Nashville Predators Game Notes Sat, Mar 21, 2015 NHL Game #1075 Nashville Predators 43 - 21 - 8 (94 pts) Buffalo Sabres 20 - 44 - 7 (47 pts) Team Game: 73 26 - 7 - 2 (Home) Team Game: 72 12 - 20 - 4 (Home) Home Game: 36 17 - 14 - 6 (Road) Road Game: 36 8 - 24 - 3 (Road) # Goalie GP W L OT GAA SV% # Goalie GP W L OT GAA SV% 30 Carter Hutton 16 6 5 4 2.48 .907 31 Matt Hackett 2 0 2 0 5.22 .867 35 Pekka Rinne 56 37 15 4 2.12 .926 33 Chad Johnson 19 8 8 1 3.08 .889 35 Anders Lindback 18 3 12 2 3.14 .903 # P Player GP G A P +/- PIM # P Player GP G A P +/- PIM 3 D Seth Jones 72 6 18 24 5 18 6 D Mike Weber 58 1 5 6 -19 60 4 D Ryan Ellis 48 6 15 21 9 27 12 R Brian Gionta 58 7 15 22 -9 18 6 D Shea Weber 72 15 29 44 15 68 19 C Cody Hodgson 67 5 7 12 -25 10 7 C Matt Cullen 57 7 15 22 9 16 20 C Zac Dalpe 10 0 0 0 -4 4 9 C Filip Forsberg 72 21 34 55 13 24 22 L Johan Larsson 28 4 5 9 3 6 10 C Michael Santorelli 71 11 19 30 2 14 24 D Tyson Strachan 37 0 5 5 -23 35 12 C Mike Fisher 51 16 19 35 7 37 25 C Mikhail Grigorenko 14 1 1 2 -8 0 14 D Mattias Ekholm 70 5 10 15 12 46 26 L Matt Moulson 68 11 24 35 -11 2 15 C Craig Smith 72 22 18 40 9 36 37 L Matt Ellis 28 0 0 0 -9 2 18 L James Neal 63 22 13 35 14 57 41 D Andrej Meszaros 49 3 6 9 -8 36 19 C Calle Jarnkrok 64 6 9 15 5 14 44 L Nicolas Deslauriers 71 5 9 14 -20 69 20 D Anton Volchenkov 42 0 5 5 4 14 47 D Zach Bogosian 53 3 14 17 4 70 24 L Eric Nystrom 60 7 5 12 0 15 49 R Jerry D'Amigo 8 0 0 0 -4 2 25 L Viktor Stalberg 16 1 5 6 2 12 51 D Nikita Zadorov 50 3 11 14 -10 45 28 C Paul Gaustad 64 3 9 12 6 54 55 D Rasmus Ristolainen 68 5 8 13 -34 26 33 C Colin Wilson 68 20 20 40 20 18 61 D Andre Benoit 50 1 6 7 -14 20 38 L Viktor Arvidsson - - - - - - 63 C Tyler Ennis 69 18 21 39 -17 37 41 L Taylor Beck 52 6 7 13 -3 16 82 L Marcus Foligno 46 6 8 14 -5 50 44 D Cody Franson 69 6 29 35 -5 26 84 C Philip Varone 17 3 1 4 -7 10 57 L Gabriel Bourque 59 3 7 10 -11 8 59 D Roman Josi 72 14 37 51 16 20 63 C Mike Ribeiro 72 13 41 54 11 52 64 D Victor Bartley 35 0 10 10 1 26 President of Hockey Ops/General David Poile Owner/CEO Terry Pegula Manager President/Alternate Governor Ted Black Assistant General Manager Paul Fenton General Manager Tim Murray Head Coach Peter Laviolette Head Coach Ted Nolan Assistant Coaches Phil Housley & Kevin McCarthy Coaching Staff Bryan Trottier, Danny Flynn, Additional Coaches Ben Vanderklok (Goaltender) & Tom Coolen, Arturs Irbe Lawrence Feloney (Video) Tonight's Officials Referees Ghislain Hebert(22), Dan O'Rourke(9) Linesmen Jay Sharrers(57), Steve Miller(89) Supervisor Video Judge Bob Sloan/Tony Paradise Ntl. Anthem ALEE Today's Schedule VAN @ LAK : 1:00 STL @ MIN : 1:00 CBJ @ CGY : 2:00 PIT @ ARI : 6:00 WSH @ WPG : 6:00 NYR @ CAR : 7:00 CHI @ DAL : 7:00 BOS @ FLA : 7:00 SJS @ MTL : 7:00 NYI @ NJD : 7:00 BUF @ NSH : 7:00 TOR @ OTT : 7:00 PHI @ EDM : 8:00 Nashville Predators: Roster Active (25 Players) # Name Pos Ht. Wt. Born Birth Place 3 Seth Jones D 6' 4" 205 Oct 3, 1994 Arlington, TX, USA 4 Ryan Ellis D 5' 10" 175 Jan 3, 1991 Hamilton, ON, CAN 6 Shea Weber D 6' 4" 233 Aug 14, 1985 Sicamous, BC, CAN 7 Matt Cullen C 6' 1" 200 Nov 2, 1976 Virginia, MN, USA 9 Filip Forsberg C 6' 1" 186 Aug 13, 1994 Ostervala, SWE 10 Michael Santorelli C 6' 0" 189 Dec 14, 1985 Vancouver, BC, CAN 12 Mike Fisher C 6' 1" 215 Jun 5, 1980 Peterborough, ON, CAN 14 Mattias Ekholm D 6' 4" 204 May 24, 1990 Borlange, SWE 15 Craig Smith C 6' 1" 202 Sep 5, 1989 Madison, WI, USA 18 James Neal L 6' 2" 208 Sep 3, 1987 Whitby, ON, CAN 19 Calle Jarnkrok C 5' 11" 156 Sep 25, 1991 Gävle, SWE 20 Anton Volchenkov D 6' 1" 220 Feb 25, 1982 Moscow, RUS 24 Eric Nystrom L 6' 1" 193 Feb 14, 1983 Syosset, NY, USA 25 Viktor Stalberg L 6' 3" 209 Jan 17, 1986 Gothenburg, SWE 28 Paul Gaustad C 6' 5" 223 Feb 3, 1982 Fargo, ND, USA 30 Carter Hutton G 6' 1" 195 Dec 19, 1985 Thunder Bay, ON, CAN 33 Colin Wilson C 6' 1" 216 Oct 20, 1989 Greenwich, CT, USA 35 Pekka Rinne G 6' 5" 204 Nov 3, 1982 Kempele, FIN 38 Viktor Arvidsson L 5' 9" 172 Apr 8, 1993 Skellefteå, SWE 41 Taylor Beck L 6' 2" 203 May 13, 1991 St. Catharines, ON, CAN 44 Cody Franson D 6' 5" 213 Aug 8, 1987 Sicamous, BC, CAN 57 Gabriel Bourque L 5' 10" 192 Sep 23, 1990 Rimouski, QC, CAN 59 Roman Josi D 6' 1" 192 Jun 1, 1990 Bern, CHE 63 Mike Ribeiro C 6' 0" 177 Feb 10, 1980 Montreal, QC, CAN 64 Victor Bartley D 6' 0" 203 Feb 17, 1988 Ottawa, ON, CAN 25 Players Total Avg: 6' 1" 199 Age: 27.9 Goal Streaks Assist Streaks Point Streaks ROMAN JOSI (3 / 2 Games) FILIP FORSBERG (2 / 2 Games) ROMAN JOSI (3-1-4 / 3 Games) FILIP FORSBERG (0-2-2 / 2 Games) Buffalo Sabres: Roster Active (22 Players) # Name Pos Ht. Wt. Born Birth Place 6 Mike Weber D 6' 2" 212 Dec 16, 1987 Pittsburgh, PA, USA 12 Brian Gionta R 5' 7" 176 Jan 18, 1979 Rochester, NY, USA 19 Cody Hodgson C 6' 0" 192 Feb 18, 1990 Toronto, ON, CAN 20 Zac Dalpe C 6' 1" 195 Nov 1, 1989 Paris, ON, CAN 22 Johan Larsson L 5' 11" 206 Jul 25, 1992 Lau, SWE 24 Tyson Strachan D 6' 3" 215 Oct 30, 1984 Melfort, SK, CAN 25 Mikhail Grigorenko C 6' 3" 209 May 16, 1994 Khabarovsk, RUS 26 Matt Moulson L 6' 1" 200 Nov 1, 1983 North York, ON, CAN 31 Matt Hackett G 6' 2" 171 Mar 7, 1990 London, ON, CAN 33 Chad Johnson G 6' 3" 193 Jun 10, 1986 Saskatoon, SK, CAN 35 Anders Lindback G 6' 6" 215 May 3, 1988 Gävle, SWE 37 Matt Ellis L 6' 0" 208 Aug 31, 1981 Welland, ON, CAN 41 Andrej Meszaros D 6' 2" 223 Oct 13, 1985 Považská Bystrica, SVK 44 Nicolas Deslauriers L 6' 1" 209 Feb 22, 1991 LaSalle, QC, CAN 47 Zach Bogosian D 6' 3" 225 Jul 15, 1990 Massena, NY, USA 49 Jerry D'Amigo R 5' 11" 208 Feb 19, 1991 Binghamton, NY, USA 51 Nikita Zadorov D 6' 5" 220 Apr 16, 1995 Moscow, RUS 55 Rasmus Ristolainen D 6' 4" 219 Oct 27, 1994 Turku, FIN 61 Andre Benoit D 5' 11" 191 Jan 6, 1984 St. Albert, ON, CAN 63 Tyler Ennis C 5' 9" 169 Oct 6, 1989 Edmonton, AB, CAN 82 Marcus Foligno L 6' 3" 223 Aug 10, 1991 Buffalo, NY, USA 84 Philip Varone C 5' 10" 185 Dec 4, 1990 Vaughan, ON, CAN 22 Players Total Avg: 6' 1" 202 Age: 26.4 Injured Reserve List (5 Players) 4 Josh Gorges D 6' 1" 201 Aug 14, 1984 Kelowna, BC, CAN 8 Cody McCormick C 6' 2" 224 Apr 18, 1983 London, ON, CAN 9 Evander Kane L 6' 2" 198 Aug 2, 1991 Vancouver, BC, CAN 28 Zemgus Girgensons C 6' 1" 190 Jan 5, 1994 Riga, LVA 36 Patrick Kaleta R 6' 1" 198 Jun 8, 1986 Buffalo, NY, USA Goal Streaks Assist Streaks Point Streaks No active streaks BRIAN GIONTA (3 / 3 Games) BRIAN GIONTA (0-3-3 / 3 Games) Nashville Predators: Season Statistics Pos # Player GP G A P +/- PIM PP SH GW S % TOI/g FO% Hits Blks C 9 Filip Forsberg 72 21 34 55 13 24 5 0 5 213 9.9 17:12 42.85 93 24 C 63 Mike Ribeiro 72 13 41 54 11 52 1 0 2 84 15.5 18:38 42.50 40 17 D 59 Roman Josi 72 14 37 51 16 20 3 0 4 180 7.8 26:30 0.00 43 195 D 6 Shea Weber 72 15 29 44 15 68 5 1 2 209 7.2 26:25 0.00 155 141 C 15 Craig Smith 72 22 18 40 9 36 6 0 4 225 9.8 15:36 37.03 68 14 C 33 Colin Wilson 68 20 20 40 20 18 3 0 5 154 13.0 16:07 40.11 50 24 L 18 James Neal 63 22 13 35 14 57 3 0 6 205 10.7 18:00 41.17 70 29 C 12 Mike Fisher 51 16 19 35 7 37 6 1 1 97 16.5 18:21 51.70 116 45 D 44 Cody Franson 69 6 29 35 -5 26 4 0 0 109 5.5 20:15 0.00 169 122 C 10 Michael Santorelli 71 11 19 30 2 14 0 1 1 131 8.4 14:36 46.70 54 29 D 3 Seth Jones 72 6 18 24 5 18 2 1 0 101 5.9 19:27 0.00 66 84 C 7 Matt Cullen 57 7 15 22 9 16 0 0 1 83 8.4 13:01 54.93 10 17 D 4 Ryan Ellis 48 6 15 21 9 27 1 0 0 95 6.3 19:07 0.00 33 60 C 19 Calle Jarnkrok 64 6 9 15 5 14 0 0 1 85 7.1 12:57 45.77 27 17 D 14 Mattias Ekholm 70 5 10 15 12 46 1 0 1 71 7.0 18:57 0.00 53 82 L 41 Taylor Beck 52 6 7 13 -3 16 1 0 2 66 9.1 11:52 66.66 52 16 L 24 Eric Nystrom 60 7 5 12 0 15 0 1 1 60 11.7 13:11 33.33 104 29 C 28 Paul Gaustad 64 3 9 12 6 54 0 0 1 50 6.0 12:19 56.64 125 51 L 57 Gabriel Bourque 59 3 7 10 -11 8 0 0 0 65 4.6 11:45 25.00 124 39 D 64 Victor Bartley 35 0 10 10 1 26 0 0 0 25 0.0 13:20 0.00 69 49 L 25 Viktor Stalberg 16 1 5 6 2 12 0 0 1 18 5.6 11:36 100.00 32 6 D 20 Anton Volchenkov 42 0 5 5 4 14 0 0 0 31 0.0 13:05 0.00 83 45 # Player GP Min GAA W L OT SO GA SVS SV% G A PIM 30 Carter Hutton 16 894 2.48 6 5 4 1 37 360 .907 0 0 0 35 Pekka Rinne 56 3363 2.12 37 15 4 3 119 1479 .926 0 1 8 Buffalo Sabres: Season Statistics Pos # Player GP G A P +/- PIM PP SH GW S % TOI/g FO% Hits Blks C 63 Tyler Ennis 69 18 21 39 -17 37 6 1 1 160 11.3 18:52 36.61 83 33 L 26 Matt Moulson 68 11 24 35 -11 2 2 0 2 135 8.1 17:26 63.15 33 47 C 28 Zemgus Girgensons 61 15 15 30 -16 25 1 3 1 115 13.0 19:04 44.00 127 62 R 12 Brian Gionta 58 7 15 22 -9 18 0 0 2 117 6.0 17:32 39.79 52 26 D 47 Zach Bogosian 53 3 14 17 4 70 0 0 0 97 3.1 23:10 0.00 153 75 L 82 Marcus Foligno 46 6 8 14 -5 50 0 0 0 46 13.0 15:28 44.44 165 37 L 44 Nicolas Deslauriers 71 5 9 14 -20 69 0 0 1 61 8.2 11:53 0.00 229 35 D 51 Nikita Zadorov 50 3 11 14 -10 45 2 0 1 45 6.7 18:33 100.00 114 65 D 55 Rasmus Ristolainen 68 5 8 13 -34 26 3 0 0 103 4.9 20:09 100.00 108 115 C 19 Cody Hodgson 67 5 7 12 -25 10 0 0 0 104 4.8 12:53 45.90 39 18 L 22 Johan Larsson 28 4 5 9 3 6 0 0 0 33 12.1 12:18 45.83 39 16 D 41 Andrej Meszaros 49 3 6 9 -8 36 0 0 0 45 6.7 17:42 0.00 59 80 D 61 Andre Benoit 50 1 6 7 -14 20 0 1 0 39 2.6 18:27 0.00 37 84 D 6 Mike Weber 58 1 5 6 -19 60 0 0 0 36 2.8 18:30 0.00 156 144 D 4 Josh Gorges 46 0 6 6 -28 16 0 0 0 28 0.0 22:21 0.00 75 148 D 24 Tyson Strachan 37 0 5 5 -23 35 0 0 0 29 0.0 18:52 0.00 56 77 C 84 Philip Varone 17 3 1 4 -7 10 0 0 0 18 16.7 14:28 47.80 18 16 C 8 Cody McCormick 33 1 3 4 -9 40 0 1 0 31 3.2 11:42 50.00 77 29 R 36 Patrick Kaleta 33 0 3 3 -6 32 0 0 0 21 0.0 08:37 37.50 68 16 C 25 Mikhail Grigorenko 14 1 1 2 -8 0 1 0 0 13 7.7 14:44 49.14