🐯 Away Predators 0-0 in series
4–1
Final
CHI leads 4–2
🪶 Home Blackhawks 0-0 in series
Scoring 1st2nd3rdF
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Predators at Blackhawks — First Round Game 1

Predators, First Round Game 1, beat Blackhawks 4–1 at United Center on April 16, 2010.

🗓 Fri, Apr 16, 2010 · 19:30 CDT 📍 United Center, Chicago 🏒 2009-10 playoffs View the series → Head-to-head history →

🏒 First Round — Best of 7

NSH vs CHI · CHI leads 4–2 Full series →
Game 1
4–1
Final · NSH
Game 2
0–2
Final · CHI
Game 3
1–4
Final · NSH
Game 4
3–0
Final · CHI
Game 5
4–5
OT · CHI
Game 6
5–3
Final · CHI

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🐯 NSH
J-P Dumont
2 G
4 shots · 12:21 TOI
2nd star 🐯 NSH
David Legwand
2 A
5 shots · 17:33 TOI
3rd star 🐯 NSH
Martin Erat
1 G
2 shots · 18:40 TOI

🚨 Scoring

Goal-by-goal detail has not synced for this game yet.

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🐯NSH CHI🪶
26 Shots on goal 26
40 Hits 30
19 Blocked shots 14
6 Takeaways 9
5 Giveaways 7
4 Penalty minutes 6
NSH shooting 15.4% (4/26) CHI shooting 3.8% (1/26)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🐯Predators
Pekka Rinne
25/26
.962 SV% · 1 GA · 60:00 TOI
🪶Blackhawks
Antti Niemi
22/24
.917 SV% · 2 GA · 59:07 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–0
Predators
Predators — tied after 1st: 47-29-6 (57% win rate, 82 games)
Blackhawks
Blackhawks — tied after 1st: 52-22-8 (63% win rate, 82 games)
After 2nd — 0–0
Predators
Predators — tied after 2nd: 47-29-6 (57% win rate, 82 games)
Blackhawks
Blackhawks — tied after 2nd: 52-22-8 (63% win rate, 82 games)

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🐯Predators
L1 Goc · Erat · Ward 17:53
L2 Sullivan · Legwand · Arnott 17:20
L3 Wilson · Smithson · Hornqvist 13:06
L4 Spaling · Dumont · Tootoo 9:07
D1 Weber · Hamhuis 24:51
D2 Suter · Bouillon 22:04
D3 Klein · Franson 12:32
🪶Blackhawks
L1 Sharp · Toews · Kane 19:19
L2 Bolland · Hossa · Brouwer 16:16
L3 Madden · Versteeg · Kopecky 13:48
L4 Ladd · Eager · Fraser 10:04
D1 Keith · Byfuglien 26:58
D2 Seabrook · Hjalmarsson 21:04
D3 Sopel · Hendry 11:24

⚔️ Last meetings

Full head-to-head →
Dec 27, 2009
🐯NSH @ 🪶CHI
4–5 · Blackhawks won
Dec 26, 2009
🪶CHI @ 🐯NSH
4–1 · Blackhawks won
Dec 4, 2009
🐯NSH @ 🪶CHI
4–1 · Predators won
Oct 29, 2009
🪶CHI @ 🐯NSH
0–2 · Predators won
Oct 24, 2009
🐯NSH @ 🪶CHI
0–2 · Blackhawks won

❓ NSH vs CHI, answered

Who won Predators vs Blackhawks on April 16, 2010?

Predators won 4–1.

What was the final score of Predators vs Blackhawks?

The final score was Predators 4, Blackhawks 1.

How did the Predators goalie play?

Pekka Rinne made 25 saves on 26 shots (.962 save percentage).

How did the Blackhawks goalie play?

Antti Niemi made 22 saves on 24 shots (.917 save percentage).

Where is Predators vs Blackhawks played?

At United Center in Chicago, the Blackhawks 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
🐯Predators
Previous game · Apr 10
🎵STL @ 🐯NSH
1–2 · NSH won
Next game · Apr 18
🐯NSH @ 🪶CHI
0–2 · CHI won
🪶Blackhawks
Previous game · Apr 11
🐙DET @ 🪶CHI
3–2 · DET won
Next game · Apr 18
🐯NSH @ 🪶CHI
0–2 · CHI won
Also on April 16, 2010
🏛️OTT @ 🐧PIT
1–2 final
🔔PHI @ 😈NJD
3–5 final
🐙DET @ 🌵PHX
7–4 final
🏔️COL @ 🦈SJS
5–6 final
Predators season page Blackhawks season page Head-to-head record Full NHL schedule