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Nashville Predators at Carolina Hurricanes

RBC Center, Raleigh Preseason Final

Final score

The Nashville Predators beat the Carolina Hurricanes 3–2 on Friday, September 23, 2011 on the road.

Team Goals 2011-2012 record
Nashville Predators 3 48-26-8
at Carolina Hurricanes 2 33-33-16

Scoring summary

Period Time Team Goal Assists Type Score
1st 00:31 Carolina Hurricanes Alexei Ponikarovsky (1) Jussi Jokinen (1), Eric Staal (1) Even strength NSH 0, CAR 1
2nd 17:58 Nashville Predators David Legwand (1) Patric Hornqvist (1), Juuso Puustinen (1) Even strength NSH 1, CAR 1
3rd 00:17 Carolina Hurricanes Alexei Ponikarovsky (2) Eric Staal (2), Joni Pitkanen (1) Even strength NSH 1, CAR 2
3rd 05:23 Nashville Predators Jack Hillen (1) Gabriel Bourque (1), Craig Smith (1) Even strength NSH 2, CAR 2
3rd 07:00 Nashville Predators Chris Mueller (2) Niclas Bergfors (1), Kyle Wilson (1) Even strength NSH 3, CAR 2

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

Team stats

Stat Nashville Predators Carolina Hurricanes
Shots on goal 31 30
Power play 0 of 1 0 of 2
Penalty minutes 4 2
Hits 18 19
Blocked shots 23 12
Giveaways 1 16
Takeaways 19 13
Faceoffs won 30/56 (53.6%) 26/56 (46.4%)

Box score

Nashville Predators

Nashville Predators skaters
Player
11 D. Legwand C 1 0 1 -1 0 2 0 0 25% 15:49
15 C. Smith C 0 1 1 +1 0 4 2 0 46.2% 15:59
17 C. Mueller C 1 0 1 +1 0 3 0 0 64.3% 18:00
18 N. Bergfors R 0 1 1 +1 0 3 0 1 14:58
24 M. Halischuk R 0 0 0 -2 0 1 3 1 16:16
27 P. Hornqvist R 0 1 1 -1 0 4 0 1 13:54
28 K. Wilson C 0 1 1 +1 0 2 0 0 100% 17:42
45 R. Flynn R 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 10:41
56 T. Beck L 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 10:19
57 G. Bourque L 0 1 1 +1 0 4 1 1 16:39
58 J. Puustinen R 0 1 1 +2 0 1 0 0 100% 14:03
63 J. Lajunen C 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 61.5% 11:11
2 T. Laakso D 0 0 0 +2 0 0 0 1 18:37
7 J. Blum D 0 0 0 -2 0 1 2 2 23:06
8 K. Klein D 0 0 0 -2 0 2 3 5 21:52
38 J. Hillen D 1 0 1 +2 2 1 1 4 18:37
49 R. Ellis D 0 0 0 +1 0 0 0 3 19:50
89 T. Sloan D 0 0 0 +1 0 0 2 2 18:35
Nashville Predators goalies
Goalie
30 J. Smith 9 1 .889 20:00
39 A. Lindback 21 1 .952 40:00

Carolina Hurricanes

Carolina Hurricanes skaters
Player
11 Z. Boychuk L 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 0 12:32
12 E. Staal C 0 2 2 +1 0 3 1 1 60% 19:42
13 A. Stewart R 0 0 0 -2 0 4 2 0 100% 17:49
15 T. Ruutu L 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 22.2% 09:36
20 R. Nash C 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 33.3% 15:17
21 D. Bowman L 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 13:27
23 A. Ponikarovsky L 2 0 2 +1 0 2 3 1 17:43
36 J. Jokinen L 0 1 1 +2 0 3 0 0 100% 18:57
37 T. Brent C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 62.5% 08:19
42 B. Sutter L 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 0 25% 15:53
53 J. Skinner L 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 1 50% 18:59
58 C. Terry L 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 1 10:40
4 J. McBain D 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 18:47
6 T. Gleason D 0 0 0 +1 2 1 4 0 15:29
25 J. Pitkanen D 0 1 1 +1 0 0 0 3 22:32
28 J. Faulk D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 1 20:56
38 R. Murphy D 0 0 0 -2 0 2 0 0 20:36
51 T. Kaberle D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 2 22:13
Carolina Hurricanes goalies
Goalie
30 C. Ward 21 1 .952 40:00
60 J. Peters 10 2 .800 18:52

Penalties

Period Time Team Player Infraction Minutes
1st 12:20 Carolina Hurricanes Tim Gleason Kneeing 2
1st 14:34 Nashville Predators Jack Hillen Interference 2
3rd 17:01 Nashville Predators Bench Too many men on the ice (bench minor) 2

Game information

Nashville Predators head coach
Barry Trotz
Carolina Hurricanes head coach
Paul Maurice
Referees
Paul Devorski, Stephane Auger
Linesmen
Scott Driscoll, Thor Nelson
Nashville Predators scratches
Francis Bouillon, Mike Fisher, Martin Erat, Jerred Smithson, Sergei Soin, Jordin Tootoo, Anton Lavrentiev, Ryan Suter, Konstantin Glazachev, Shea Weber, Zack Stortini, Grigory Shafigulin, Rustam Sidikov, Alexander Radulov, Stanislav Balan, Denis Kulyash, Pekka Rinne, Brodie Dupont, Cal O'Reilly, Sergei Kostitsyn, Blake Geoffrion, Victor Bartley, Ben Ryan, Atte Engren, Nick Spaling, Ryan Thang, Colin Wilson, Chet Pickard, Roman Josi, Robert Slaney, Zach Budish, Charles-Olivier Roussel, Mattias Ekholm, Michael Latta, Nick Oliver, Scott Valentine, Cameron Reid, Taylor Aronson, Austin Watson, Patrick Cehlin, Anthony Bitetto, David Elsner, Joonas Rask, Josh Shalla, Brent Andrews, Chase Balisy, Garrett Noonan, Simon Karlsson, Magnus Hellberg, Miikka Salomaki
Carolina Hurricanes scratches
Brian Boucher, Bryan Allen, Jay Harrison, Chad LaRose, Jonas Fiedler, Martin Vagner, Patrick Dwyer, Mathieu Roy, Kyle Lawson, Derek Joslin, Nicolas Blanchard, Chris Durno, Jon Matsumoto, Jiri Tlusty, Justin Krueger, Bobby Sanguinetti, Brandon Sutter, Brett Bellemore, Jerome Samson, Justin Soryal, Zac Dalpe, Jared Staal, Michal Jordan, Mike Murphy, Cedric McNicoll, Matthew Pistilli, Brian Dumoulin, Mattias Lindstrom, Rasmus Rissanen, Tommi Kivisto, Beau Schmitz, Mark Alt, Danny Biega, Austin Levi, Justin Shugg, Tyler Stahl, Frederik Andersen, Brody Sutter, Matt Mahalak, Gregory Hofmann, Keegan Lowe, Victor Rask, Brent Benson, Zack Mitchell, Scott Pitt, Mavric Parks, Tyler Carroll, Luke Hietkamp, Barclay Goodrow

2011-2012 season series

Matchup Status Details
Nashville Predators 3 at Carolina Hurricanes 2 Final Preseason Game page
Carolina Hurricanes 1 at Nashville Predators 2 Final/OT Preseason Game page

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