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Nashville Predators hold on for 3-2 win over the Dallas Stars

February 19, 2012 | Print This Post
 

Written by Doug Brumley
Nashville Predators

Nashville PredatorsDallas, TX – Despite giving up a goal in the opening minutes of play, the Nashville Predators notched three consecutive goals and held on down the stretch for a 3-2 win over the Dallas Stars Sunday night at American Airlines Center. Nashville’s 34th win on the season was just its seventh all-time in the Stars’ home arena in 26 tries.

The Predators were short a forward Sunday, with Mike Fisher out of the lineup with an illness. The team went with 11 forwards and seven defensemen, and got off to a bit of a slow start. The same can’t be said for Dallas, though; Michael Ryder put the Stars on the board first, as he eluded Nashville’s defenders to turn a Mike Ribeiro pass into a 1-0 lead at 6:49 of the first.

A strong shift for the Preds with five minutes left in the first period seemed to change momentum, building toward a redirection goal by Gabriel Bourque at 15:39 to make it 1-1. Then Nashville took the lead on its first power play, with Shea Weber converting just as the buzzer sounded to end the first period.

After Colin Wilson made it 3-1 for the Preds at 16:05 of the second period, the Stars returned with pressure in the third. Despite being 0-8-2 this season in the second half of back-to-back games (Dallas suffered a 2-1 overtime loss Saturday night against Phoenix), the Stars looked anything but fatigued in the final period. Nashville netminder Pekka Rinne made a big stop on Eric Nystrom four and a half minutes into the final frame, but Alex Goligoski broke through to cut the Predators’ lead to 3-2 with just under five minutes left in regulation.

Newly acquired defenseman Hal Gill was whistled for tripping at 17:55 of the third, upping the drama as Dallas skated with its first power play. But Nashville killed off the penalty and the remaining five seconds to secure the road win, 3-2.

Next the Predators return to Nashville Tennessee to begin a four-game homestand with a Tuesday night match-up against the Vancouver Canucks. Game time is 7:00pm.

Three Musings

Hal Gill Debut: After being acquired by Nashville from the Montreal Canadiens on Friday, Gill made his Predators debut Sunday wearing No. 75. The 6-foot-7 blueliner led all players with a +2 rating and blocked two shots in 16:23 of ice time. He was also whistled for the lone Predators penalty of the game late in the third, in a game that was shaping up as Nashville’s first of the season without any penalty killing duties.

Feeling the Power: The Predators, who entered the game ranked second overall in the league on the power play (21.2 percent) but just tenth in the league on the road (20 percent), registered a power-play goal away from home Sunday night. Shea Weber’s first-period buzzer beater with the man advantage was Nashville’s first power-play tally in three games. Weber was the last to score a power-play goal for the Preds, too, February 11th in Boston.

Matt’s Minutes: Matt Halischuk saw more ice time Sunday with Mike Fisher out of the lineup with an illness. Halischuk, who was averaging 11:13 per game entering Sunday’s contest, skated a personal season-high 19:34 of ice time. On the scoresheet he tallied one assist, two hits and three blocked shots, but he also had a goal disallowed for batting it in with his hand while seemingly attempting to get the shaft of his stick on the airborne puck.

Three Quotes

Predators head coach Barry Trotz: “We broke down a little bit defensively on the first goal but then we sort of got our legs under us. Maybe we didn’t skate yesterday and it took us a period to get going here.”

Predators forward Gabriel Bourque on his first-period goal: “Matt Halischuk tried to pass to me. Legwand just threw the puck to the net. I drive the net and just tip it in. It was a nice play by Halischuk and Legwand.”

Predators defenseman Hal Gill: “That was a nice win. It was a lonely spot in the box at the end there. I’m glad the guys pulled through for me.”

Three Stars

1. F, Colin Wilson (NSH): Game-winning goal, +1
2. D, Shea Weber (NSH): Power-play goal, 4 shots, 2 hits, 2 blocked shots
3. F, Michael Ryder (DAL): 1 goal, 5 shots

Box Score

Nashville Predators 3 – 2 Dallas Stars
Sunday, February 19th, 2012

FINAL 1 2 3 T
Nashville Predators 2 1 0 3
Dallas Stars 1 0 1 2

 


Scoring Summary

1st Period
06:49 DAL Michael Ryder (23) Wrist Shot – Assists: M. Ribeiro (29) & L. Eriksson (32)
15:39 NSH Gabriel Bourque (3) Assists: D. Legwand (22) & M. Halischuk (8)
19:59 NSH PPG – Shea Weber (12) Wrist Shot – Assists: R. Suter (28) & S. Kostitsyn (19)
2nd Period
16:05 NSH Colin Wilson (12) Backhand – Assists: J. Tootoo (19) & P. Rinne (3)
3rd Period
15:11 DAL Alex Goligoski (8) Wrist Shot – Assists: none

Penalty Summary

1st Period
19:09 DAL Philip Larsen : Hi-sticking – 2 min
2nd Period
16:38 DAL Stephane Robidas : Holding the stick – 2 min
3rd Period
17:55 NSH Hal Gill : Tripping – 2 min

Shots on Goal

1st 2nd 3rd T
Nashville Predators 10 5 6 21
Dallas Stars 8 5 11 24

Saves

Goalies Total Sv% TOI
Nashville › 35 – P. Rinne (W) 22 – 24 .917 59:43
Dallas › 32 – K. Lehtonen (L) 18 – 21 .857 58:35

 

Skater Stats

Nashville Pos G A P +/- PIM Shots EV TOI PP TOI SH TOI TOI
6 S. Weber D 1 0 1 -1 0 4 19:44 02:21 01:58 24:03
8 K. Klein D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 17:22 00:00 00:00 17:22
10 M. Erat R 0 0 0 -1 0 0 16:50 01:14 00:57 19:01
11 D. Legwand C 0 1 1 0 0 2 17:20 01:31 00:00 18:51
13 N. Spaling L 0 0 0 1 0 3 15:48 00:05 01:01 16:54
15 C. Smith C 0 0 0 -1 0 0 13:29 01:31 00:00 15:00
18 B. Yip R 0 0 0 0 0 0 10:01 01:03 00:00 11:04
20 R. Suter D 0 1 1 0 0 2 21:11 02:21 01:58 25:30
22 J. Tootoo R 0 1 1 1 0 2 16:20 00:00 00:00 16:20
24 M. Halischuk R 0 1 1 0 0 1 19:18 00:16 00:00 19:34
25 J. Smithson C 0 0 0 0 0 0 11:21 00:00 00:32 11:53
33 C. Wilson C 1 0 1 1 0 2 14:45 01:31 00:00 16:16
49 R. Ellis D 0 0 0 0 0 0 03:27 00:29 00:00 03:56
51 F. Bouillon D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 17:51 00:00 00:00 17:51
57 G. Bourque L 1 0 1 0 0 2 16:22 00:16 00:00 16:38
59 R. Josi D 0 0 0 1 0 1 15:04 00:29 00:00 15:33
74 S. Kostitsyn L 0 1 1 -1 0 0 13:41 01:03 01:26 16:10
75 H. Gill D 0 0 0 2 2 1 16:23 00:00 00:00 16:23
Dallas Pos G A P +/- PIM Shots EV TOI PP TOI SH TOI TOI
3 S. Robidas D 0 0 0 1 2 0 18:21 01:56 00:00 20:17
6 T. Daley D 0 0 0 -2 0 1 16:08 00:06 02:04 18:18
11 J. Dowell C 0 0 0 0 0 1 09:55 00:00 00:00 09:55
16 A. Burish R 0 0 0 0 0 2 11:25 01:18 00:40 13:23
20 R. Dvorak R 0 0 0 0 0 1 11:20 00:00 00:49 12:09
21 L. Eriksson L 0 1 1 1 0 0 19:39 01:58 01:09 22:46
23 T. Wandell C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 13:33 00:00 00:00 13:33
24 E. Nystrom L 0 0 0 1 0 1 11:43 00:00 00:42 12:25
27 A. Pardy D 0 0 0 1 0 1 19:41 00:00 00:46 20:27
28 M. Fistric D 0 0 0 -2 0 1 16:40 00:00 02:04 18:44
29 S. Ott L 0 0 0 -1 0 1 14:01 00:00 01:27 15:28
33 A. Goligoski D 1 0 1 1 0 1 20:08 01:58 00:10 22:16
36 P. Larsen D 0 0 0 1 2 2 19:41 00:02 00:36 20:19
38 V. Fiddler C 0 0 0 1 0 3 10:21 00:00 00:39 11:00
40 R. Garbutt C 0 0 0 0 0 0 10:00 00:00 00:00 10:00
63 M. Ribeiro C 0 1 1 0 0 1 20:52 01:58 00:14 23:04
73 M. Ryder R 1 0 1 0 0 5 20:01 01:52 00:00 21:53
81 T. Vincour C 0 0 0 -1 0 2 12:38 00:00 00:00 12:38

Other Facts

Attendance 11865
Referees Eric Furlatt, Justin StPierre
Linesmen Thor Nelson, Mark Wheler

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