GAME THREAD: NHL: NASHVILLE (14-16) at MINNESOTA (18-14)

NHL: NASHVILLE (14-16) at MINNESOTA (18-14)

<h3>Wild coach Lemaire on verge of milestone</h3>

<div class="pre">Nashville (14-14-2) at Minnesota (18-12-2) 8:00 pm EST</div>

ST. PAUL, Minnesota (Ticker) - Win or lose, one member of theMinnesota Wild organization will reach a milestone Tuesday whenthe team hosts the Nashville Predators.


The game will be the 1,000th in the regular season for Wildcoach Jacques Lemaire, who will be the 14th NHL coach to reachthe mark. Lemaire will join active coaches Mike Keenan, JacquesMartin and Ron Wilson.


Minnesota is 10-5-0 at home and 7-3-0 in its last 10 games,including a 2-1 victory on Saturday at Los Angeles. The Wildkilled off all eight Los Angeles power plays in the victory.

The Predators have lost three straight, including a 3-1 loss onSaturday at Colorado. Goaltender Peter Budaj had 31 saves forNashville.


"That's the third game in a row where we did all the rightthings, played at a high energy level and walk away with aloss," Nashville coach Barry Trotz said. "We are ringing posts,missing wide-open nets and have nothing to show for it."

Right wing Martin Erat, who leads the Predators with 25 points,is expected to play after leaving last Monday's loss to Detroitin the final minutes with a strained neck.

 

NHL: NASHVILLE at MINNESOTA

<div class="pre">NHL AT MINNESOTA
STARTING GOALIES: NAS - DAN ELLIS
MIN - JOSH HARDING

OFFICIALS: REF - GORD DWYER, ROB MARTELL
LIN - DON HENDERSON, MARK WHEELER</div>

 

NHL: NASHVILLE at MINNESOTA

<div class="pre">NASHVILLE VS MINNESOTA - SCRATCHES

NASHVILLE MINNESOTA

D HORDICHUK HEALTHY T FEDORUK HEALTHY
K KLEIN HEALTHY D BOOGAARD BACK INJURY
V KOISTINEN HEALTHY K FOSTER HEALTHY</div>

 

NHL: NASHVILLE at MINNESOTA

<div class="pre">NHL NASHVILLE 0
MINNESOTA 0 19:55 LEFT, 1ST PRD</div>

 

NHL: NASHVILLE at MINNESOTA

<div class="pre">NHL NASHVILLE 0
MINNESOTA 0 14:05 LEFT, 1ST PRD</div>

 

NHL: NASHVILLE at MINNESOTA

<div class="pre">NHL NASHVILLE 0
MINNESOTA 0 11:38 LEFT, 1ST PRD</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NHL NASHVILLE 1
MINNESOTA 0
1ST PRD: NAS - JASON ARNOTT 9 (RYAN SUTER) 8:49</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NHL NASHVILLE 1
MINNESOTA 0 9:48 LEFT, 1ST PRD</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NHL NASHVILLE 1
MINNESOTA 0 6:00 LEFT, 1ST PRD</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NHL END OF THE 1ST 1ST 2ND 3RD TOTAL
--- --- --- -----
NASHVILLE 1 1
MINNESOTA 0 0 END OF THE 1ST

GOAL SCORING:

1ST PRD: NAS - JASON ARNOTT 9 (RYAN SUTER) 8:49

SHOTS ON GOAL: 1ST 2ND 3RD TOTAL
--- --- --- -----
NAS 8 8
MIN 10 10

GOALIES: NAS - DAN ELLIS
MIN - JOSH HARDING</div>

 

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<div class="pre">------------------------
Nashville 1 --1
Minnesota 0 --0
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FIRST PERIOD -- Scoring: 1, Nashville, Jason Arnott 9 (Ryan Suter),
8:49. Penalties: S Hill, Min (hooking), 9:37; D Hamhuis, Nas
(hooking), 13:40; D Moore, Min (high sticking), 16:42.

Shots on goal:
-----------------------------
Nashville 8 --8
Minnesota 10 --10
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Goalies : Nashville, Dan Ellis (10 shots, 10 saves). Minnesota, Josh
Harding (8 shots, 7 saves). Referees: Gord Dwyer, Rob Martell.
Linesmen: Don Henderson, Mark Wheeler.</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NHL NASHVILLE 1
MINNESOTA 0 19:55 LEFT, 2ND PRD</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NHL NASHVILLE 1
MINNESOTA 0 16:27 LEFT, 2ND PRD</div>

 

NHL: NASHVILLE at MINNESOTA

<div class="pre">NHL NASHVILLE 1
MINNESOTA 0 12:56 LEFT, 2ND PRD</div>

 

NHL: NASHVILLE at MINNESOTA

<div class="pre">NHL NASHVILLE 1
MINNESOTA 0 12:11 LEFT, 2ND PRD</div>

 

NHL: NASHVILLE at MINNESOTA

<div class="pre">NHL NASHVILLE 1
MINNESOTA 0 9:11 LEFT, 2ND PRD</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NHL NASHVILLE 2
MINNESOTA 0
2ND PRD: NAS - (PP) JEAN-PIERRE DUMONT 8 (MARTIN ERAT, JASON ARNOTT)
11:25</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NHL NASHVILLE 2
MINNESOTA 0 0:41 LEFT, 2ND PRD</div>

 

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<div class="pre">------------------------------
Nashville 1 1 --2
Minnesota 0 0 --0
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Shots on goal:
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Nashville 8 8 --16
Minnesota 10 10 --20
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Goalies : Nashville, Dan Ellis (20 shots, 20 saves). Minnesota, Josh
Harding (16 shots, 14 saves). Referees: Gord Dwyer, Rob Martell.
Linesmen: Don Henderson, Mark Wheeler.</div>

 

NHL: NASHVILLE at MINNESOTA

<div class="pre">NHL NASHVILLE 2
MINNESOTA 0 19:55 LEFT, 3RD PRD</div>