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Nashville Predators lose in over time to Minnesota Wild 2-1

 

Nashville PredatorsSt.Paul, MN – The Nashville Predators saw their winning streak snapped against the Minnesota Wild Saturday night, as they lost in overtime,  2-1.  A controversial penalty on Paul Gaustad put the Predators a man down during the bonus period.

Gaustad scored the only Predators goal at 10:11 into the first period with a wrist shot past Minnesota goalie Nicolas Backstrom.

Minnesota evened the score at 12:59 into the second period with a tip-in past Predators goalie Chris Mason, who was playing in relief of Pekka Rinne.The teams went scoreless in the third period and headed to overtime.

Paul Gaustad was given a 2 minute penalty at 2:48 in overtime  for a face-off infraction.  This was a very controversial and costly penalty for the Predators as replays showed that the puck bounced off of the glove of Gaustad, and shouldn’t have been a penalty.   The penalty put the Predators a man down and that was all that the Wild’s Devin Setoguchi needed  to score the game winner.

Predators goalie Chris Mason was outstanding in goal, blocking 30-32 shots he faced on the night.

Nashville returns to the Bridgestone Arena on Sunday night to face the red hot Chicago Blackhawks.

The puck drops at 7:00pm.

Box Score

Predators 1 – 2 Wild
Saturday, February 9th, 2013

FINAL OT 1 2 3 OT T
Nashville Predators 1 0 0 0 1
Minnesota Wild 0 1 0 1 2

Scoring Summary

1st Period
10:11 NSH Paul Gaustad (1) Wrist Shot – Assists: C. Smith (1)
2nd Period
12:59 MIN Cal Clutterbuck (2) Tip-In – Assists: R. Suter (5) & M. Cullen (4)
3rd Period
none
OT Period
04:21 MIN PPG – Devin Setoguchi (1) Slap Shot – Assists: M. Koivu (7) & R. Suter (6)

Penalty Summary

1st Period
03:49 NSH Gabriel Bourque : Tripping – 2 min
10:29 NSH Martin Erat : Hooking – 2 min
12:44 MIN Niklas Backstrom served by Devin Setoguchi : Delay of game – 2 min
12:44 NSH Martin Erat : Roughing – 2 min
15:11 MIN Mikael Granlund : Interference – 2 min
18:21 MIN Zenon Konopka : Tripping – 2 min
18:21 NSH Brandon Yip : Roughing – 2 min
2nd Period
07:40 MIN Charlie Coyle : Interference – 2 min
14:29 MIN Ryan Suter : Hi-sticking – 2 min
18:53 NSH Colin Wilson : Hi-sticking – 2 min
3rd Period
06:18 MIN Devin Setoguchi : Hi stick – double minor – 4 min
12:27 MIN Tom Gilbert : Hi-sticking – 2 min
OT Period
02:48 NSH Paul Gaustad : [RTSSPENALTYCODES_139] – 2 min

Shots on Goal

1st 2nd 3rd OT T
Nashville Predators 6 7 12 1 26
Minnesota Wild 10 9 8 5 32

Saves

Goalies EV PP SH Total Sv% TOI
Nashville Predators 30 C. Mason (L) 23 – 24 7 – 8 0 – 0 30 – 32 0.938 64:21
Minnesota Wild 32 N. Backstrom (W) 12 – 13 13 – 13 0 – 0 25 – 26 0.962 64:21

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