–208:55 NSH · PPG
3rd period
- Eric Staal (9)Charlie Coyle (11)4–219:04 MIN · EN
Mikael Granlund (7)Zach Parise (7)5–219:39 MIN · EN
Team stats
MINNSH
19Shots on goal36
57%Faceoff %43%
1/2Power play1/3
6Penalty minutes4
9Hits14
13Blocked shots10
6Giveaways8
11Takeaways9
Penalties
- 1st 09:55
Craig Smith · high sticking2 min - 1st 12:42
Eric Staal · slashing2 min - 2nd 03:30Pekka Rinne · delaying game puck over glass2 min
- 2nd 08:25Mikko Koivu · tripping2 min
- 3rd 11:00Chris Stewart · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
Season series
Minnesota Wild
| 3Charlie CoyleC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 2 | 16:49 |
| 12Eric StaalC | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 3 | 16:37 |
| 22Nino NiederreiterR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 3 | 16:23 |
| 64Mikael GranlundC | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 18:36 |
| 9Mikko KoivuC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 18:31 |
| 11Zach PariseL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 16:25 |
| 56Erik HaulaL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | 16:37 |
| 25Jonas BrodinD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 18:28 |
| 7Chris StewartR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 08:54 |
| 16Jason ZuckerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 15:39 |
| 29Jason PominvilleR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 14:33 |
| 44Tyler GraovacC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 09:43 |
| 63Kurtis GabrielR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 06:43 |
| 5Christian FolinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 14:38 |
| 6Marco ScandellaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 18:42 |
| 20Ryan SuterD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | 26:37 |
| 24Mathew DumbaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17:06 |
| 46Jared SpurgeonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 24:29 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35Darcy KuemperG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 40Devan DubnykG | W | 36 | 34 | 2 | .944 | 60:00 |
Nashville Predators
| 12Mike FisherC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 17:21 |
| 18James NealL | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 3 | 21:37 |
| 33Colin WilsonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 13:14 |
| 38Viktor ArvidssonL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 13:44 |
| 92Ryan JohansenC | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 2 | 21:41 |
| 4Ryan EllisD | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 3 | 23:29 |
| 9Filip ForsbergL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 4 | 19:51 |
| 10Colton SissonsC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 08:47 |
| 15Craig SmithC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 14:04 |
| 19Calle JarnkrokC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 07:56 |
| 51Austin WatsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10:30 |
| 56Kevin FialaL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 15:14 |
| 63Mike RibeiroC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 1 | 17:05 |
| 7Yannick WeberD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 09:34 |
| 14Mattias EkholmD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 22:29 |
| 52Matt IrwinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 10:06 |
| 59Roman JosiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 3 | 26:24 |
| 76P.K. SubbanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 25:14 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35Pekka RinneG | L | 17 | 14 | 3 | .824 | 59:15 |
| 74Juuse SarosG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |