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Tampa Bay Lightning at Nashville Predators

Sommet Center, Nashville Regular Season Final

Final score

The Nashville Predators beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 7–4 on Tuesday, December 15, 2009 at home.

Team Goals 2009-2010 record
Tampa Bay Lightning 4 34-36-12
at Nashville Predators 7 47-29-6

Goals by period

Team Total
Tampa Bay Lightning 2 0 2 4
Nashville Predators 1 5 1 7

Shots on goal by period

Team Total
Tampa Bay Lightning 13 12 9 34
Nashville Predators 6 10 11 27

Scoring summary

Period Time Team Goal Assists Type Score
1st 06:53 Nashville Predators Jerred Smithson (1) David Legwand (1), Joel Ward (1) Even strength TBL 0, NSH 1
1st 11:35 Tampa Bay Lightning Steven Stamkos (1) Ryan Malone (1), Mattias Ohlund (1) Even strength TBL 1, NSH 1
1st 16:30 Tampa Bay Lightning Vincent Lecavalier (1) Kurtis Foster (1), Martin St. Louis (1) Power play TBL 2, NSH 1
2nd 01:12 Nashville Predators David Legwand (1) Joel Ward (2) Even strength TBL 2, NSH 2
2nd 02:57 Nashville Predators Ryan Jones (1) Nick Spaling (1), Shea Weber (1) Even strength TBL 2, NSH 3
2nd 12:22 Nashville Predators Patric Hornqvist (1) Marcel Goc (1) Even strength TBL 2, NSH 4
2nd 12:50 Nashville Predators J-P Dumont (1) Patric Hornqvist (1) Even strength TBL 2, NSH 5
2nd 16:09 Nashville Predators Dan Hamhuis (1) Ryan Suter (1), Marcel Goc (2) Even strength TBL 2, NSH 6
3rd 01:52 Tampa Bay Lightning Kurtis Foster (1) Vincent Lecavalier (1), Martin St. Louis (2) Power play TBL 3, NSH 6
3rd 12:20 Tampa Bay Lightning Vincent Lecavalier (2) Andrej Meszaros (1) Even strength TBL 4, NSH 6
3rd 13:47 Nashville Predators Martin Erat (1) Steve Sullivan (1), Jason Arnott (1) Even strength TBL 4, NSH 7

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

Team stats

Stat Tampa Bay Lightning Nashville Predators
Shots on goal 34 27
Power play 2 of 4 0 of 2
Penalty minutes 21 23
Hits 21 17
Blocked shots 16 10
Giveaways 8 18
Takeaways 6 13
Faceoffs won 35/61 (57.4%) 26/61 (42.6%)

Box score

Tampa Bay Lightning

Tampa Bay Lightning skaters
Player
4 V. Lecavalier C 2 1 3 0 0 7 1 1 1 62.5% 20:59
9 S. Downie R 0 0 0 0 5 1 2 0 0 09:54
12 R. Malone L 0 1 1 -1 5 2 2 0 0 19:44
19 S. Veilleux L 0 0 0 -3 5 1 2 0 0 12:33
26 M. St. Louis R 0 2 2 -1 0 3 0 0 0 50% 22:11
28 Z. Konopka C 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 0 0 75% 12:33
38 P. Szczechura C 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 75% 15:59
43 J. Wright C 0 0 0 -3 0 2 2 1 0 50% 14:25
49 B. Jones C 0 0 0 -3 0 2 1 1 0 50% 14:59
91 S. Stamkos C 1 0 1 -1 2 4 0 1 0 41.7% 23:41
2 L. Krajicek D 0 0 0 -2 0 0 2 1 0 16:08
5 M. Ohlund D 0 1 1 -2 0 2 3 2 0 23:48
6 K. Foster D 1 1 2 -1 0 2 0 0 1 14:16
8 M. Walker D 0 0 0 -2 2 0 0 4 0 16:54
14 A. Meszaros D 0 1 1 -1 0 2 1 2 0 21:42
21 D. Hale D 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 1 0 10:20
32 M. Smaby D 0 0 0 -1 0 2 2 1 0 12:29
77 V. Hedman D 0 0 0 -2 2 0 0 1 0 13:23
Tampa Bay Lightning goalies
Goalie
30 A. Niittymaki 14 10 4 .714 32:22
41 M. Smith 13 10 3 .769 27:38 Loss

Nashville Predators

Nashville Predators skaters
Player
3 W. Belak R 0 0 0 +1 0 0 4 0 0 06:56
9 M. Goc C 0 2 2 +2 0 3 0 0 0 50% 13:42
10 M. Erat R 1 0 1 +1 0 2 0 0 0 17:56
11 D. Legwand C 1 1 2 +1 0 4 0 1 0 40% 22:23
13 N. Spaling C 0 1 1 +1 0 1 3 0 0 20% 06:05
19 J. Arnott C 0 1 1 +2 2 3 0 0 0 38.1% 19:20
25 J. Smithson C 1 0 1 +1 9 2 1 0 0 80% 16:48
26 S. Sullivan L 0 1 1 +1 0 0 1 0 0 18:34
27 P. Hornqvist R 1 1 2 +1 0 3 1 0 0 11:22
28 R. Jones L 1 0 1 +1 0 2 2 1 0 09:15
29 J. Ward R 0 2 2 +1 0 3 0 1 0 20:24
71 J. Dumont R 1 0 1 +2 0 2 0 1 0 14:14
2 D. Hamhuis D 1 0 1 +3 0 2 0 2 0 18:58
6 S. Weber D 0 1 1 0 5 0 1 1 0 20:21
8 K. Klein D 0 0 0 +2 5 0 1 1 0 16:08
20 R. Suter D 0 1 1 +1 2 0 0 1 0 23:07
51 F. Bouillon D 0 0 0 +2 0 0 2 1 0 21:38
52 A. Sulzer D 0 0 0 +2 0 0 1 0 0 17:24
Nashville Predators goalies
Goalie
35 P. Rinne 34 30 4 .882 60:00 Win

Penalties

Period Time Team Player Infraction Minutes
1st 14:30 Nashville Predators Jerred Smithson Cross checking 2
1st 16:04 Nashville Predators Ryan Suter High sticking 2
2nd 04:32 Tampa Bay Lightning Matt Walker Boarding 2
2nd 06:17 Nashville Predators Jason Arnott Hooking 2
2nd 13:39 Nashville Predators Shea Weber Fighting (major) 5
2nd 13:39 Tampa Bay Lightning Steve Downie Fighting (major) 5
2nd 18:10 Nashville Predators Kevin Klein Fighting (major) 5
2nd 18:10 Tampa Bay Lightning Stephane Veilleux Fighting (major) 5
3rd 00:53 Nashville Predators Jerred Smithson Roughing 2
3rd 00:53 Tampa Bay Lightning Ryan Malone Fighting (major) 5
3rd 00:53 Nashville Predators Jerred Smithson Fighting (major) 5
3rd 05:46 Tampa Bay Lightning Victor Hedman Boarding 2
3rd 20:00 Tampa Bay Lightning Steven Stamkos Hooking 2

Game information

Tampa Bay Lightning head coach
Rick Tocchet
Nashville Predators head coach
Barry Trotz
Referees
Kerry Fraser, David Banfield
Linesmen
Dan Schachte, Tim Nowak
Tampa Bay Lightning scratches
Todd Fedoruk, Alex Tanguay, Jeff Halpern
Nashville Predators scratches
Dave Scatchard, Jordin Tootoo

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