Minnesota Wild at Nashville Predators

Thu, Dec 15, 2016 · Bridgestone Arena · 2016–17 Regular Season

Minnesota Wild

5 – 2

Final

Nashville Predators

The Minnesota Wild beat the Nashville Predators 5–2 on Thu, Dec 15, 2016 at Bridgestone Arena. Eric Staal scored twice. Devan Dubnyk made 34 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 19–36.

Linescore

Team	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
MIN	3	0	2	5	19
NSH	1	1	0	2	36

Scoring summary

Per	Time	Team	Str	Goal	Assists	Score
1st	10:20	MIN	PP	Jonas Brodin (3) · wrist	Mikael Granlund (13), Mikko Koivu (9)	1–0
1st	12:04	NSH	EV	Ryan Ellis (4) · slap	Colin Wilson (10), Viktor Arvidsson (11)	1–1
1st	18:37	MIN	EV	Charlie Coyle (10) · wrist	Nino Niederreiter (11), Erik Haula (5)	2–1
1st	19:06	MIN	EV	Eric Staal (8) · wrist	Nino Niederreiter (12)	3–1
2nd	08:55	NSH	PP	Mike Fisher (8) · wrist	James Neal (6), Ryan Johansen (15)	3–2
3rd	19:04	MIN	SH EN	Eric Staal (9) · backhand	Charlie Coyle (11)	4–2
3rd	19:39	MIN	SH EN	Mikael Granlund (7) · wrist	Zach Parise (7)	5–2

Penalties

Per	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min
1st	09:55	NSH	Craig Smith	high sticking	2
1st	12:42	MIN	Eric Staal	slashing	2
2nd	03:30	NSH	Pekka Rinne	delaying game puck over glass	2
2nd	08:25	MIN	Mikko Koivu	tripping	2
3rd	11:00	MIN	Chris Stewart	unsportsmanlike conduct	2

Shot map

Goal● Shot on goal○ MissedSize = expected goals (xG)

Expected goals: MIN 3.78 · NSH 2.55 · xG% MIN 59.7

Minnesota Wild

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
64	Mikael Granlund	C	1	1	2	0	0	1	0	2		18:36	26
3	Charlie Coyle	C	1	1	2	+2	0	2	1	0	100.0	16:49	22
12	Eric Staal	C	2	0	2	+2	2	3	0	1	66.7	16:37	22
22	Nino Niederreiter	R	0	2	2	+2	0	3	2	2		16:23	23
9	Mikko Koivu	C	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	3	45.0	18:31	25
25	Jonas Brodin	D	1	0	1	+1	0	3	0	0		18:28	25
56	Erik Haula	L	0	1	1	+2	0	1	0	1	69.2	16:37	25
11	Zach Parise	L	0	1	1	+1	0	0	1	0		16:25	23
20	Ryan Suter	D	0	0	0	+2	0	0	1	0		26:37	33
46	Jared Spurgeon	D	0	0	0	+1	0	1	0	1		24:29	30
6	Marco Scandella	D	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	2		18:42	24
24	Mathew Dumba	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0		17:06	22
16	Jason Zucker	L	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	1		15:39	21
5	Christian Folin	D	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0		14:38	18
29	Jason Pominville	R	0	0	0	+1	0	1	0	0		14:33	21
44	Tyler Graovac	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	50.0	9:43	15
7	Chris Stewart	R	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0		8:54	14
63	Kurtis Gabriel	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		6:43	10

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
40	Devan Dubnyk	W	36	34	2	.944	60:00

Nashville Predators

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
4	Ryan Ellis	D	1	0	1	-2	0	3	1	1		23:29	26
92	Ryan Johansen	C	0	1	1	-2	0	2	2	1	50.0	21:41	26
18	James Neal	L	0	1	1	-2	0	3	2	0		21:37	25
12	Mike Fisher	C	1	0	1	0	0	2	2	2	56.3	17:21	23
38	Viktor Arvidsson	L	0	1	1	0	0	3	0	0		13:44	20
33	Colin Wilson	C	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	0		13:14	19
59	Roman Josi	D	0	0	0	-2	0	3	0	0		26:24	28
76	P.K. Subban	D	0	0	0	-1	0	3	0	2		25:14	26
14	Mattias Ekholm	D	0	0	0	-1	0	2	1	0		22:29	25
9	Filip Forsberg	L	0	0	0	-2	0	4	1	1		19:51	27
63	Mike Ribeiro	C	0	0	0	-3	0	1	1	0	30.8	17:05	24
56	Kevin Fiala	L	0	0	0	-2	0	2	0	1		15:14	22
15	Craig Smith	C	0	0	0	-1	2	1	2	0	25.0	14:04	22
51	Austin Watson	L	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		10:30	15
52	Matt Irwin	D	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	2		10:06	14
7	Yannick Weber	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0		9:34	14
10	Colton Sissons	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		8:47	13
19	Calle Jarnkrok	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	50.0	7:56	14

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
35	Pekka Rinne	L	17	14	3	.824	59:15