Nashville Predators at Detroit Red Wings

Sunday, March 9, 2008, 3:00 PM ET Joe Louis Arena, Detroit Regular Season Final

Final score

The Detroit Red Wings beat the Nashville Predators 4–3 on Sunday, March 9, 2008 at home.

Final score, Nashville Predators at Detroit Red Wings
Team	Goals	2007-2008 record
Nashville Predators	3	41-32-9
at Detroit Red Wings	4	54-21-7

Goals by period

Goals by period, Nashville Predators at Detroit Red Wings
Team	1st period	2nd period	3rd period	Total
Nashville Predators	0	0	3	3
Detroit Red Wings	2	2	0	4

Shots on goal by period

Shots on goal by period, Nashville Predators at Detroit Red Wings
Team	1st period	2nd period	3rd period	Total
Nashville Predators	7	3	13	23
Detroit Red Wings	12	13	8	33

Scoring summary

Every goal, Nashville Predators at Detroit Red Wings. Numbers in brackets are season totals.
Period	Time	Team	Goal	Assists	Type	Score
1st	11:17	Detroit Red Wings	Johan Franzen (15)	Henrik Zetterberg (41), Nicklas Lidstrom (51)	Power play	NSH 0, DET 1
1st	15:43	Detroit Red Wings	Jiri Hudler (12)	Niklas Kronwall (25), Valtteri Filppula (15)	Power play	NSH 0, DET 2
2nd	15:21	Detroit Red Wings	Brad Stuart (6)	Mikael Samuelsson (27), Niklas Kronwall (26)	Even strength	NSH 0, DET 3
2nd	16:27	Detroit Red Wings	Johan Franzen (16)	Nicklas Lidstrom (52), Pavel Datsyuk (54)	Power play	NSH 0, DET 4
3rd	11:24	Nashville Predators	Shea Weber (6)	Marek Zidlicky (36), Jason Arnott (40)	Power play	NSH 1, DET 4
3rd	14:35	Nashville Predators	Martin Erat (22)	Scott Nichol (8), Dan Hamhuis (21)	Power play	NSH 2, DET 4
3rd	18:59	Nashville Predators	Jordin Tootoo (10)	Martin Erat (30), Jan Hlavac (17)	Even strength	NSH 3, DET 4

Numbers in brackets are the player's season totals after the goal.

Team stats

Team stats, Nashville Predators at Detroit Red Wings
Stat	Nashville Predators	Detroit Red Wings
Shots on goal	23	33
Power play	2 of 7	3 of 8
Penalty minutes	16	14
Hits	12	8
Blocked shots	3	6
Giveaways	4	10
Takeaways	6	6
Faceoffs won	33/63 (52.4%)	30/63 (47.6%)

Box score

Nashville Predators

Nashville Predators skaters
Player	Position	Goals	Assists	Points	Plus/minus	Penalty minutes	Shots on goal	Hits	Blocked shots	Power-play goals	Faceoff percentage	Time on ice
Number 10 M. Erat	R	1	1	2	+1	0	3	0	0	1		18:54
Number 12 S. Nichol	C	0	1	1	0	0	4	1	0	0	70.6%	17:17
Number 14 R. Bonk	C	0	0	0	0	4	0	1	0	0	40%	13:12
Number 16 D. Hordichuk	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0		03:48
Number 17 J. Hlavac	L	0	1	1	+1	0	2	0	0	0		14:53
Number 19 J. Arnott	C	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	36.8%	19:24
Number 22 J. Tootoo	R	1	0	1	+1	0	2	0	0	0	100%	07:58
Number 24 B. Bochenski	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		09:24
Number 25 J. Smithson	C	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	42.9%	10:27
Number 38 V. Fiddler	C	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	66.7%	15:07
Number 47 A. Radulov	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		16:32
Number 71 J. Dumont	R	0	0	0	-1	0	3	0	0	0		19:07
Number 2 D. Hamhuis	D	0	1	1	0	2	0	2	0	0		20:40
Number 3 M. Zidlicky	D	0	1	1	+1	0	1	0	2	0		19:55
Number 5 G. Zanon	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0		15:45
Number 6 S. Weber	D	1	0	1	-1	0	3	0	0	1		24:47
Number 7 G. De Vries	D	0	0	0	0	4	0	1	0	0		15:46
Number 20 R. Suter	D	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0		23:58

Nashville Predators goalies
Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	Save percentage	Time on ice	Decision
Number 30 C. Mason	33	29	4	.879	58:26	Loss

Detroit Red Wings

Detroit Red Wings skaters
Player	Position	Goals	Assists	Points	Plus/minus	Penalty minutes	Shots on goal	Hits	Blocked shots	Power-play goals	Faceoff percentage	Time on ice
Number 13 P. Datsyuk	C	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	47.1%	23:38
Number 17 D. Drake	R	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0		12:17
Number 18 K. Maltby	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0		13:12
Number 20 A. Downey	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		04:24
Number 26 J. Hudler	R	1	0	1	0	2	4	0	0	1		14:38
Number 33 K. Draper	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	1	0	50%	15:38
Number 37 M. Samuelsson	R	0	1	1	+1	2	4	2	0	0		14:45
Number 40 H. Zetterberg	C	0	1	1	-1	0	4	0	0	0	56.3%	22:24
Number 44 M. Hartigan	C	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0		03:50
Number 51 V. Filppula	C	0	1	1	+1	0	2	0	0	0	33.3%	17:40
Number 82 T. Kopecky	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	100%	06:33
Number 93 J. Franzen	R	2	0	2	-1	0	5	0	1	2		21:06
Number 3 A. Lilja	D	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	1	0		15:56
Number 5 N. Lidstrom	D	0	2	2	-1	2	1	0	1	0		24:34
Number 23 B. Stuart	D	1	0	1	+1	0	4	0	1	0		21:16
Number 28 B. Rafalski	D	0	0	0	-1	0	3	1	0	0		25:34
Number 52 J. Ericsson	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0		10:18
Number 55 N. Kronwall	D	0	2	2	+1	2	2	0	1	0		21:05

Detroit Red Wings goalies
Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	Save percentage	Time on ice	Decision
Number 39 D. Hasek	23	20	3	.870	59:58	Win

Penalties

Penalties, Nashville Predators at Detroit Red Wings
Period	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Minutes
1st	00:43	Nashville Predators	Ryan Suter	Interference	2
1st	04:38	Detroit Red Wings	Mark Hartigan	Slashing	2
1st	07:53	Nashville Predators	Greg De Vries	Holding	2
1st	09:50	Nashville Predators	Jerred Smithson	Charging	2
1st	10:14	Nashville Predators	Greg De Vries	Interference	2
1st	14:06	Nashville Predators	Radek Bonk	Tripping	2
2nd	00:51	Detroit Red Wings	Jiri Hudler	Holding	2
2nd	10:41	Detroit Red Wings	Mikael Samuelsson	Tripping	2
2nd	13:42	Detroit Red Wings	Dominik Hasek	Delaying game puck over glass	2
2nd	14:50	Nashville Predators	Dan Hamhuis	Interference goalkeeper	2
3rd	01:26	Nashville Predators	Vernon Fiddler	High sticking	2
3rd	09:23	Detroit Red Wings	Nicklas Lidstrom	Hooking	2
3rd	11:11	Detroit Red Wings	Andreas Lilja	Holding	2
3rd	12:21	Nashville Predators	Radek Bonk	Roughing	2
3rd	13:34	Detroit Red Wings	Niklas Kronwall	Holding	2

Game information

Nashville Predators head coach: Barry Trotz
Detroit Red Wings head coach: Mike Babcock
Referees: Dan O'Halloran, Brad Watson
Linesmen: Dan Schachte, Mark Pare
Nashville Predators scratches: Martin Gelinas, Josh Langfeld, David Legwand, Jed Ortmeyer, Kevin Klein, Rich Peverley, Ville Koistinen, Antti Pihlstrom
Detroit Red Wings scratches: Chris Chelios, Darren McCarty, Tomas Holmstrom, Daniel Cleary, Derek Meech, Jimmy Howard, Kyle Quincey, Garrett Stafford, Brett Lebda, Mattias Ritola, Darren Helm

2007-2008 season series

Every Nashville Predators and Detroit Red Wings game in the 2007-2008 season
Matchup	Status	Details
Nashville Predators 2 at Detroit Red Wings 3	Final/SO	Game page: Nashville Predators at Detroit Red Wings, Wed, Nov 7, 2007
Detroit Red Wings 2 at Nashville Predators 3	Final	Game page: Detroit Red Wings at Nashville Predators, Thu, Nov 22, 2007
Detroit Red Wings 2 at Nashville Predators 1	Final	Game page: Detroit Red Wings at Nashville Predators, Mon, Dec 10, 2007
Detroit Red Wings 2 at Nashville Predators 4	Final	Game page: Detroit Red Wings at Nashville Predators, Tue, Feb 12, 2008
Nashville Predators 3 at Detroit Red Wings 4	Final	Game page: Nashville Predators at Detroit Red Wings, Sun, Mar 9, 2008
Nashville Predators 3 at Detroit Red Wings 1	Final	Game page: Nashville Predators at Detroit Red Wings, Sat, Mar 15, 2008
Detroit Red Wings 6 at Nashville Predators 3	Final	Game page: Detroit Red Wings at Nashville Predators, Thu, Mar 20, 2008
Nashville Predators 0 at Detroit Red Wings 1	Final/OT	Game page: Nashville Predators at Detroit Red Wings, Sun, Mar 30, 2008
Nashville Predators 1 at Detroit Red Wings 3	Final Playoffs	Game page: Nashville Predators at Detroit Red Wings, Thu, Apr 10, 2008
Nashville Predators 2 at Detroit Red Wings 4	Final Playoffs	Game page: Nashville Predators at Detroit Red Wings, Sat, Apr 12, 2008
Detroit Red Wings 3 at Nashville Predators 5	Final Playoffs	Game page: Detroit Red Wings at Nashville Predators, Mon, Apr 14, 2008
Detroit Red Wings 2 at Nashville Predators 3	Final Playoffs	Game page: Detroit Red Wings at Nashville Predators, Wed, Apr 16, 2008
Nashville Predators 1 at Detroit Red Wings 2	Final/OT Playoffs	Game page: Nashville Predators at Detroit Red Wings, Fri, Apr 18, 2008
Detroit Red Wings 3 at Nashville Predators 0	Final Playoffs	Game page: Detroit Red Wings at Nashville Predators, Sun, Apr 20, 2008

Other NHL games on Mar 9

Other NHL games on Sunday, March 9, 2008
Matchup	Status	Details
Pittsburgh Penguins 4 at Washington Capitals 2	Final	Game page: Pittsburgh Penguins at Washington Capitals, Sun, Mar 9, 2008
Boston Bruins 0 at New York Rangers 1	Final/SO	Game page: Boston Bruins at New York Rangers, Sun, Mar 9, 2008
Tampa Bay Lightning 3 at Columbus Blue Jackets 5	Final	Game page: Tampa Bay Lightning at Columbus Blue Jackets, Sun, Mar 9, 2008
Edmonton Oilers 6 at Chicago Blackhawks 5	Final/OT	Game page: Edmonton Oilers at Chicago Blackhawks, Sun, Mar 9, 2008
San Jose Sharks 3 at Minnesota Wild 2	Final/SO	Game page: San Jose Sharks at Minnesota Wild, Sun, Mar 9, 2008
Colorado Avalanche 0 at Dallas Stars 3	Final	Game page: Colorado Avalanche at Dallas Stars, Sun, Mar 9, 2008
Montreal Canadiens 1 at Anaheim Ducks 3	Final	Game page: Montreal Canadiens at Anaheim Ducks, Sun, Mar 9, 2008