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23/1/2009
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Nashville Predators 5 , Atlanta Thrashers 2
Shots: 32 - 19
PP: 2 of 8 (15 shots), Passing:70/81=86 %, Challenges:43/48=87 %
PP: 2 of 2 (5 shots), Passing:57/78=73 %, Challenges:36/49=72 %
Attendance: 17113 of 17113 (Sommet Center)
Ticket income: 497988 Match televised: Yes
Boxscore for the game:
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02:07 1-0
Andrei Kostitsyn [18] (Mike Komisarek, Radek Bonk)
17:44 1-1
Phil Kessel [10] (Ilya Kovalchuk, Dennis Wideman)PP
18:39 2-1
Scott Niedermayer [11] (Scott Nichol)PP
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23:03 2-2
Todd White [11] (Colby Armstrong, Andrei Zyuzin)PP
26:09 3-2
Radek Bonk [22] (Mike Komisarek)
27:42 4-2
Dan Hamhuis [6] (Scott Niedermayer, Jason Arnott)PP
30:35 5-2
Colin Wilson [2] (Jed Ortmeyer, Andrei Kostitsyn)
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no scoring
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Penalty summary:
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02:56
Joe Motzko (2 min for holding the stick)
10:34
Joe Motzko (2 min for slashing)
16:43
Radek Bonk (2 min for slashing)
18:08
Spencer Machacek (2 min for high-sticking)
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21:41
Nicklas Lidström (2 min for elbowing)
26:37
Boris Valabik (2 min for holding the stick)
27:29
Andrei Zyuzin (2 min for slashing)
33:57
Ilya Kovalchuk (2 min for hooking)
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45:04
Slava Kozlov (2 min for tripping)
50:37
Jason Arnott (2 min for roughing)
50:37
Todd White (2 min for roughing)
57:19
Clay Wilson (2 min for slashing)
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Nashville Predators scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Wade Belak 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 7.10 6
R Colin Wilson 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 10.00 7
R Guillaume Latendresse 0 0 3 2 2 1 0 2 18.30 7
R Jean-Pierre Dumont 0 0 4 1 1 0 0 0 22.00 7
C Rich Peverly 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 7.10 5
C Scott Nichol 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 14.20 7
C Radek Bonk 1 1 4 2 0 0 2 2 17.30 7
C Jason Arnott 0 1 1 3 0 0 2 0 22.00 8
L Paul Thompson 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 7.10 6
L Jed Ortmeyer 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 11.20 7
L Andrei Kostitsyn 1 1 5 3 0 0 0 2 18.50 9
L Thomas Vanek 0 0 3 1 1 0 0 0 21.40 7
D Niklas Kronwall 0 0 1 2 0 3 0 1 12.50 7
D Nicklas Lidström 0 0 0 6 0 1 2 2 17.00 9
D Ryan Suter 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 19.00 7
D Dan Hamhuis 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 1 22.40 8
D Mike Komisarek 0 2 1 4 0 4 0 2 20.00 9
D Scott Niedermayer 1 1 7 1 0 1 0 0 28.30 10
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Roberto Luongo 2 0 17 0 0 60.00 6
G Jeremy Smith 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Atlanta Thrashers scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Spencer Machacek 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 5.50 5
R Joe Motzko 0 0 0 0 2 1 4 0 10.20 5
R Phil Kessel 1 0 3 1 2 0 0 -2 17.10 6
R Colby Armstrong 0 1 1 3 1 0 0 -1 20.50 8
C Bryan Little 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 7.00 5
C Éric Perrin 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10.40 5
C Marty Reasoner 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 14.40 6
C Todd White 1 0 3 1 1 0 2 -1 18.40 7
L Erik Christensen 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 7.00 5
L Peter Schaefer 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 20.40 7
L Slava Kozlov 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 -2 12.20 6
L Ilya Kovalchuk 0 1 4 4 0 0 2 -1 21.40 9
D Zach Bogosian 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10.20 4
D Clay Wilson 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 -2 19.10 4
D Garnet Exelby 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 -1 29.10 8
D Boris Valabik 0 0 0 2 1 3 2 0 10.40 6
D Dennis Wideman 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 -2 21.20 5
D Andrei Zyuzin 0 1 1 1 0 0 2 -1 29.20 6
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Kari Lehtonen 4 0 11 0 0 27.40 4
G Johan Hedberg 1 0 16 0 0 32.00 8
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Scott Niedermayer
2nd star: Radek Bonk
3rd star: Andrei Kostitsyn
Notes for Nashville Predators:
-Scott Nichol notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Scott Niedermayer notched his 30th assist of the season.
-Jed Ortmeyer ended his 6 game point drought.
-Dan Hamhuis finally ended his 11 game goal drought.
Notes for Atlanta Thrashers:
-Phil Kessel scored his 10th goal of the season.
-Ilya Kovalchuk notched his 20th assist of the season.
-Phil Kessel ended his 7 game goal drought.
-Todd White ended his 6 game goal drought.
Other notes:
Farm game result:
Milwaukee Admirals 8( 33) , Chicago Wolves 0( 9)
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1-0 MIL Stephen Dixon (Ryan Maki, Greg de Vries)
2-0 MIL Mike Santorelli (Ville Koistinen)
3-0 MIL Fredrik Pettersson (Linus Videll, Ville Koistinen)
4-0 MIL Mike Santorelli (Vladimir Kutny)
5-0 MIL Tyler McGregor (Ian McKenzie, Andreas Thuresson)
6-0 MIL Vladimir Kutny (Mike Santorelli)
7-0 MIL Tyler McGregor
8-0 MIL Andreas Thuresson (Tyler McGregor)
Goalies: Pekka Rinne - Danny Turple