Nashville Predators vs Chicago Blackhawks
Regular season · Tuesday, December 18, 2018 · United Center
NBCSN · NBCSCH
Game summary
The Chicago Blackhawks beat the Nashville Predators 2-1 on Tuesday, December 18, 2018 at United Center. The Blackhawks outshot the Predators 36-31.
Goals came from Kevin Fiala, Gustav Forsling and Erik Gustafsson.
Cam Ward made 30 saves on 31 shots for the win; Pekka Rinne stopped 34 of 36.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Kevin Fiala (6)Ryan Johansen (25), Mattias Ekholm (19)1–019:27 NSH
2nd period
Gustav Forsling (2)Erik Gustafsson (10)1–115:22 CHI
Erik Gustafsson (7)Patrick Kane (24), Jonathan Toews (15)1–217:16 CHI · PPG
Team stats
NSHCHI
31Shots on goal36
57%Faceoff %43%
0/2Power play1/3
6Penalty minutes4
18Hits16
14Blocked shots15
3Giveaways12
7Takeaways8
Penalties
- 2nd 00:44
Kevin Fiala · tripping2 min - 2nd 06:48
Gustav Forsling · holding2 min - 2nd 16:59Rocco Grimaldi · tripping2 min
- 3rd 06:12Ryan Ellis · tripping2 min
- 3rd 08:35Cam Ward · tripping2 min
Season series
Nashville Predators
| 22Kevin FialaL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 6 | 19:17 |
| 92Ryan JohansenC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 20:49 |
| 14Mattias EkholmD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 23:28 |
| 8Kyle TurrisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 13:54 |
| 10Colton SissonsC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14:53 |
| 13Nick BoninoC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14:12 |
| 15Craig SmithC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15:22 |
| 19Calle JarnkrokC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 17:34 |
| 20Miikka SalomakiR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:02 |
| 23Rocco GrimaldiC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11:03 |
| 38Ryan HartmanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 5 | 18:06 |
| 51Austin WatsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 14:35 |
| 89Frederick GaudreauC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:44 |
| 2Anthony BitettoD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:18 |
| 4Ryan EllisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 22:57 |
| 5Dan HamhuisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20:01 |
| 7Yannick WeberD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14:32 |
| 59Roman JosiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 24:45 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35Pekka RinneG | L | 36 | 34 | 2 | .944 | 57:11 |
| 74Juuse SarosG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |
Chicago Blackhawks
| 56Erik GustafssonD | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 20:13 |
| 19Jonathan ToewsC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 20:13 |
| 88Patrick KaneR | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 7 | 20:08 |
| 42Gustav ForslingD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 16:58 |
| 11Brendan PerliniL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 08:51 |
| 12Alex DeBrincatR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16:18 |
| 15Artem AnisimovC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 18:26 |
| 16Marcus KrugerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 07:08 |
| 17Dylan StromeC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 | 17:54 |
| 20Brandon SaadL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 4 | 17:30 |
| 24Dominik KahunC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | 16:13 |
| 40John HaydenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 07:03 |
| 64David KampfC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 16:33 |
| 95Dylan SikuraC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:40 |
| 2Duncan KeithD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21:10 |
| 5Connor MurphyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 21:54 |
| 7Brent SeabrookD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 14:58 |
| 63Carl DahlstromD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 22:01 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Cam WardG | W | 31 | 30 | 1 | .968 | 59:49 |
| 60Collin DeliaG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |