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 |