🐙 Away Red Wings 23-6-4
2–3
Final
🐯 Home Predators 16-14-3
Goals 1st2nd3rdF
🐙 DET 1012
🐯 NSH 1203

Red Wings at Predators

Predators beat Red Wings 3–2 at Bridgestone Arena on December 26, 2008.

🗓 📍 Bridgestone Arena, Nashville 🏒 2008-09 🔁 Predators lead the season series 1–0
⚔️ Head-to-head

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🐯 NSH
Martin Erat
2 A
17:32 TOI
2nd star 🐯 NSH
Kevin Klein
1 G
2 shots · 12:41 TOI
3rd star 🐯 NSH
Dan Ellis
38 saves
0.950 SV% · 2 GA

🚨 Scoring

5 goals · in order
1st period
🐯 Greg Zanon Go-ahead 1st · 09:29
Assists: Radek Bonk · beat Ty Conklin
0–1
🐙 Daniel Cleary Tying 1st · 14:04
Assists: Jiri Hudler, Pavel Datsyuk · beat Dan Ellis
1–1
2nd period
🐯 Kevin Klein PP Go-ahead 2nd · 13:24
Assists: Rich Peverley, Martin Erat · beat Ty Conklin
1–2
🐯 Vernon Fiddler 2nd · 18:52
Assists: Martin Erat, David Legwand · beat Ty Conklin
1–3
3rd period
🐙 Mikael Samuelsson 3rd · 03:00
Assists: Andreas Lilja, Henrik Zetterberg · beat Dan Ellis
2–3

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🐙Red Wings
L1 Zetterberg · Datsyuk · Hossa 19:24
L2 Holmstrom · Franzen · Samuelsson 17:29
L3 Filppula · Hudler · Cleary 13:39
L4 Maltby · Draper · Kopecky 9:37
D1 Rafalski · Kronwall 24:52
D2 Stuart · Lilja 19:26
D3 Lebda · Lidstrom 14:02
🐯Predators
L1 Legwand · Arnott · Erat 19:00
L2 Bonk · Smithson · Dumont 16:17
L3 Fiddler · Ward · Tootoo 15:13
L4 Pihlstrom · Peverley · Belak 8:21
D1 Hamhuis · Suter 23:38
D2 Weber · Zanon 22:26
D3 De Vries · Klein 14:02

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🐙DET NSH🐯
40 Shots on goal 31
0/3 Power play (goals / chances) 1/3
18 Hits 29
9 Blocked shots 19
13 Takeaways 12
6 Giveaways 5
6 Penalty minutes 6
DET shooting 5.0% (2/40) NSH shooting 9.7% (3/31)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🐙Red Wings
Ty Conklin
28/31
.903 SV% · 3 GA · 58:32 TOI
🐯Predators
Dan Ellis
38/40
.950 SV% · 2 GA · 59:41 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 1–1
Red Wings
Red Wings — tied after 1st: 6-2-1 (67% win rate, 9 games)
Predators
Predators — tied after 1st: 6-6-1 (46% win rate, 13 games)
After 2nd — 1–3
Red Wings
Red Wings — trailing by 2 goals after 2nd: 2-2 (50% win rate, 4 games)
Predators
Predators — leading by 2 goals after 2nd: 1-1 (50% win rate, 2 games)

⚔️ Last meetings

All →
Predators lead the season series 1–0
Apr 202008 🐙DET @ 🐯NSH 3–0 Apr 182008 🐯NSH @ 🐙DET 1–2 OT Apr 162008 🐙DET @ 🐯NSH 2–3 Apr 142008 🐙DET @ 🐯NSH 3–5 Apr 122008 🐯NSH @ 🐙DET 2–4
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Who won Red Wings vs Predators on December 26, 2008?

Predators won 3–2. The final score was Red Wings 2, Predators 3.

Who scored for Red Wings?

Daniel Cleary, Mikael Samuelsson.

Who scored for Predators?

Greg Zanon, Kevin Klein, Vernon Fiddler.

How did the Red Wings goalie play?

Ty Conklin made 28 saves on 31 shots (.903 save percentage).

How did the Predators goalie play?

Dan Ellis made 38 saves on 40 shots (.950 save percentage).

Where is Red Wings vs Predators played?

At Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, the Predators home rink.

What is the Red Wings vs Predators season series?

Predators lead the season series 1–0 after 1 game.

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🧭 Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
🐙 Red Wings
BeforeDec 23 🎵STL @ 🐙DET 1–4 AfterDec 27 🐙DET @ 🏔️COL 3–4
🐯 Predators
BeforeDec 23 🐯NSH @ 🐆FLA 0–3 AfterDec 28 🐯NSH @ 🛢️EDM 2–5
Also on December 26
🐧PIT 1–0 😈NJD 🍁TOR 1–4 🏝️NYI ⚔️BUF 2–3 🦅WSH 🌪️CAR 5–4 🐦ATL ⚡TBL 4–3 🐆FLA 🔔PHI 1–5 🪶CHI 🛢️EDM 3–2 🐋VAN 🌵PHX 2–1 👑LAK
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