Colorado Avalanche vs Nashville Predators
Regular season · Thursday, December 16, 2021 · Bridgestone Arena
ALT · BSSO
Game summary
The Nashville Predators beat the Colorado Avalanche 5-2 on Thursday, December 16, 2021 at Bridgestone Arena. The Predators outshot the Avalanche 35-26.
Filip Forsberg scored twice. Tanner Jeannot, Mikko Rantanen, Valeri Nichushkin, Roman Josi and Mattias Ekholm also scored.
Juuse Saros made 24 saves on 26 shots for the win; Pavel Francouz stopped 30 of 34.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Filip Forsberg (12)Alexandre Carrier (8), Colton Sissons (7)0–113:23 NSH
2nd period
Tanner Jeannot (7)Colton Sissons (8), Filip Forsberg (8)0–207:20 NSH · PPG
Mikko Rantanen (14)Nazem Kadri (27), Nathan MacKinnon (21)1–209:57 COL · PPG- Filip Forsberg (13)Unassisted1–316:48 NSH
3rd period
Valeri Nichushkin (10)Mikko Rantanen (16), Samuel Girard (13)2–309:12 COL
Roman Josi (10)Colton Sissons (9), Tanner Jeannot (9)2–412:19 NSH · PPG
Mattias Ekholm (1)Alexandre Carrier (9)2–518:52 NSH · EN
Team stats
COLNSH
26Shots on goal35
53%Faceoff %47%
1/4Power play2/5
10Penalty minutes8
13Hits22
13Blocked shots11
2Giveaways6
5Takeaways9
Penalties
- 1st 18:24
Tanner Jeannot · tripping2 min - 2nd 01:59
Erik Johnson · hooking2 min - 2nd 03:03Samuel Girard · tripping2 min
- 2nd 06:52Jordan Gross · tripping2 min
- 2nd 08:45Alexandre Carrier · interference2 min
- 2nd 13:30Yakov Trenin · interference2 min
- 3rd 01:34Nicolas Aube-Kubel · hooking2 min
- 3rd 07:09Luke Kunin · holding2 min
- 3rd 11:55Jordan Gross · cross checking2 min
Season series
Colorado Avalanche
| 96Mikko RantanenR | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 6 | 23:27 |
| 13Valeri NichushkinR | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 4 | 25:47 |
| 29Nathan MacKinnonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 2 | 26:21 |
| 91Nazem KadriC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 22:24 |
| 49Samuel GirardD | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 1 | 31:46 |
| 11Mikhail MaltsevL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14:32 |
| 16Nicolas Aube-KubelR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:20 |
| 17Tyson JostC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:32 |
| 18Alex NewhookC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:35 |
| 25Logan O'ConnorR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 20:38 |
| 43Darren HelmC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 11:08 |
| 3Jack JohnsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:55 |
| 6Erik JohnsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 23:24 |
| 20Justin BarronD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 16:00 |
| 56Kurtis MacDermidD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14:39 |
| 79Jordan GrossD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 08:19 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 32Dustin SmithG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 39Pavel FrancouzG | L | 34 | 30 | 4 | .882 | 58:21 |
Nashville Predators
| 9Filip ForsbergL | 2 | 1 | 3 | +3 | 3 | 19:33 |
| 10Colton SissonsC | 0 | 3 | 3 | +3 | 1 | 25:00 |
| 84Tanner JeannotL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +3 | 4 | 24:10 |
| 45Alexandre CarrierD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 1 | 17:19 |
| 14Mattias EkholmD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +3 | 4 | 23:49 |
| 59Roman JosiD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 19:57 |
| 8Cody GlassC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:52 |
| 11Luke KuninC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 16:06 |
| 13Yakov TreninC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:40 |
| 23Rocco GrimaldiR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 09:06 |
| 25Mathieu OlivierR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:19 |
| 28Eeli TolvanenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:58 |
| 36Cole SmithL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 10:34 |
| 82Tommy NovakC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:06 |
| 5Matt BenningD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 15:40 |
| 55Philippe MyersD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 06:01 |
| 57Dante FabbroD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:50 |
| 90Mark BorowieckiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 16:48 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 33David RittichG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 74Juuse SarosG | W | 26 | 24 | 2 | .923 | 60:00 |