🦈 Away Sharks 3-1 in series
2–1
Final
SJS leads 4–1
🐯 Home Predators 1-3 in series
Scoring 1st2nd3rdF
SJS 1102
NSH 0011

Sharks at Predators — First Round Game 5

Sharks, First Round Game 5, beat Predators 2–1 at Bridgestone Arena on April 30, 2006.

🗓 Sun, Apr 30, 2006 · 19:30 CDT 📍 Bridgestone Arena, Nashville 🏒 2005-06 playoffs View the series → Head-to-head history →

🏒 First Round — Best of 7

SJS vs NSH · SJS leads 4–1 Full series →
Game 1
3–4
Final · NSH
Game 2
3–0
Final · SJS
Game 3
1–4
Final · SJS
Game 4
4–5
Final · SJS
Game 5
2–1
Final · SJS

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🦈 SJS
Patrick Marleau
1 G
6 shots · 18:41 TOI
2nd star 🦈 SJS
Milan Michalek
1 G
5 shots · 18:33 TOI
3rd star 🦈 SJS
Joe Thornton
1 A
2 shots · 24:04 TOI
4rd star 🦈 SJS
Vesa Toskala
34 saves
0.971 SV% · 1 GA

🚨 Scoring

3 goals · in order
1st period
🦈 Milan Michalek PP Go-ahead 1st · 19:59
Assists: Scott Hannan · beat Chris Mason
1–0
2nd period
🦈 Patrick Marleau PP 2nd · 13:24
Assists: Joe Thornton, Tom Preissing · beat Chris Mason
2–0
3rd period
🐯 Paul Kariya PP 3rd · 11:06
Assists: Steve Sullivan, Marek Zidlicky · beat Vesa Toskala
2–1

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🦈SJS NSH🐯
36 Shots on goal 35
2/5 Power play (goals / chances) 1/5
14 Hits 19
18 Blocked shots 8
3 Takeaways 9
6 Giveaways 11
10 Penalty minutes 10
SJS shooting 5.6% (2/36) NSH shooting 2.9% (1/35)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🦈Sharks
Vesa Toskala
34/35
.971 SV% · 1 GA · 59:51 TOI
🐯Predators
Chris Mason
34/36
.944 SV% · 2 GA · 58:30 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 1–0
Sharks
Sharks: no games found in this situation this year.
Predators
Predators: no games found in this situation this year.
After 2nd — 2–0
Sharks
Sharks: no games found in this situation this year.
Predators
Predators: no games found in this situation this year.

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🦈Sharks
L1 Thornton · Marleau · Cheechoo 23:16
L2 Michalek · Smith · Bernier 16:53
L3 Nieminen · Thornton · Goc 13:41
L4 Rissmiller · Stevenson · Ekman 3:10
D1 Hannan · Preissing 24:38
D2 McLaren · Gorges 19:58
D3 Ehrhoff · Carle 15:30
🐯Predators
L1 Kariya · Sillinger · Erat 21:16
L2 Sullivan · Hartnell · Legwand 16:59
L3 Johnson · Upshall · Walker 12:36
L4 Perreault · Fiddler · Hall 7:59
D1 Timonen · Zidlicky 23:58
D2 Markov · Hamhuis 17:06
D3 Eaton · Witt 16:04

⚔️ Last meetings

Full head-to-head →
Apr 27, 2006
🐯NSH @ 🦈SJS
4–5 · Sharks won
Apr 25, 2006
🐯NSH @ 🦈SJS
1–4 · Sharks won
Apr 23, 2006
🦈SJS @ 🐯NSH
3–0 · Sharks won
Apr 21, 2006
🦈SJS @ 🐯NSH
3–4 · Predators won
Mar 11, 2006
🐯NSH @ 🦈SJS
2–3 (OT) · Sharks won

❓ SJS vs NSH, answered

Who won Sharks vs Predators on April 30, 2006?

Sharks won 2–1.

What was the final score of Sharks vs Predators?

The final score was Sharks 2, Predators 1.

Who scored for Sharks?

Milan Michalek, Patrick Marleau.

Who scored for Predators?

Paul Kariya.

How did the Sharks goalie play?

Vesa Toskala made 34 saves on 35 shots (.971 save percentage).

How did the Predators goalie play?

Chris Mason made 34 saves on 36 shots (.944 save percentage).

Where is Sharks vs Predators played?

At Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, the Predators home rink.

Have a different question? Ask the Oracle — it answers from this season's box scores.

🧭 Around this game

Each team's schedule either side of it
🦈Sharks
Previous game · Apr 27
🐯NSH @ 🦈SJS
4–5 · SJS won
Next game · May 7
🛢️EDM @ 🦈SJS
1–2 · SJS won
🐯Predators
Previous game · Apr 27
🐯NSH @ 🦈SJS
4–5 · SJS won
Next game · Oct 5
🪶CHI @ 🐯NSH
8–6 · CHI won
Also on April 30, 2006
🔔PHI @ ⚔️BUF
0–3 final
🏔️COL @ ⭐DAL
3–2 final
🇨🇦MTL @ 🌪️CAR
1–2 final
Sharks season page Predators season page Head-to-head record Full NHL schedule