Minnesota Wild at Nashville Predators

Thu, Feb 26, 2015 · Bridgestone Arena · 2014–15 Regular Season

Minnesota Wild

4 – 2

Final

Nashville Predators

The Minnesota Wild beat the Nashville Predators 4–2 on Thu, Feb 26, 2015 at Bridgestone Arena. Nino Niederreiter scored twice. Devan Dubnyk made 27 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 30–29.

Linescore

Team	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
MIN	1	2	1	4	30
NSH	0	2	0	2	29

Scoring summary

Per	Time	Team	Str	Goal	Assists	Score
1st	17:35	MIN	EV	Erik Haula (6) · slap	Justin Fontaine (13), Kyle Brodziak (9)	1–0
2nd	00:16	NSH	EV	Mike Fisher (14) · slap	Matt Cullen (11), Mattias Ekholm (10)	1–1
2nd	07:12	MIN	EV	Kyle Brodziak (8) · slap	Erik Haula (4)	2–1
2nd	08:31	NSH	EV	Craig Smith (20) · wrist	Mike Fisher (18), Matt Cullen (12)	2–2
2nd	09:48	MIN	EV	Nino Niederreiter (20) · wrist	Charlie Coyle (19), Jordan Schroeder (4)	3–2
3rd	18:21	MIN	SH EN	Nino Niederreiter (21) · wrist	Unassisted	4–2

Penalties

Per	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min
1st	05:20	NSH	Matt Cullen	tripping	2
2nd	15:19	NSH	Craig Smith	tripping	2
2nd	18:14	MIN	Mikael Granlund	hooking	2
3rd	06:09	MIN	Mikael Granlund	interference	2

Shot map

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

Expected goals: MIN 3.48 · NSH 1.54 · xG% MIN 69.4

Minnesota Wild

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
22	Nino Niederreiter	R	2	0	2	+2	0	2	3	1		14:45	20
21	Kyle Brodziak	C	1	1	2	+3	0	1	0	0	66.7	13:29	20
56	Erik Haula	L	1	1	2	+2	0	4	0	1	66.7	12:40	20
3	Charlie Coyle	C	0	1	1	+2	0	2	1	0	57.1	14:45	19
14	Justin Fontaine	R	0	1	1	+2	0	2	0	0		11:48	19
10	Jordan Schroeder	C	0	1	1	+1	0	1	0	0		11:03	16
20	Ryan Suter	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	4		26:59	29
25	Jonas Brodin	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2		24:05	30
6	Marco Scandella	D	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	4		23:47	28
55	Mathew Dumba	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		18:29	24
9	Mikko Koivu	C	0	0	0	-2	0	3	0	0	53.3	18:11	24
11	Zach Parise	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		18:02	21
64	Mikael Granlund	C	0	0	0	0	4	1	1	1	36.4	17:06	20
29	Jason Pominville	R	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	0		16:34	20
26	Thomas Vanek	L	0	0	0	-2	0	0	1	0		16:28	20
23	Sean Bergenheim	L	0	0	0	-2	0	4	2	1		13:41	20
39	Nate Prosser	D	0	0	0	+3	0	1	0	1		12:18	20
5	Christian Folin	D	0	0	0	+1	0	0	2	1		11:50	16

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
40	Devan Dubnyk	W	29	27	2	.931	60:00

Nashville Predators

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
12	Mike Fisher	C	1	1	2	+1	0	2	4	0	47.6	16:14	21
7	Matt Cullen	C	0	2	2	+2	2	1	0	0	42.9	13:19	20
14	Mattias Ekholm	D	0	1	1	+1	0	2	1	0		20:41	24
15	Craig Smith	C	1	0	1	+2	2	2	2	0		16:44	23
59	Roman Josi	D	0	0	0	-1	0	4	1	2		27:36	33
6	Shea Weber	D	0	0	0	-2	0	5	2	2		26:58	33
3	Seth Jones	D	0	0	0	-1	0	4	0	1		20:26	25
63	Mike Ribeiro	C	0	0	0	-3	0	2	2	0	38.1	20:20	24
18	James Neal	L	0	0	0	-3	0	0	0	0		19:46	22
9	Filip Forsberg	L	0	0	0	-3	0	2	0	0		19:12	23
33	Colin Wilson	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	25.0	14:08	18
10	Mike Santorelli	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	0		13:49	17
19	Calle Jarnkrok	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	57.1	13:17	18
44	Cody Franson	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		12:50	16
24	Eric Nystrom	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0		12:18	15
4	Ryan Ellis	D	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	0		11:29	15
28	Paul Gaustad	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	53.8	10:00	15
57	Gabriel Bourque	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0		9:41	14

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
35	Pekka Rinne	L	29	26	3	.897	57:12