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13/12/2008
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Nashville Predators 3 , Atlanta Thrashers 5
Shots: 26 - 30
PP: 1 of 6 (8 shots), Passing:67/76=88 %, Challenges:39/51=75 %
PP: 2 of 5 (8 shots), Passing:72/90=80 %, Challenges:39/45=84 %
Attendance: 17298 of 17298 (Gaylord Center)
Ticket income: 503372 Match televised: No
Boxscore for the game:
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11:48 0-1
Jason Williams [8] (Ilya Kovalchuk, Ron Hainsey)PP
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27:42 1-1
Jason Arnott [12] (Radek Bonk, Joel Ward)
28:15 2-1
Steve Sullivan [13] (Jean-Pierre Dumont, Greg de Vries)
37:25 2-2
Jim Slater [4] (Chris Thorburn, Garnet Exelby)SH
39:12 2-3
Ilya Kovalchuk [14] (Todd White, Tobias Enström)PP
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43:22 2-4
Colby Armstrong [9] (Marty Reasoner, Tobias Enström)
49:13 3-4
Tomas Fleischmann [2] (Mike Modano, Alexander Radulov)PP
58:27 3-5
Ilya Kovalchuk [15] (Todd White, Éric Perrin) EN
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Penalty summary:
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08:15
Joel Ward (2 min for boarding)
10:08
Vernon Fiddler (2 min for cross-checking)
13:38
Joel Ward (2 min for tripping)
14:41
Greg de Vries (2 min for high-sticking)
19:21
Jim Slater (2 min for boarding)
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28:35
Boris Valabik (2 min for hooking)
29:16
Garnet Exelby (2 min for elbowing)
36:19
Bryan Little (2 min for elbowing)
38:28
Jonathon Blum (2 min for elbowing)
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44:01
Erik Christensen (2 min for diving)
48:14
Jason Williams (2 min for slashing)
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Nashville Predators scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Joel Ward 0 1 0 1 0 0 4 0 7.10 5
R Eric Fehr 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 13.20 6
R Alexander Radulov 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 -1 12.00 7
R Jean-Pierre Dumont 0 1 6 0 1 0 0 0 19.00 7
C Radek Bonk 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 12.50 6
C David Legwand 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 16.00 6
C Mike Modano 0 1 2 1 3 0 0 -2 15.50 6
C Jason Arnott 1 0 3 4 1 1 0 1 20.10 9
L Kelsey Wilson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7.50 6
L Tomas Fleischmann 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 17.40 7
L Vernon Fiddler 0 0 3 1 1 0 2 -1 10.40 5
L Steve Sullivan 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 19.40 7
D Jonathon Blum 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 13.20 4
D Kevin Klein 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 -1 18.40 7
D Greg de Vries 0 1 2 5 1 1 2 1 25.30 8
D Ville Koistinen 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 15.00 7
D Shea Weber 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 -2 18.10 7
D Dan Hamhuis 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 28.40 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Dan Ellis 5 0 25 0 0 59.30 5
G Antti Niemi 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Atlanta Thrashers scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Bryan Little 0 0 1 2 0 0 2 0 5.50 5
R Chris Thorburn 0 1 3 3 1 3 0 0 19.30 8
R Colby Armstrong 1 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 19.00 8
R Jason Williams 1 0 3 0 1 0 2 1 15.10 7
C Jim Slater 1 0 2 2 0 1 2 1 11.20 7
C Éric Perrin 0 1 2 0 0 2 0 -1 15.00 7
C Marty Reasoner 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 17.40 6
C Todd White 0 2 5 0 0 0 0 1 15.30 8
L Brett Sterling 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5.50 6
L Erik Christensen 0 0 2 1 0 1 2 -1 13.30 7
L Slava Kozlov 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 13.50 6
L Ilya Kovalchuk 2 1 4 0 1 0 0 1 16.20 8
D Boris Valabik 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 -1 14.40 5
D Garnet Exelby 0 1 0 2 0 1 2 1 13.00 6
D Niclas Hävelid 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 27.10 7
D Ken Klee 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 -1 25.10 6
D Tobias Enström 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 12.30 6
D Ron Hainsey 0 1 2 2 1 2 0 2 27.20 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Kari Lehtonen 3 0 23 0 0 60.00 6
G Johan Hedberg 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Ilya Kovalchuk
2nd star: Chris Thorburn
3rd star: Colby Armstrong
Notes for Nashville Predators:
-Greg de Vries notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Mike Modano notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Alexander Radulov notched his 10th assist of the season.
Notes for Atlanta Thrashers:
-Tobias Enström notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Ilya Kovalchuk scored his 15th goal of the season.
-Colby Armstrong finally ended his 10 game goal drought.
-Jason Williams ended his 6 game goal drought.
-Jim Slater finally ended his 11 game goal drought.
-Garnet Exelby ended his 7 game point drought.
Other notes:
Farm game result:
Milwaukee Admirals 3( 25) , Chicago Wolves 5( 31)
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1-0 MIL Mikko Maenpaa (Antti Pihlstrom)
1-1 CHW Angelo Esposito (Junior Lessard)
1-2 CHW Scott Lehman (Mike Hoffman, Angelo Esposito)
1-3 CHW Angelo Esposito (Junior Lessard)
1-4 CHW Angelo Esposito (Junior Lessard)
2-4 MIL Greg Zanon (Rich Peverly)
3-4 MIL T.J. Trevelyan (Andreas Thuresson)
3-5 CHW Junior Lessard (Angelo Esposito)