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

Minnesota Wild players celebrate a goal by James Sheppard against Nashville Predators goalie Dan Ellis (39) in the first period of an NHL hockey game on Saturday, Dec. 5, 2009 in Nashville, Tenn. From left are Predators defenseman Ryan Suter (20), Ellis, Wild defenseman Nick Schultz (55), defenseman Shane Hnidy (34), center Eric Belanger (25), and right wing Owen Nolan. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)

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3 months ago: Minnesota Wild players celebrate a goal by James Sheppard against Nashville Predators goalie Dan Ellis (39) in the first period of an NHL hockey game on Saturday, Dec. 5, 2009 in Nashville, Tenn. From left are Predators defenseman Ryan Suter (20), Ellis, Wild defenseman Nick Schultz (55), defenseman Shane Hnidy (34), center Eric Belanger (25), and right wing Owen Nolan. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)

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...

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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   0 recs

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   0 recs

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   0 recs

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