Avalanche 2–3 Predators — Final Score & Stats (Dec 20, 2005)

The game

The stars, every goal, the box score and the recap

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Three stars

Best games by the box score

1st star 🐯 NSH

Scott Hartnell

1 G

4 shots · 19:46 TOI

2nd star 🐯 NSH

Steve Sullivan

1 G

3 shots · 20:46 TOI

3rd star 🐯 NSH

Marek Zidlicky

1 G

1 shots · 14:31 TOI

Scoring

5 goals · in order

1st period

🐯 Steve Sullivan PP Go-ahead 1st · 07:42

Assists: Adam Hall, Kimmo Timonen · beat Vitaly Kolesnik

0–1

🐯 Marek Zidlicky PP 1st · 09:02

Assists: Martin Erat, Dan Hamhuis · beat Vitaly Kolesnik

0–2

🏔️ Pierre Turgeon PP 1st · 16:20

Assists: Joe Sakic, Rob Blake · beat Tomas Vokoun

1–2

3rd period

🐯 Scott Hartnell 3rd · 10:41

Unassisted · beat Vitaly Kolesnik

1–3

🏔️ John-Michael Liles 3rd · 18:19

Assists: Ian Laperriere, Alex Tanguay · beat Tomas Vokoun

2–3

Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time

🏔️Avalanche

L1 Tanguay · Sakic · Svatos 19:59

L2 Laaksonen · Turgeon · Hejduk 16:32

L3 Brunette · Laperriere · Hinote 13:42

L4 May · McLean 9:24

D1 Brisebois · Skrastins 23:28

D2 Blake · Clark 20:21

D3 Liles · Vaananen 15:29

D4 Boughner 9:02

🐯Predators

L1 Sullivan · Hartnell · Hall 19:46

L2 Kariya · Perreault · Beech 15:53

L3 Fiddler · Smithson · Erat 13:17

L4 Hordichuk · Upshall · Tootoo 9:26

D1 Timonen · Hamhuis 22:58

D2 Markov · Eaton 19:40

D3 Suter · Zidlicky 14:56

Team stats

Away left · home right

🏔️COL NSH🐯

26 Shots on goal 27

1/5 Power play (goals / chances) 2/5

14 Hits 15

16 Blocked shots 22

11 Takeaways 13

4 Giveaways 6

10 Penalty minutes 10

COL shooting 7.7% (2/26) NSH shooting 11.1% (3/27)

Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage

🏔️Avalanche

Vitaly Kolesnik

24/27

.889 SV% · 3 GA · 58:28 TOI

🐯Predators

Tomas Vokoun

24/26

.923 SV% · 2 GA · 60:00 TOI

Period by period

After 1st — 1–2

Avalanche

Avalanche — trailing by 1 goal after 1st: 1-4 (20% win rate, 5 games)

Predators

Predators — leading by 1 goal after 1st: 5-1-1 (71% win rate, 7 games)

After 2nd — 1–2

Avalanche

Avalanche — trailing by 1 goal after 2nd: 0-5-1 (0% win rate, 6 games)

Predators

Predators — leading by 1 goal after 2nd: 4-0-1 (80% win rate, 5 games)

Last meetings

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Predators lead the season series 2–0

Oct 122005 🐯NSH @ 🏔️COL 5–4 Apr 42004 🐯NSH @ 🏔️COL 2–1 OT Jan 82004 🏔️COL @ 🐯NSH 3–4 OT Nov 242003 🐯NSH @ 🏔️COL 3–2 Oct 252003 🏔️COL @ 🐯NSH 5–3

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Who won Avalanche vs Predators on December 20, 2005?

Predators won 3–2. The final score was Avalanche 2, Predators 3.

Who scored for Avalanche?

John-Michael Liles, Pierre Turgeon.

Who scored for Predators?

Marek Zidlicky, Scott Hartnell, Steve Sullivan.

How did the Avalanche goalie play?

Vitaly Kolesnik made 24 saves on 27 shots (.889 save percentage).

How did the Predators goalie play?

Tomas Vokoun made 24 saves on 26 shots (.923 save percentage).

Where is Avalanche vs Predators played?

At Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, the Predators home rink.

What is the Avalanche vs Predators season series?

Predators lead the season series 2–0 after 2 games.

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Around this game

Before and after, for both teams

🏔️ Avalanche

BeforeDec 18 🏔️COL @ 🗽NYR 2–1 AfterDec 22 🌲MIN @ 🏔️COL 3–4

🐯 Predators

BeforeDec 17 🧥CBJ @ 🐯NSH 3–7 AfterDec 21 🐯NSH @ 🪶CHI 6–1

Also on December 20

😈NJD 3–1 🗽NYR ⚡TBL 4–6 🌪️CAR 🏛️OTT 3–4 🇨🇦MTL 🧥CBJ 3–4 🐙DET 🎵STL 5–4 🌵PHX 🦆ANA 2–4 🦈SJS

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