🐧 Away Penguins 20-17-4
3–5
Final
🐯 Home Predators 17-19-3
Goals 1st2nd3rdF
🐧 PIT 1203
🐯 NSH 0325

Penguins at Predators

Predators beat Penguins 5–3 at Bridgestone Arena on January 8, 2009.

🗓 📍 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
David Legwand
1 G, 1 A
5 shots · 18:08 TOI
2nd star 🐯 NSH
Greg Zanon
1 G, 1 A
2 shots · 23:07 TOI
3rd star 🐯 NSH
Martin Erat
1 G, 1 A
2 shots · 19:30 TOI

🚨 Scoring

8 goals · in order
1st period
🐧 Petr Sykora Go-ahead 1st · 14:18
Assists: Sidney Crosby · beat Dan Ellis
1–0
2nd period
🐧 Jordan Staal 2nd · 03:29
Assists: Tyler Kennedy, Sidney Crosby · beat Dan Ellis
2–0
🐧 Max Talbot 2nd · 03:50
Assists: Matt Cooke · beat Pekka Rinne
3–0
🐯 Martin Erat 2nd · 07:57
Assists: David Legwand, Jason Arnott · beat Marc-Andre Fleury
3–1
🐯 David Legwand SH 2nd · 13:32
Assists: Martin Erat, Greg Zanon · beat Marc-Andre Fleury
3–2
🐯 Jerred Smithson Tying 2nd · 19:05
Assists: Joel Ward, Dan Hamhuis · beat Marc-Andre Fleury
3–3
3rd period
🐯 Ryan Suter PP Go-ahead 3rd · 09:04
Assists: Ryan Jones, Shea Weber · beat Marc-Andre Fleury
3–4
🐯 Greg Zanon Empty net 3rd · 19:37
Unassisted
3–5

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🐧Penguins
L1 Malkin · Staal · Crosby 22:11
L2 Kennedy · Satan · Sykora 17:27
L3 Cooke · Jeffrey · Talbot 14:16
L4 Wallace · Godard 4:40
D1 Whitney · Orpik 21:38
D2 Letang · Boucher 19:09
D3 Scuderi · Eaton 15:50
D4 Goligoski 10:21
🐯Predators
L1 Legwand · Arnott · Erat 18:08
L2 Smithson · Bonk · Ward 15:03
L3 Jones · Santorelli · Dumont 12:54
L4 Pihlstrom · Fiddler · Tootoo 11:38
D1 Hamhuis · Zanon 23:44
D2 Suter · Weber 21:38
D3 Koistinen · Klein 14:39

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🐧PIT NSH🐯
25 Shots on goal 35
0/3 Power play (goals / chances) 1/3
15 Hits 24
18 Blocked shots 7
8 Takeaways 12
10 Giveaways 9
6 Penalty minutes 6
PIT shooting 12.0% (3/25) NSH shooting 14.3% (5/35)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🐧Penguins
Marc-Andre Fleury
30/34
.882 SV% · 4 GA · 59:12 TOI
🐯Predators
Pekka Rinne
17/18
.944 SV% · 1 GA · 36:31 TOI
Dan Ellis
5/7
.714 SV% · 2 GA · 23:29 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 1–0
Penguins
Penguins — leading by 1 goal after 1st: 5-2-3 (50% win rate, 10 games)
Predators
Predators — trailing by 1 goal after 1st: 1-4-1 (17% win rate, 6 games)
After 2nd — 3–3
Penguins
Penguins — tied after 2nd: 3-2-1 (50% win rate, 6 games)
Predators
Predators — tied after 2nd: 6-4-2 (50% win rate, 12 games)

⚔️ Last meetings

All →
Predators lead the season series 1–0
Feb 62007 🐯NSH @ 🐧PIT 1–4 Jan 152006 🐧PIT @ 🐯NSH 4–5 Mar 42004 🐯NSH @ 🐧PIT 9–4 Jan 12004 🐧PIT @ 🐯NSH 2–3 Mar 122003 🐯NSH @ 🐧PIT 2–2 OT
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❓ PIT vs NSH, answered

Who won Penguins vs Predators on January 8, 2009?

Predators won 5–3. The final score was Penguins 3, Predators 5.

Who scored for Penguins?

Jordan Staal, Max Talbot, Petr Sykora.

Who scored for Predators?

David Legwand, Greg Zanon, Jerred Smithson, Martin Erat, Ryan Suter.

How did the Penguins goalie play?

Marc-Andre Fleury made 30 saves on 34 shots (.882 save percentage).

How did the Predators goalie play?

Pekka Rinne made 17 saves on 18 shots (.944 save percentage).

Where is Penguins vs Predators played?

At Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, the Predators home rink.

What is the Penguins 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
🐧 Penguins
BeforeJan 6 🐦ATL @ 🐧PIT 1–3 AfterJan 10 🐧PIT @ 🏔️COL 3–5
🐯 Predators
BeforeJan 6 🏔️COL @ 🐯NSH 2–1 AfterJan 10 🪶CHI @ 🐯NSH 1–4
Also on January 8
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