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31/1/2008
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Columbus Blue Jackets 5 , Nashville Predators 3
Shots: 27 - 31
CBS PP: 0 of 3 (5 shots), Passing:64/76=84 %, Challenges:39/44=86 %
NAS PP: 0 of 3 (6 shots), Passing:57/79=72 %, Challenges:45/50=88 %
Attendance: 18500 of 18500 (Nationwide Arena)
Ticket income: 867650 Match televised: Yes
Boxscore for the game:
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11:38 0-1 NAS Jeff O'Neill [23] (Marek Zidlicky)
13:28 1-1 CBS Nikolai Zherdev [23])
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26:29 2-1 CBS David Vyborny [37] (Ales Hemsky, Rostislav Klesla)
27:43 2-2 NAS Martin Lapointe [3] (Peter Schaefer, Martin Erat)
29:43 2-3 NAS Radek Bonk [14] (Peter Schaefer, Brent Sopel)
37:24 3-3 CBS Ales Hemsky [18] (Gilbert Brulé)
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41:18 4-3 CBS Gilbert Brulé [14] (David Vyborny, Ales Hemsky)
46:45 5-3 CBS Nikolai Zherdev [24] (Jiri Novotny, Fredrik Modin)
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Penalty summary:
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03:47 NAS Brent Sopel (2 min for hooking)
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34:26 NAS Radek Bonk (2 min for tripping)
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43:49 CBS Christian Bäckman (2 min for hooking)
46:58 CBS Nikolai Zherdev (2 min for hooking)
50:45 NAS Dan Hamhuis (2 min for hooking)
57:37 CBS Ales Hemsky (2 min for tripping)
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Columbus Blue Jackets scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Pavel Vorobiev 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 5.10 5
C Dan Fritsche 0 0 2 3 0 0 0 -1 17.00 8
R Nikolai Zherdev 2 0 5 0 0 0 2 1 21.00 9
R David Vyborny 1 1 5 0 0 0 0 2 19.20 9
L Jason Chimera 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 5.10 5
L Alexander Svitov 0 0 1 2 0 2 0 -1 18.40 7
C Jiri Novotny 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 1 12.50 8
C Gilbert Brulé 1 1 4 0 0 0 0 2 20.00 9
L Manny Malhotra 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5.10 5
L Alexandre Picard 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 13.00 6
R Fredrik Modin 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 16.30 7
L Ales Hemsky 1 2 2 3 0 0 2 2 19.40 8
D Christian Bäckman 0 0 1 1 0 1 2 -1 15.30 5
D Paul Mara 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 23.30 7
D Rostislav Klesla 0 1 1 5 0 0 0 2 26.40 9
D Ron Hainsey 0 0 0 1 2 2 0 -1 14.10 6
D Duncan Keith 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 17.10 7
C Michael Peca 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 23.00 6
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Pascal Leclaire 3 0 28 0 0 60.00 8
G Fredrik Norrena 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Nashville Predators scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Jordin Tootoo 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 -1 6.10 6
L Peter Schaefer 0 2 2 2 0 1 0 1 16.20 8
L Martin Erat 0 1 3 1 2 0 0 -2 20.10 6
R Alexander Radulov 0 0 1 4 1 0 0 0 20.40 8
C Vernon Fiddler 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 -1 6.10 6
C Radek Bonk 1 0 3 0 1 0 2 0 16.50 7
C David Legwand 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 -2 21.20 7
R Steve Sullivan 0 0 2 2 1 1 0 1 18.00 8
L Stanislav Chistov 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 6.10 6
L Martin Lapointe 1 0 3 0 0 1 0 1 13.40 8
R Jean-Pierre Dumont 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -3 14.40 7
R Jeff O'Neill 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 1 13.10 7
D Brent Sopel 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 15.10 5
D Dan Hamhuis 0 0 2 1 0 0 2 -2 18.10 7
D Shea Weber 0 0 4 2 0 1 0 -1 24.50 9
D Jonathan Blum 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 12.30 6
D Andrej Meszaros 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 -3 21.00 7
D Marek Zidlicky 0 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 28.20 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Chris Mason 5 0 22 0 0 60.00 4
G Pekka Rinne 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Nikolai Zherdev
2nd star: Ales Hemsky
3rd star: David Vyborny
Notes for Columbus Blue Jackets:
-Gilbert Brulé notched his 30th assist of the season.
Notes for Nashville Predators:
-Steve Sullivan had his 7 game point streak snapped.
Other notes:
Farm game result:
Syracuse Crunch 2( 19) , Milwaukee Admirals 1(
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1-0 SYR Andrew Murray (Derick Brassard, Andy Canzanello)
2-0 SYR Marc Methot (Derek MacKenzie, Jaroslav Balastik)
2-1 MIL Shane Willis (Rich Peverly, Kim Staal)
Goalies: Tomas Popperle - Dan Ellis