Predators lay an egg on home ice, lose to Minnesota 5-3

by Dirk Hoag on Dec 5, 2009 11:06 PM EST

The final score didn't really reflect the play as the Nashville Predators put up a poor performance on home ice against the Minnesota Wild tonight, losing 5-3. Late goals by Jason Arnott and Marcel Goc made things look better than they were, as the Preds failed to take advantage of a first period in which they received four power play opportunities, converting on one, but gave up two late goals to the Wild to head into the first intermission losing 2-1.

You can click the picture above for the photo gallery, or follow after the jump for video highlights (not for the faint of heart), recap, and advanced even-strength statistics...

Trust me, you don't the recap on this one. It was nasty.

In short... too many wide-open forwards left in dangerous areas (especially the Sheppard goal late in the 1st - nobody within 20 feet of him). I have a very big question coming out of this game, which I'll share with you tomorrow in its own post...

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Even Strength		Individual Totals					Team Totals While Player Is On Ice
Player	Pos	EV TOI	Shots	Shts Blkd	Missed Shts	Blocks	SOG For	SOG Ag	SOG +/-	Tot SF	Tot SA	Corsi
Jason Arnott	C	16:09	4	1	0	0	9	11	-2	19	14	5
Steve Sullivan	L	15:27	2	1	1	0	9	12	-3	18	14	4
J P Dumont	R	11:59	0	0	0	0	2	11	-9	9	15	-6
David Legwand	C	12:12	2	0	0	0	8	4	4	16	7	9
Jerred Smithson	R	12:43	5	1	1	0	9	7	2	16	11	5
Joel Ward	R	11:28	0	0	0	0	6	3	3	12	9	3
Marcel Goc	C	10:33	0	1	0	1	5	10	-5	12	18	-6
Martin Erat	R	12:06	0	0	0	1	12	8	4	20	13	7
Jordin Tootoo	R	13:45	2	2	0	0	4	12	-8	13	24	-11
Wade Belak	R	5:45	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	4	4	0
Cal O'Reilly	C	8:23	0	0	0	0	1	6	-5	1	13	-12
Ryan Jones	L	10:09	2	0	1	0	2	7	-5	4	14	-10
Shea Weber	D	15:13	1	1	3	3	14	7	7	26	15	11
Ryan Suter	D	14:43	1	1	1	3	12	9	3	22	17	5
Kevin Klein	D	15:10	0	1	1	2	6	15	-9	13	19	-6
Francis Bouillon	D	17:50	1	1	0	1	5	18	-13	11	28	-17
Dan Hamhuis	D	15:16	0	3	1	0	7	5	2	16	8	8
Cody Franson	D	15:34	0	2	1	2	4	8	-4	10	17	-7

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by Aditya T (smashville) on Dec 5, 2009 11:07 PM EST reply actions

At least the Titans play tomorrow?

And Nebraska may be throwing a massive wrench in the BCS….

by Chris Burton on Dec 5, 2009 11:23 PM EST reply actions

Energy

Energy, not the third jersey, was the doom last night. Ellis saved serious chances – he played much better than the score reflected. He probably wished to have one of the goals back, but he was NOT the reason for the loss. Life came back to the team very late in the third. On a side note, the clock had to be reset at the end of the 3rd and mommentarily, it read 20 min in the forth – just what this team needed after showing spirit at the end of the third.

by EXPECTATIONS on Dec 6, 2009 10:45 AM EST reply actions