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The Predators fell behind quickly in this one, down 2-0 less than five minutes into the game, and ended up surrendering a hat trick to Kyle Palmieri, his first ever in the NHL, coming in his 46th career game. Craig Smith scored the lone goal for Nashville, coming off a nice play from Kevin Klein and Rich Clune, but that was about the only highlight of the night for the Preds.
They'll have a couple days to stew over this loss, as they don't play again until Saturday night at San Jose.
Random Observations
- Peks, we love you, but those adventures behind the net get scary sometimes, like that opening goal for Bonino.
- Of course, after one superstar got punked, it was time for our other one, as Weber simply got beat wide by Palmieri for goal #2.
- The rest of the game was pretty much a dumpster fire, but seeing Rinne break his stick against the goal post probably says it best:
Thanks to deansredhalo in the 3rd Period Game Thread for the gif.
Boxscore - Game Summary - Event Summary
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Nashville Predators
| Player | Pos | ES TOI | Total Shots For | Total Shots Against | Corsi | Net Zone Starts | Adjusted Corsi |
| Gabriel Bourque | L | 14:16 | 13 | 14 | -1 | -1 | -1 |
| David Legwand | C | 14:10 | 10 | 16 | -6 | -2 | -5 |
| Patric Hornqvist | R | 13:28 | 11 | 16 | -5 | -1 | -5 |
| Craig Smith | C | 12:46 | 10 | 12 | -2 | -3 | -1 |
| Mike Fisher | C | 12:15 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Martin Erat | R | 12:13 | 10 | 12 | -2 | 0 | -2 |
| Nick Spaling | C | 12:13 | 6 | 7 | -1 | -2 | -0 |
| Paul Gaustad | C | 12:00 | 6 | 7 | -1 | -2 | -0 |
| Sergei Kostitsyn | L | 11:50 | 5 | 9 | -4 | -3 | -3 |
| Colin Wilson | C | 11:34 | 10 | 12 | -2 | +1 | -2 |
| Rich Clune | L | 11:33 | 7 | 11 | -4 | -3 | -3 |
| Brandon Yip | R | 11:33 | 8 | 6 | +2 | -1 | +2 |
| Roman Josi | D | 20:20 | 14 | 19 | -5 | -1 | -5 |
| Shea Weber | D | 17:30 | 13 | 14 | -1 | -1 | -1 |
| Kevin Klein | D | 17:23 | 17 | 13 | +4 | -5 | +6 |
| Scott Hannan | D | 17:20 | 8 | 17 | -9 | -2 | -8 |
| Jonathon Blum | D | 17:19 | 14 | 17 | -3 | -3 | -2 |
| Ryan Ellis | D | 12:52 | 6 | 13 | -7 | 0 | -7 |
Anaheim Ducks
| Player | Pos | ES TOI | Total Shots For | Total Shots Against | Corsi | Net Zone Starts | Adjusted Corsi |
| Teemu Selanne | R | 14:24 | 17 | 12 | +5 | +5 | +3 |
| Daniel Winnik | C | 14:23 | 7 | 11 | -4 | +1 | -4 |
| Nick Bonino | C | 14:08 | 12 | 8 | +4 | 0 | +4 |
| Andrew Cogliano | C | 13:35 | 7 | 8 | -1 | +1 | -1 |
| Bobby Ryan | R | 13:12 | 16 | 10 | +6 | +3 | +5 |
| Matt Beleskey | L | 12:39 | 13 | 10 | +3 | +5 | +1 |
| Saku Koivu | C | 12:29 | 6 | 6 | 0 | +1 | -0 |
| Emerson Etem | R | 12:12 | 10 | 5 | +5 | +1 | +5 |
| Patrick Maroon | L | 12:10 | 10 | 4 | +6 | 0 | +6 |
| Ryan Getzlaf | C | 11:50 | 12 | 9 | +3 | -1 | +3 |
| Corey Perry | R | 10:58 | 13 | 12 | +1 | 0 | +1 |
| Kyle Palmieri | C | 8:55 | 13 | 10 | +3 | +1 | +3 |
| Cam Fowler | D | 20:37 | 14 | 15 | -1 | +3 | -2 |
| Luca Sbisa | D | 19:27 | 11 | 16 | -5 | +2 | -6 |
| Francois Beauchemin | D | 16:25 | 14 | 13 | +1 | +3 | -0 |
| Bryan Allen | D | 16:09 | 18 | 13 | +5 | 0 | +5 |
| Toni Lydman | D | 14:46 | 20 | 8 | +12 | +1 | +12 |
| Sheldon Souray | D | 14:36 | 14 | 9 | +5 | +3 | +4 |