Colorado Avalanche vs Nashville Predators
Playoffs · Saturday, April 14, 2018 · Bridgestone Arena
CNBC · SN · NBC · TVAS
Game summary
The Nashville Predators beat the Colorado Avalanche 5–4 on Saturday, April 14, 2018 at Bridgestone Arena. The Predators outshot the Avalanche 33–30.
Goals came from Gabriel Bourque, Kevin Fiala, Viktor Arvidsson, Ryan Johansen, Nathan MacKinnon, Austin Watson, Gabriel Landeskog, Ryan Hartman and Alexander Kerfoot.
Pekka Rinne made 26 saves on 30 shots for the win; Jonathan Bernier stopped 28 of 32.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Gabriel Bourque (1)J.T. Compher (1), Colin Wilson (1)1–002:34 COL
2nd period
Kevin Fiala (1)Colton Sissons (2), Kyle Turris (1)1–101:01 NSH · 
Viktor Arvidsson (1)Unassisted1–212:36 NSH
Ryan Johansen (1)Mattias Ekholm (1), P.K. Subban (1)1–316:32 NSH
Nathan MacKinnon (1)Nikita Zadorov (1)2–317:08 COL
3rd period
Austin Watson (2)Kevin Fiala (1), Nick Bonino (1)2–407:16 NSH
Gabriel Landeskog (1)Nathan MacKinnon (2), Tyson Barrie (1)3–409:14 COL · 
Ryan Hartman (1)P.K. Subban (2), Mattias Ekholm (2)3–518:51 NSH · 
Alexander Kerfoot (1)Gabriel Landeskog (1), Tyson Barrie (2)4–519:24 COL
Team stats
COLNSH
3033
39%61%
1/51/5
1414
2524
2315
811
49
Penalties
- 19:03 into the first period
Gabriel Landeskog · tripping2 min - 3:21 into the second period
Mattias Ekholm · interference2 min - 3:37 into the second periodDavid Warsofsky · holding2 min
- 7:33 into the second periodBench · too many men on the ice2 min
- 10:46 into the second periodRyan Ellis · roughing2 min
- 10:46 into the second periodGabriel Landeskog · roughing2 min
- 13:44 into the second periodMike Fisher · hooking2 min
- 15:48 into the second periodMark Barberio · interference2 min
- 15:48 into the second periodAustin Watson · embellishment2 min
- 19:55 into the second periodMatt Nieto · roughing2 min
- 4:07 into the third periodP.K. Subban · tripping2 min
- 8:10 into the third periodKyle Turris · holding2 min
- 8:24 into the third periodColton Sissons · tripping2 min
- 10:42 into the third periodSven Andrighetto · elbowing2 min
Season series
Colorado Avalanche
| 29Nathan MacKinnonC | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 24:58 |
| 92Gabriel LandeskogL | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 5 | 19:30 |
| 4Tyson BarrieD | 0 | 2 | 2 | −3 | 4 | 22:10 |
| 13Alexander KerfootC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 1 | 10:33 |
| 22Colin WilsonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 11:10 |
| 37J.T. CompherL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 10:37 |
| 57Gabriel BourqueL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 09:44 |
| 16Nikita ZadorovD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 19:24 |
| 10Sven AndrighettoR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 11:34 |
| 14Blake ComeauL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 14:22 |
| 17Tyson JostC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:39 |
| 34Carl SoderbergC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:15 |
| 83Matt NietoL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | 13:40 |
| 96Mikko RantanenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20:45 |
| 5David WarsofskyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 2 | 13:27 |
| 12Patrik NemethD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 25:54 |
| 15Duncan SiemensD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:09 |
| 44Mark BarberioD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 21:52 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35Andrew HammondG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 45Jonathan BernierG | L | 32 | 4 | .875 |
Nashville Predators
| 22Kevin FialaL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 5 | 13:29 |
| 14Mattias EkholmD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +3 | 2 | 21:11 |
| 76P.K. SubbanD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +3 | 3 | 27:03 |
| 8Kyle TurrisC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | 13:46 |
| 10Colton SissonsC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | 15:45 |
| 13Nick BoninoC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 16:12 |
| 33Viktor ArvidssonL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 3 | 17:06 |
| 38Ryan HartmanR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 11:16 |
| 51Austin WatsonL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 15:25 |
| 92Ryan JohansenC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 2 | 18:26 |
| 9Filip ForsbergL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 16:53 |
| 12Mike FisherC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10:31 |
| 15Craig SmithC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15:12 |
| 20Miikka SalomakiR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 07:14 |
| 4Ryan EllisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | 24:12 |
| 25Alexei EmelinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 09:13 |
| 52Matt IrwinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 08:20 |
| 59Roman JosiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 25:42 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35Pekka RinneG | W | 30 | 4 | .867 |
| 74Juuse SarosG | 0 | 0 | – |