Nashville Predators at Minnesota Wild

Xcel Energy Center, St. Paul Regular Season Final/OT

Final score

The Minnesota Wild beat the Nashville Predators 5–4 in overtime on Wednesday, December 2, 2009 at home.

Final score, Nashville Predators at Minnesota Wild
Team Goals 2009-2010 record
Nashville Predators 4 47-29-6
at Minnesota Wild 5 38-36-8

Goals by period

Goals by period, Nashville Predators at Minnesota Wild
Team 1st period 2nd period 3rd period Overtime Total
Nashville Predators 2 1 1 0 4
Minnesota Wild 3 0 1 1 5

Shots on goal by period

Shots on goal by period, Nashville Predators at Minnesota Wild
Team 1st period 2nd period 3rd period Overtime Total
Nashville Predators 16 8 11 0 35
Minnesota Wild 11 3 10 3 27

Three stars

  1. A. Ebbett, Minnesota Wild (1 goal)
  2. J. Arnott, Nashville Predators (2 goals, 1 assist)
  3. A. Brunette, Minnesota Wild (2 assists)

Scoring summary

Every goal, Nashville Predators at Minnesota Wild. Numbers in brackets are season totals.
Period Time Team Goal Assists Type Score
1st 07:20 Nashville Predators Marcel Goc (1) Martin Erat (1), Steve Sullivan (1) Even strength NSH 1, MIN 0
1st 10:31 Minnesota Wild Antti Miettinen (1) Andrew Brunette (1), Mikko Koivu (1) Even strength NSH 1, MIN 1
1st 14:42 Minnesota Wild Cal Clutterbuck (1) Kyle Brodziak (1), Martin Havlat (1) Even strength NSH 1, MIN 2
1st 16:52 Nashville Predators Jason Arnott (1) J-P Dumont (1), Steve Sullivan (2) Even strength NSH 2, MIN 2
1st 17:28 Minnesota Wild Guillaume Latendresse (1) Kyle Brodziak (2) Even strength NSH 2, MIN 3
2nd 08:27 Nashville Predators Steve Sullivan (1) Kevin Klein (1), Jason Arnott (1) Even strength NSH 3, MIN 3
3rd 03:42 Nashville Predators Jason Arnott (2) J-P Dumont (2), Steve Sullivan (3) Even strength NSH 4, MIN 3
3rd 13:02 Minnesota Wild Mikko Koivu (1) Andrew Brunette (2), Marek Zidlicky (1) Power play NSH 4, MIN 4
OT 01:26 Minnesota Wild Andrew Ebbett (1) Guillaume Latendresse (1), Greg Zanon (1) Even strength NSH 4, MIN 5

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

Team stats

Team stats, Nashville Predators at Minnesota Wild
Stat Nashville Predators Minnesota Wild
Shots on goal 35 27
Power play 0 of 2 1 of 2
Penalty minutes 9 9
Hits 16 23
Blocked shots 11 9
Giveaways 6 4
Takeaways 4 11
Faceoffs won 23/58 (39.7%) 35/58 (60.3%)

Box score

Nashville Predators

Nashville Predators skaters
Player Position GoalsAssistsPointsPlus/minusPenalty minutesShots on goalHitsBlocked shotsPower-play goalsFaceoff percentageTime on ice
Number 3 W. Belak R 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 02:23
Number 9 M. Goc C 1 0 1 -2 0 1 0 1 0 41.7% 16:02
Number 10 M. Erat R 0 1 1 -2 2 3 1 0 0 19:46
Number 11 D. Legwand C 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 23.1% 18:41
Number 18 M. Santorelli C 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 33.3% 04:53
Number 19 J. Arnott C 2 1 3 +2 0 2 0 1 0 47.6% 20:37
Number 22 J. Tootoo R 0 0 0 -3 0 4 1 0 0 15:37
Number 25 J. Smithson C 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 33.3% 17:05
Number 26 S. Sullivan L 1 3 4 +3 0 3 1 1 0 20:43
Number 27 P. Hornqvist R 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 07:26
Number 29 J. Ward R 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 66.7% 21:01
Number 71 J. Dumont R 0 2 2 +3 0 2 0 0 0 16:28
Number 2 D. Hamhuis D 0 0 0 +1 0 0 2 0 0 20:12
Number 6 S. Weber D 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 1 0 25:06
Number 8 K. Klein D 0 1 1 0 0 4 2 3 0 20:57
Number 20 R. Suter D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 1 0 24:58
Number 32 C. Franson D 0 0 0 +1 0 4 0 2 0 13:05
Number 51 F. Bouillon D 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 0 0 18:34
Nashville Predators goalies
Goalie Shots againstSavesGoals againstSave percentageTime on iceDecision
Number 35 P. Rinne 27 22 5 .815 61:26 OT loss

Minnesota Wild

Minnesota Wild skaters
Player Position GoalsAssistsPointsPlus/minusPenalty minutesShots on goalHitsBlocked shotsPower-play goalsFaceoff percentageTime on ice
Number 9 M. Koivu C 1 1 2 +1 2 4 0 0 1 63.2% 19:33
Number 11 O. Nolan R 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15:40
Number 12 C. Kobasew R 0 0 0 -2 2 3 1 0 0 12:18
Number 14 M. Havlat R 0 1 1 -2 0 1 0 0 0 14:49
Number 15 A. Brunette L 0 2 2 +1 0 1 0 0 0 18:01
Number 16 A. Ebbett C 1 0 1 -1 0 1 0 0 0 80% 12:07
Number 20 A. Miettinen R 1 0 1 +1 0 3 0 1 0 16:24
Number 21 K. Brodziak C 0 2 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 45.5% 16:24
Number 22 C. Clutterbuck R 1 0 1 0 0 1 7 0 0 13:22
Number 24 D. Boogaard L 0 0 0 0 5 1 2 0 0 07:54
Number 25 E. Belanger C 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 55.6% 15:18
Number 48 G. Latendresse L 1 1 2 +1 0 3 2 0 0 17:13
Number 3 M. Zidlicky D 0 1 1 -2 0 1 2 0 0 23:59
Number 5 K. Johnsson D 0 0 0 +3 0 1 0 1 0 21:48
Number 6 G. Zanon D 0 1 1 -2 0 0 2 4 0 23:49
Number 26 J. Sifers D 0 0 0 +1 0 1 5 3 0 14:28
Number 34 S. Hnidy D 0 0 0 +1 0 2 0 0 0 15:39
Number 55 N. Schultz D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 0 0 22:59
Minnesota Wild goalies
Goalie Shots againstSavesGoals againstSave percentageTime on iceDecision
Number 32 N. Backstrom 35 31 4 .886 61:26 Win

Penalties

Penalties, Nashville Predators at Minnesota Wild
Period Time Team Player Infraction Minutes
1st 11:53 Minnesota Wild Derek Boogaard Fighting (major) 5
1st 11:53 Nashville Predators Wade Belak Fighting (major) 5
2nd 09:26 Minnesota Wild Chuck Kobasew Cross checking 2
2nd 13:05 Nashville Predators Martin Erat Roughing 2
3rd 12:52 Nashville Predators Francis Bouillon Tripping 2
3rd 17:40 Minnesota Wild Mikko Koivu Hooking 2

Game information

Nashville Predators head coach
Barry Trotz
Minnesota Wild head coach
Todd Richards
Referees
Paul Devorski, Chris Ciamaga
Linesmen
Dan Schachte, Mark Wheler
Nashville Predators scratches
Dave Scatchard
Minnesota Wild scratches
James Sheppard, John Scott

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