Columbus Blue Jackets 5 , Nashville Predators 1
Shots: 30 - 20
PP: 1 of 6 (10 shots), Passing:61/82=74 %, Challenges:37/47=77 %
PP: 0 of 4 (4 shots), Passing:69/88=78 %, Challenges:24/41=57 %
Attendance: 18500 of 18500 (Nationwide Arena)
Ticket income: 893550 Match televised: Yes
Boxscore for the game:
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09:52 1-0
Ryan Whitney [4] (Marc Methot, Jiri Novotny)
13:27 2-0
David Vyborny [8] (Ryan Whitney)
15:23 3-0
David Vyborny [9] (Stephen Weiss, Wade Redden)PP
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29:19 4-0
Ryan Whitney [5] (Wade Redden, Stephen Weiss)
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49:31 4-1
Alexei Smirnov [6] (Jerred Smithson, Alex Henry)
49:57 5-1
Jakub Voracek [2] (Wade Redden, Jiri Novotny)
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Penalty summary:
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01:08
Jiri Novotny (5 min for fighting)
01:08
Alex Henry (5 min for fighting)
07:25
Sean Avery (2 min for tripping)
10:58
Alexander Svitov (5 min for fighting)
10:58
Alex Henry (5 min for fighting)
11:13
Greg de Vries (2 min for high-sticking)
14:36
Tim Jackman (2 min for tripping)
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20:51
Sean Avery (2 min for boarding)
27:18
Maxime Talbot (2 min for high-sticking)
29:29
Jiri Novotny (2 min for high-sticking)
32:09
Alexander Svitov (5 min for fighting)
32:09
Zdeno Chara (5 min for fighting)
34:06
Jakub Voracek (2 min for tripping)
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44:24
Wade Redden (2 min for high-sticking)
46:37
Maxime Talbot (2 min for tripping)
50:59
Alex Henry (5 min for fighting)
50:59
Marc Methot (5 min for fighting)
50:59
Alex Henry (10 min game misconduct)
55:23
Mike Green (2 min for roughing)
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Columbus Blue Jackets scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Jakub Voracek 1 0 1 1 1 0 2 2 8.40 7
R Bobby Ryan 0 0 1 3 0 4 0 -1 18.50 7
R David Vyborny 2 0 3 0 1 0 0 1 10.10 8
R Nikolai Zherdev 0 0 3 0 2 0 0 1 18.50 7
C Jiri Novotny 0 2 1 0 0 0 7 3 11.30 7
C Alexander Svitov 0 0 1 2 0 2 10 -1 14.20 8
C Stephen Weiss 0 2 3 0 0 0 0 1 13.30 7
C Olli Jokinen 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 15.50 7
L Manny Malhotra 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 6.30 5
L Fredrik Modin 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 -1 14.40 7
L Alexandre Picard 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 18.00 7
L Zach Parisé 0 0 4 0 1 0 0 2 20.50 7
D Duvie Westcott 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 15.30 7
D Mike Green 0 0 1 1 2 1 2 0 15.50 6
D Marc Methot 0 1 0 0 0 0 5 2 21.00 7
D Karl Alzner 0 0 0 2 1 2 0 -1 14.40 7
D Ryan Whitney 2 1 6 6 1 4 0 3 23.20 10
D Wade Redden 0 3 0 1 0 1 2 2 29.40 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Ray Emery 1 0 19 0 0 60.00 9
G Jaroslav Halak 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Nashville Predators scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Tim Jackman 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 4.10 6
R Alexei Smirnov 1 0 1 3 1 3 0 0 11.10 6
R Steve Sullivan 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 -1 16.30 7
L Maxime Talbot 0 0 1 2 2 0 4 0 16.50 7
R Vernon Fiddler 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5.40 6
C Jerred Smithson 0 1 2 0 1 1 0 0 11.10 6
C Mike York 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 -2 17.10 6
C Scott Gomez 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 18.50 6
L Darcy Hordichuk 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 5.40 5
L Alex Henry 0 1 1 0 0 0 25 0 12.10 7
L Sean Avery 0 0 1 2 2 1 4 -3 24.00 6
L Daniel Sedin 0 0 4 1 2 0 0 -1 25.20 7
D Cody Franson 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 11.30 5
D Chris Phillips 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 13.40 5
D Marek Zidlicky 0 0 1 4 0 0 0 0 22.00 7
D Greg de Vries 0 0 0 3 0 3 2 0 18.40 7
D Mattias Öhlund 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 -3 27.20 5
D Zdeno Chara 0 0 3 2 1 1 5 -2 26.50 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Roberto Luongo 5 0 25 0 0 60.00 5
G Jeremy Smith 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Ryan Whitney
2nd star: David Vyborny
3rd star: Wade Redden
Notes for Columbus Blue Jackets:
-Ryan Whitney notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Wade Redden notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Stephen Weiss notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Jakub Voracek finally ended his 12 game goal drought.
-Jakub Voracek finally ended his 12 game point drought.
-Jiri Novotny finally ended his 12 game point drought.
-Alexandre Picard had his 3 game goal streak snapped.
-Ryan Whitney finally ended his 10 game goal drought.
Notes for Nashville Predators:
-Steve Sullivan had his 7 game point streak snapped.
-Jerred Smithson ended his 6 game point drought.
-Alex Henry ended his 8 game point drought.
Other notes:
-Jiri Novotny beat Alex Henry in a fight.
-Alexander Svitov beat Alex Henry in a fight.
-Alexander Svitov beat Zdeno Chara in a fight.
-Marc Methot beat Alex Henry in a fight.
Farm game result:
Syracuse Crunch 2( 13) , Milwaukee Admirals 0( 18)
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1-0 SYR Philippe Dupuis (François Bouchard, Trevor Hendrikx)
2-0 SYR Byron Bitz (Jaroslav Balastik)