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8/1/2008
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Vancouver Canucks 5 , Nashville Predators 3
Shots: 28 - 27
PP: 1 of 1 (4 shots), Passing:60/76=78 %, Challenges:42/49=84 %
PP: 0 of 2 (4 shots), Passing:64/80=80 %, Challenges:42/50=82 %
Attendance: 18422 of 18422 (GM Place)
Ticket income: 539764 Match televised: Yes
Boxscore for the game:
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10:05 1-0
Kevin Bieksa [4] (Jan Bulis)PP
15:27 2-0
Jan Bulis [15] (Markus Näslund, Aaron Miller)
18:59 3-0
Nathan Horton [15] (Jordan Staal, Rob Blake)
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37:24 3-1
Jason Pominville [15] (Mike Fisher)
37:52 3-2
Mike Fisher [15] (Jason Pominville, Marek Zidlicky)
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45:38 4-2
Markus Näslund [20] (Jordan Staal, Nathan Horton)
46:22 4-3
A.J. Thelen [2] (Jussi Jokinen, Mike Fisher)
48:24 5-3
Matt Cooke [6] (Géanni Gendron, Trevor Linden)
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Penalty summary:
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08:38
Antoine Vermette (2 min for tripping)
10:21
Marc Chouinard (2 min for roughing)
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41:01
Géanni Gendron (2 min for high-sticking)
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Vancouver Canucks scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Tyler Bouck 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 -1 6.50 5
R Géanni Gendron 0 1 1 1 0 1 2 1 14.40 7
C Ryan Kesler 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 1 17.50 7
R Nathan Horton 1 1 5 4 0 0 0 0 19.50 9
C Marc Chouinard 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 -1 6.50 5
C Trevor Linden 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 14.40 8
C Brendan Morrison 0 0 2 3 1 0 0 1 17.30 7
C Jordan Staal 0 2 3 1 2 0 0 0 21.00 7
L Taylor Pyatt 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 -1 7.40 5
L Matt Cooke 1 0 3 1 0 1 0 1 14.40 8
L Jan Bulis 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 14.40 7
L Markus Näslund 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 19.50 8
D Kevin Bieksa 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 17.30 8
D Mathieu Ouellet 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 15.20 6
D Lukas Krajicek 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 -1 23.20 7
D Sami Salo 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 1 16.30 8
D Aaron Miller 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 1 19.40 7
D Rob Blake 0 1 3 3 0 0 0 -1 27.40 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Tomas Vokoun 3 0 24 0 0 60.00 7
G Curtis Sanford 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Nashville Predators scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
L Pat Rissmiller 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 -2 7.50 5
R Alexei Cherepanov 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 14.50 6
R Alexander Radulov 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 18.00 5
R Patrick Kane 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 17.50 8
C Radek Bonk 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 -2 8.40 5
C Vernon Fiddler 0 0 3 1 3 2 0 0 16.20 5
C Antoine Vermette 0 0 2 1 1 0 2 -2 17.00 6
C Mike Fisher 1 2 4 2 1 0 0 3 19.30 10
L Ramzi Abid 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 -2 7.50 4
R Aleksey Morozov 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 14.50 7
R Jason Pominville 1 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 15.20 8
L Jussi Jokinen 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 1 20.30 8
D Marc-Édouard Vlasic 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 -1 23.00 6
D Robyn Regehr 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 -2 15.20 5
D Marek Zidlicky 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 2 27.00 7
D Cody Franson 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 16.40 5
D Juraj Valach 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 -2 14.30 7
D A.J. Thelen 1 0 1 4 0 1 0 1 23.30 9
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Henrik Lundqvist 5 0 23 0 0 60.00 4
G Chris Mason 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Nathan Horton
2nd star: Mike Fisher
3rd star: Jan Bulis
Notes for Vancouver Canucks:
-Jan Bulis scored his 15th goal of the season.
-Markus Näslund notched his 20th assist of the season.
-Nathan Horton scored his 15th goal of the season.
-Markus Näslund scored his 20th goal of the season.
-Kevin Bieksa finally ended his 12 game goal drought.
Notes for Nashville Predators:
-Jason Pominville scored his 15th goal of the season.
-Mike Fisher scored his 15th goal of the season.
-Jason Pominville notched his 20th assist of the season.
-Marek Zidlicky notched his 20th assist of the season.
-Alexander Radulov had his 3 game goal streak snapped.
-Alexander Radulov had his 5 game point streak snapped.
-Antoine Vermette had his 4 game point streak snapped.
-A.J. Thelen finally ended his 25 game goal drought.
Other notes:
Farm game result:
Manitoba Moose 2( 17) , Milwaukee Admirals 4( 13)
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1-0 MAN Jason Jaffray (Brandon Reid, Jozef Balej)
2-0 MAN Miroslav Zalesak (Tommi Santala, Yannick Tremblay)
2-1 MIL Marian Cisar (Kevin Klein)
2-2 MIL Jerred Smithson (Konstantin Glazachev, Ville Koistinen)
2-3 MIL Rich Peverly (Teemu Laakso)