🐯 Away Predators 1-1 in series
3–2
Final
NSH leads 4–1
🐙 Home Red Wings 1-1 in series
Scoring 1st2nd3rdF
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Predators at Red Wings — First Round Game 3

Predators, First Round Game 3, beat Red Wings 3–2 at Little Caesars Arena on April 15, 2012.

🗓 Sun, Apr 15, 2012 · 11:00 CDT 📍 Little Caesars Arena, Detroit 🏒 2011-12 playoffs View the series → Head-to-head history →

🏒 First Round — Best of 7

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

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🐯 NSH
Kevin Klein
1 G, 1 A
2 shots · 22:58 TOI
2nd star 🐙 DET
Pavel Datsyuk
1 G, 1 A
1 shots · 22:27 TOI
3rd star 🐯 NSH
Shea Weber
1 G
4 shots · 27:06 TOI
4rd star 🐯 NSH
Pekka Rinne
41 saves
0.953 SV% · 2 GA

🚨 Scoring

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📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🐯NSH DET🐙
22 Shots on goal 43
1/4 Power play (goals / chances) 1/4
28 Hits 34
19 Blocked shots 9
4 Takeaways 7
6 Giveaways 7
12 Penalty minutes 12
NSH shooting 13.6% (3/22) DET shooting 4.7% (2/43)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🐯Predators
Pekka Rinne
41/43
.953 SV% · 2 GA · 60:00 TOI
🐙Red Wings
Jimmy Howard
19/22
.864 SV% · 3 GA · 58:34 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–0
Predators
Predators — tied after 1st: 49-27-8 (58% win rate, 84 games)
Red Wings
Red Wings — tied after 1st: 49-29-6 (58% win rate, 84 games)
After 2nd — 0–0
Predators
Predators — tied after 2nd: 49-27-8 (58% win rate, 84 games)
Red Wings
Red Wings — tied after 2nd: 49-29-6 (58% win rate, 84 games)

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🐯Predators
L1 Fisher · Legwand · Radulov 19:45
L2 Kostitsyn · Spaling · Erat 16:41
L3 Kostitsyn · Bourque · Gaustad 14:20
L4 Hornqvist · Tootoo · Yip 6:04
D1 Weber · Suter 26:10
D2 Klein · Josi 22:18
D3 Bouillon · Ellis 11:33
🐙Red Wings
L1 Zetterberg · Datsyuk · Filppula 22:27
L2 Franzen · Hudler · Cleary 16:59
L3 Abdelkader · Nyquist · Bertuzzi 11:38
L4 Holmstrom · Miller · Emmerton 8:08
D1 Lidstrom · Kronwall 23:14
D2 White · Ericsson 20:32
D3 Stuart · Quincey 16:32

⚔️ Last meetings

Full head-to-head →
Apr 13, 2012
🐙DET @ 🐯NSH
3–2 · Red Wings won
Apr 11, 2012
🐙DET @ 🐯NSH
2–3 · Predators won
Mar 30, 2012
🐯NSH @ 🐙DET
4–1 · Predators won
Mar 10, 2012
🐙DET @ 🐯NSH
2–3 · Predators won
Feb 17, 2012
🐯NSH @ 🐙DET
1–2 · Red Wings won

❓ NSH vs DET, answered

Who won Predators vs Red Wings on April 15, 2012?

Predators won 3–2.

What was the final score of Predators vs Red Wings?

The final score was Predators 3, Red Wings 2.

How did the Predators goalie play?

Pekka Rinne made 41 saves on 43 shots (.953 save percentage).

How did the Red Wings goalie play?

Jimmy Howard made 19 saves on 22 shots (.864 save percentage).

Where is Predators vs Red Wings played?

At Little Caesars Arena in Detroit, the Red Wings home rink.

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🧭 Around this game

Each team's schedule either side of it
🐯Predators
Previous game · Apr 13
🐙DET @ 🐯NSH
3–2 · DET won
Next game · Apr 17
🐯NSH @ 🐙DET
3–1 · NSH won
🐙Red Wings
Previous game · Apr 13
🐙DET @ 🐯NSH
3–2 · DET won
Next game · Apr 17
🐯NSH @ 🐙DET
3–1 · NSH won
Also on April 15, 2012
🐧PIT @ 🔔PHI
4–8 final
😈NJD @ 🐆FLA
2–4 final
🐋VAN @ 👑LAK
0–1 final
Predators season page Red Wings season page Head-to-head record Full NHL schedule