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Nashville Predators shut-out Edmonton Oilers 6-0

March 8, 2013 |

Nashville,TN – The Nashville Predators returned to the friendly confines of Bridgestone Arena tonight to another sold-out crowd, and responded with a 6-0 “thumping” of the Edmonton Oilers.

Colin Wilson had a career-high two goals and two assists on his way to earning the “First” star of the game.

NHL – Pekka Rinne, Nashville Predators. (Photo by Don McPeak – USA TODAY Sports)

“When Wilson was chugging the way he was tonight, really working, he can make big things happen. A good illustration was the first goal he had. He spun off in the corner, determined to get to the hard area, and was rewarded,” stated Predators Coach Barry Trotz. “He got rewarded again on the powerplay. He made a couple of good plays with the assists. When he is determined like that, on both ends of the ice, he is a real good player.”

Patric Hornqvist, David Legwand and Rich Clune along with newly acquired Zach Boychuk each had a goal apiece, as the well rested Predators won for the first time since February 25th in that overtime win over Dallas.

Nashville Predators Shea Weber

Shea Weber had three assists in the first game against Edmonton this year.

Pekka Rinne was superb in goal, stopping all 24 shots he faced. This is Rinne’s fourth shutout this season.

The Predators came into tonight’s game last in the NHL averaging 1.96 goals per game and had only produced one goal in the three losses on the West Coast.

The Oilers are 0-4-1 in their last five games and are finishing up a 9 game road trip. Their last two losses have been shut-outs, and this was the second game of a “back to back.”

Nashville lost Patric Hornqvist to an upper body injury in the second period, and he never returned. He had just returned from a shoulder injury to get back into the lineup but Theo Peckman boarded Hornqvist and he slumped over and barely skated off the ice and went straight to the training room.

Nashville Predators Colin Wilson

Edmonton’s best scoring chances short handed when Ryan Jones, a former Predator, had a breakaway in each of the first two periods only to be denied by Rinne.

The Predators improved to 9-1-4 when scoring more than one goal. Nashville is also 9-0-5 when scoring first.

Colin Wilson now has 18 points in his last 17 games. He’s also the 24th player to score 100 points and has 103 in his career.

Victor Bartley, Zach Boychuk, and Bobby Butler made their debut at tonights game.

“Both contributed a lot. Butler had a couple of good looks, including the one at the end. He created a lot and also made big plays. Zach [Boychuk] nailed one off the crossbar. I thought he had lots of jump. He was getting into the interior. One of his best plays was when he came around the net, hung on and showed a lot of patience and got a good scoring chance. If they played like that, there’s no reason they can’t follow it up with a good one next game,” commented Trotz.

“First impressions were pretty good, but can they follow it up? [Bartley] played really well. I liked his game. He has great mobility. He did a lot of great things, but I thought the best thing he did tonight was during the last‐minute grind behind the net; he battled against some big bodies and won the puck. He didn’t look like he played his first game. He looked pretty solid,” said Trotz.

Nashville is back on the ice tomorrow night to welcome former teammate Ryan Suiter and the Minnesota Wild.

Puck drops at 7:00pm.

Box Score

Oilers 0 – 6 Predators
Friday, March 8th, 2013

FINAL	1	2	3	T
Edmonton Oilers	0	0	0	0
Nashville Predators	2	2	2	6

Scoring Summary

1st Period
06:07	NSH	PPG – Patric Hornqvist (3) Wrist Shot – Assists: C. Wilson (11) & M. Fisher (5)
18:51	NSH	David Legwand (4) Wrist Shot – Assists: C. Wilson (12)
2nd Period
00:51	NSH	Rich Clune (2) Wrist Shot – Assists: P. Gaustad (3) & S. Kostitsyn (8)
18:22	NSH	Zach Boychuk (1) Tip-In – Assists: S. Weber (7) & M. Erat (10)
3rd Period
04:43	NSH	Colin Wilson (6) Backhand – Assists: M. Fisher (6) & S. Weber (8)
16:39	NSH	PPG – Colin Wilson (7) Wrist Shot – Assists: S. Weber (9) & C. Smith (3)

Penalty Summary

1st Period
04:52	EDM	Nick Schultz : Slashing – 2 min
06:09	EDM	Mike Brown : Fighting (maj) – 5 min
06:09	NSH	Rich Clune : Fighting (maj) – 5 min
2nd Period
06:00	EDM	Theo Peckham : Holding – 2 min
06:00	NSH	Paul Gaustad : Roughing – 2 min
06:00	EDM	Theo Peckham served by Magnus Paajarvi : Roughing – 2 min
10:23	EDM	Ryan Whitney : Tripping – 2 min
3rd Period
15:46	EDM	Ryan Jones : Roughing – 2 min

Shots on Goal

	1st	2nd	3rd	T
Edmonton Oilers	8	10	6	24
Nashville Predators	13	8	13	34

Saves

	Goalies	EV	PP	SH	Total	Sv%	TOI
Edmonton Oilers	34 Y. Danis	14 – 17	3 – 4	0 – 0	17 – 21	0.810	40:00
Edmonton Oilers	40 D. Dubnyk (L)	10 – 11	1 – 2	0 – 0	11 – 13	0.846	20:00
Nashville Predators	35 P. Rinne (W)	22 – 22	0 – 0	2 – 2	24 – 24	1.000	59:56

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