GAME THREAD: GAME THREAD: NHL: DETROIT (21-8) at NASHVILLE (14-13)

NHL: DETROIT at NASHVILLE

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NASHVILLE 1 11:46 LEFT, 3RD PRD</div>

 

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NASHVILLE 1 8:03 LEFT, 3RD PRD</div>

 

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NASHVILLE 1 6:58 LEFT, 3RD PRD</div>

 

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NASHVILLE 1 3:24 LEFT, 3RD PRD</div>

 

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NASHVILLE 1 2:43 LEFT, 3RD PRD</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NHL FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD TOTAL
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DETROIT 2 0 0 2
NASHVILLE 0 1 0 1 FINAL

GOAL SCORING:

1ST PRD: DET - TOMAS KOPECKY 2 (PAVEL DATSYUK, ANDREAS LILJA) 7:10
DET - (PS) VALTTERI FILPPULA 6 15:06
2ND PRD: NAS - (SH) MARTIN GELINAS 4 (DAVID LEGWAND) 19:36
3RD PRD: NONE

POWER-PLAY CONVERSIONS: DET - 0 OF 6, NAS - 0 OF 7.

SHOTS ON GOAL: 1ST 2ND 3RD TOTAL
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DET 17 8 10 35
NAS 9 9 13 31

GOALIES: DET - CHRIS OSGOOD
NAS - DAN ELLIS

OFFICIALS: REF - KERRY FRASER, MIKE LEGGO
LIN - DAVID BRISEBOIS, JEAN MORIN

ATT: 15,056</div>

 

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Detroit 2 0 0 --2
Nashville 0 1 0 --1
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FIRST PERIOD -- Scoring: 1, Detroit, Tomas Kopecky 2 (Pavel Datsyuk,
Andreas Lilja), 7:10. 2, Detroit, Valtteri Filppula 6 (penalty shot),
15:06. Penalties: A Downey, Det (interference), 7:10; M Erat, Nas
(elbowing), 8:39; Bench, Nas (too many men served by A Radulov),
10:13; T Kopecky, Det (holding stick), 17:16; M Zidlicky, Nas (high
sticking), 19:43.

SECOND PERIOD -- Scoring: 3, Nashville, Martin Gelinas 4 (shorthanded)
(David Legwand), 19:36. Penalties: A Lilja, Det (hooking), 7:06; T
Holmstrom, Det (interference), 9:48; H Zetterberg, Det (hooking),
12:32; M Zidlicky, Nas (holding), 13:28; D Hamhuis, Nas (double minor
high sticking), 18:33.

THIRD PERIOD -- Scoring: None. Penalties: J Franzen, Det (holding), 6:03; B Rafalski,
Det (delay of game), 16:58.

Shots on goal:
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Detroit 17 8 10 --35
Nashville 9 9 13 --31
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Power-play Conversions: Detroit - 0 of 6, Nashville - 0 of 7. Goalies
: Detroit, Chris Osgood (31 shots, 30 saves; record: 14-1-1).
Nashville, Dan Ellis (35 shots, 33 saves; record: 6-2-0). A: 15,056.
Referees: Kerry Fraser, Mike Leggo. Linesmen: David Brisebois, Jean
Morin.</div>

 

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<div class="pre">** CONFIRMED **
NHL
DETROIT 2
NASHVILLE 1</div>

 

By Jim Diamond
PA SportsTicker Contributing Writer


<div class="pre">NASHVILLE, Tennessee (Ticker) - Valtteri Filppula scored his</div>first career penalty-shot goal to lead the Detroit Red Wings toa 2-1 victory over the Nashville Predators on Monday night.

The Red Wings survived a last-minute power play to record theirseventh straight win and improve their league-leading pointtotal to 46.


Detroit goaltender Chris Osgood made 30 stops, including severalin the final minute to improve to 14-1-1. He is 2-0 vs.Nashville and is 17-5-3 lifetime against the Predators.

Tomas Kopecky scored the game's first goal at the 7:10 mark ofthe opening period. Pavel Datsyuk carried the puck into theNashville zone along the left boards. He whipped a cross-icepass to Kopecky in the right circle, and he one-timed the puckby Nashville goaltender Dan Ellis.


Filppula doubled the Detroit lead at 15:06 of the first when heconverted on a penalty shot. He was awarded the penalty shotafter being taken down from behind on a clear breakaway byNashville's Jerred Smithson, who made a diving attempt to sweepthe puck off of Filppula's stick, but missed and took out thefeet of the Detroit center.


On the penalty shot, Filppula faked Ellis with a forehand, andthen quickly shifted to his backhand, lifting the puck high overthe prone Ellis.


The goal was Detroit's first regular-season penalty shot goalsince Igor Larionov recorded one November 22, 1995 against SanJose.


Martin Gelinas cut the Red Wings lead in half with a shorthandedgoal with 24 seconds remaining in the second period.

Nashville's David Legwand took the puck into the Detroit zone ona partial breakaway. Legwand had the puck knocked off of hisstick, but Gelinas almost on the goal line to the right of thenet took a backhand swipe at the puck and got just enough of itto squeeze it between the pads of Red Wings goaltender ChrisOsgood.


The shorthanded goal was the seventh of the season allowed bythe Red Wings, the highest in the NHL.

 

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Detroit 2 0 0 --2
Nashville 0 1 0 --1
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FIRST PERIOD -- Scoring: 1, Detroit, Tomas Kopecky 2 (Pavel Datsyuk,
Andreas Lilja), 7:10. 2, Detroit, Valtteri Filppula 6 (penalty shot),
15:06. Penalties: A Downey, Det (interference), 7:10; M Erat, Nas
(elbowing), 8:39; Bench, Nas (too many men served by A Radulov),
10:13; T Kopecky, Det (holding stick), 17:16; M Zidlicky, Nas (high
sticking), 19:43.

SECOND PERIOD -- Scoring: 3, Nashville, Martin Gelinas 4 (shorthanded)
(David Legwand), 19:36. Penalties: A Lilja, Det (hooking), 7:06; T
Holmstrom, Det (interference), 9:48; H Zetterberg, Det (hooking),
12:32; M Zidlicky, Nas (holding), 13:28; D Hamhuis, Nas (double minor
high sticking), 18:33.

THIRD PERIOD -- Scoring: None. Penalties: J Franzen, Det (holding), 6:03; B Rafalski,
Det (delay of game), 16:58.

Shots on goal:
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Detroit 17 8 10 --35
Nashville 9 9 13 --31
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Power-play Conversions: Detroit - 0 of 6, Nashville - 0 of 7. Goalies
: Detroit, Chris Osgood (31 shots, 30 saves; record: 14-1-1).
Nashville, Dan Ellis (35 shots, 33 saves; record: 6-2-0). A: 15,056.
Referees: Kerry Fraser, Mike Leggo. Linesmen: David Brisebois, Jean
Morin.</div>

 

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DETROIT 2 0 0 --2
NASHVILLE 0 1 0 --1
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FIRST PERIOD -- Scoring: 1, Detroit, Tomas Kopecky 2 (Pavel Datsyuk,
Andreas Lilja), 7:10. 2, Detroit, Valtteri Filppula 6 (penalty shot),
15:06. Penalties: A Downey, Det (interference), 7:10; M Erat, Nas
(elbowing), 8:39; Bench, Nas (too many men served by A Radulov),
10:13; T Kopecky, Det (holding stick), 17:16; M Zidlicky, Nas (high
sticking), 19:43.

SECOND PERIOD -- Scoring: 3, Nashville, Martin Gelinas 4 (shorthanded)
(David Legwand), 19:36. Penalties: A Lilja, Det (hooking), 7:06; T
Holmstrom, Det (interference), 9:48; H Zetterberg, Det (hooking),
12:32; M Zidlicky, Nas (holding), 13:28; D Hamhuis, Nas (double minor
high sticking), 18:33.

THIRD PERIOD -- Scoring: None. Penalties: J Franzen, Det (holding), 6:03; B Rafalski,
Det (delay of game), 16:58.

Shots on goal:
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DETROIT 17 8 10 --35
NASHVILLE 9 9 13 --31
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Power-play Conversions: DET - 0 of 6, NAS - 0 of 7. Goalies : Detroit,
Chris Osgood (31 shots, 30 saves; record: 14-1-1). Nashville, Dan
Ellis (35 shots, 33 saves; record: 6-2-0). A: 15,056. Referees: Kerry
Fraser, Mike Leggo. Linesmen: David Brisebois, Jean Morin.

INDIVIDUAL PLAYER STATISTICS

DETROIT NASHVILLE
G A +/- Shots G A +/- Shots
D Cleary 0 0 even 3 M Erat 0 0 even 4
P Datsyuk 0 1 even 4 D Legwand 0 1 +1 1
D Meech 0 0 even 1 R Bonk 0 0 even 0
D Drake 0 0 even 1 J Arnott 0 0 even 2
B Lebda 0 0 even 0 D Hamhuis 0 0 even 5
J Hudler 0 0 even 2 R Suter 0 0 -1 3
B Rafalski 0 0 even 5 J Tootoo 0 0 -1 3
A Lilja 0 1 +1 0 M Gelinas 1 0 +1 1
M Samuelsson 0 0 -1 0 J Smithson 0 0 even 1
H Zetterberg 0 0 -1 5 M Zidlicky 0 0 -1 0
A Downey 0 0 +1 0 V Fiddler 0 0 -1 2
N Lidstrom 0 0 even 3 V Koistinen 0 0 even 0
V Filppula 1 0 +1 4 J Ortmeyer 0 0 even 1
N Kronwall 0 0 even 3 A Radulov 0 0 even 6
M Ellis 0 0 even 0 G Zanon 0 0 +1 0
T Kopecky 1 0 +1 2 S Weber 0 0 even 1
J Franzen 0 0 even 1 G de Vries 0 0 +1 0
T Holmstrom 0 0 -1 1 J Dumont 0 0 -1 1
C Chelios HEALTHY D Hordichuk FLU
K Maltby BACK INJURY S Nichol SUSPENDED NHL
K Klein HEALTHY</div>

 

By Jim Diamond
PA SportsTicker Contributing Writer


NASHVILLE, Tennessee (Ticker) - Valtteri Filppula scored hisfirst career penalty-shot goal to lead the Detroit Red Wings toa 2-1 victory over the Nashville Predators on Monday night.

The Red Wings survived a last-minute power play to record theirseventh straight win and improve their league-leading pointtotal to 46.


Detroit goaltender Chris Osgood made 30 stops, including severalin the final minute to improve to 14-1-1. He is 2-0 vs.Nashville and is 17-5-3 lifetime against the Predators.

"I like playing here (Nashville), ever since I played in St.Louis I have had success here," Osgood said. "It is another oneof those teams that I can't put my finger on it, but I justlike to play in their buildings and play against them."

"I thought Ozzie did a good job, especially in the third,"Detroit coach Mike Babcock said. "We bent but we didn't breakand we found a way to get a win on the road."


Tomas Kopecky scored the game's first goal at the 7:10 mark ofthe opening period. Pavel Datsyuk carried the puck into theNashville zone along the left boards. He whipped a cross-icepass to Kopecky in the right circle, and he one-timed the puckby Nashville goaltender Dan Ellis.


Filppula doubled the Detroit lead at 15:06 of the first when heconverted on a penalty shot. He was awarded the penalty shotafter being taken down from behind on a clear breakaway byNashville's Jerred Smithson, who made a diving attempt to sweepthe puck off of Filppula's stick, but missed and took out thefeet of the Detroit center.


"I'm glad that (the referee) called that because I could not geta shot off, and I think that is the biggest reason the penaltyshot was called," Filppula said. "He just hit my legs; it was apretty clear tripping call."


"When you see (Filppula) taking it to the net and using hisspeed, it makes him a better player and it makes us a betterteam," Babcock added.


On the penalty shot, Filppula faked Ellis with a forehand, andthen quickly shifted to his backhand, lifting the puck high overthe prone Ellis.


"I lost my footing a little bit on the penalty shot, and Ididn't get enough push," Ellis said. "You have to give creditto that hockey team, they are the No. 1 team in the NationalHockey League, and we put up a good fight, we just started ourfight too late."


The goal was Detroit's first regular-season penalty shot goalsince Igor Larionov recorded one November 22, 1995 against SanJose.


"I think if we get out of the first period down 1-0, we probablywin the hockey game," Nashville coach Barry Trotz said. "Youcan't make as many mistakes as we did in the first. In thesecond and third we didn't make as many mistakes, and theydidn't score any more goals."


Martin Gelinas cut the Red Wings lead in half with a shorthandedgoal with 24 seconds remaining in the second period.

Nashville's David Legwand took the puck into the Detroit zone ona partial breakaway. Legwand had the puck knocked off of hisstick, but Gelinas almost on the goal line to the right of thenet took a backhand swipe at the puck and got just enough of itto squeeze it between the pads of Osgood.


"In the second and third, we played the type of game we want toplay," Gelinas said. "We got the shorthanded goal and a lot ofchances, but we just couldn't buy another one tonight."

"I knew he hit it because I heard him hit it, but I didn't seeit because I was trying to get back on my feet as quickly as Icould," Osgood said.


The shorthanded goal was the seventh of the season allowed bythe Red Wings, the highest in the NHL.