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2021-22 regular season

Avalanche at Predators

🗓 📍 Bridgestone Arena, Nashville 🔁 Season series tied 1–1

Predators beat Avalanche 5–2 at Bridgestone Arena on December 16, 2021.

COL – NSH
26–35
Shots on goal
1/4–2/5
Power play
13–22
Hits
13–11
Blocked shots
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The game

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Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🐯 NSH
Filip Forsberg
2 G, 1 A
3 shots · 19:33 TOI
2nd star 🐯 NSH
Colton Sissons
3 A
1 shots · 25:00 TOI
3rd star 🐯 NSH
Tanner Jeannot
1 G, 1 A
4 shots · 24:10 TOI

Scoring

7 goals · in order
1st period
🐯 Filip Forsberg Go-ahead 1st · 13:23
Assists: Alexandre Carrier, Colton Sissons · beat Pavel Francouz
0–1
2nd period
🐯 Tanner Jeannot PP 2nd · 07:20
Assists: Colton Sissons, Filip Forsberg · beat Pavel Francouz
0–2
🏔️ Mikko Rantanen PP 2nd · 09:57
Assists: Nazem Kadri, Nathan MacKinnon · beat Juuse Saros
1–2
🐯 Filip Forsberg 2nd · 16:48
Unassisted · beat Pavel Francouz
1–3
3rd period
🏔️ Valeri Nichushkin 3rd · 09:12
Assists: Mikko Rantanen, Samuel Girard · beat Juuse Saros
2–3
🐯 Roman Josi PP 3rd · 12:19
Assists: Colton Sissons, Tanner Jeannot · beat Pavel Francouz
2–4
🐯 Mattias Ekholm Empty net 3rd · 18:52
Assists: Alexandre Carrier
2–5

Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🏔️Avalanche
L1 MacKinnon · Nichushkin · Rantanen 25:47
L2 Kadri · Newhook · O'Connor 20:38
L3 MacDermid · Maltsev · Jost 14:32
L4 Helm · Aube-Kubel 11:44
D1 Girard · Johnson 27:35
D2 Barron · Johnson 15:58
D3 Gross 8:19
🐯Predators
L1 Jeannot · Forsberg · Sissons 24:10
L2 Kunin · Trenin · Novak 15:40
L3 Glass · Olivier · Tolvanen 14:19
L4 Smith · Grimaldi 9:50
D1 Ekholm · Josi 21:53
D2 Carrier · Borowiecki 17:04
D3 Benning · Fabbro 15:15
D4 Myers 6:01

Team stats

Away left · home right
🏔️COL NSH🐯
26 Shots on goal 35
1/4 Power play (goals / chances) 2/5
13 Hits 22
13 Blocked shots 11
5 Takeaways 9
2 Giveaways 6
10 Penalty minutes 8
COL shooting 7.7% (2/26) NSH shooting 14.3% (5/35)

Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🏔️Avalanche
Pavel Francouz
30/34
.882 SV% · 4 GA · 58:21 TOI
🐯Predators
Juuse Saros
24/26
.923 SV% · 2 GA · 60:00 TOI

Where the goals came from

7 of 7 goals located
Filip Forsberg · 1st 13:23 · 0–1 Tanner Jeannot · 2nd 07:20 · 0–2 Mikko Rantanen · 2nd 09:57 · 1–2 Filip Forsberg · 2nd 16:48 · 1–3 Valeri Nichushkin · 3rd 09:12 · 2–3 Roman Josi · 3rd 12:19 · 2–4 Mattias Ekholm · 3rd 18:52 · 2–5
COL NSH
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Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–1
Avalanche
Avalanche — trailing by 1 goal after 1st: 1-2 (33% win rate, 3 games)
Predators
Predators — leading by 1 goal after 1st: 7-0 (100% win rate, 7 games)
After 2nd — 1–3
Avalanche
Avalanche — trailing by 2 goals after 2nd: 0-3-1 (0% win rate, 4 games)
Predators
Predators — leading by 2 goals after 2nd: 3-0 (100% win rate, 3 games)

Last meetings

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Season series tied 1–1
Nov 272021 🐯NSH @ 🏔️COL 2–6 Feb 292020 🏔️COL @ 🐯NSH 3–2 Nov 72019 🐯NSH @ 🏔️COL 4–9 Feb 232019 🏔️COL @ 🐯NSH 5–0 Jan 212019 🐯NSH @ 🏔️COL 4–1
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Who won Avalanche vs Predators on December 16, 2021?

Predators won 5–2. The final score was Avalanche 2, Predators 5.

Who scored for Avalanche?

Mikko Rantanen, Valeri Nichushkin.

Who scored for Predators?

Filip Forsberg (2), Mattias Ekholm, Roman Josi, Tanner Jeannot.

How did the Avalanche goalie play?

Pavel Francouz made 30 saves on 34 shots (.882 save percentage).

How did the Predators goalie play?

Juuse Saros made 24 saves on 26 shots (.923 save percentage).

Where is Avalanche vs Predators played?

At Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, the Predators home rink.

What is the Avalanche vs Predators season series?

Season series tied 1–1 after 2 games.

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Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
🏔️ Avalanche
BeforeDec 14 🗽NYR @ 🏔️COL 2–4 AfterJan 2 🦆ANA @ 🏔️COL 2–4
🐯 Predators
BeforeDec 12 🐯NSH @ 🗽NYR 1–0 AfterDec 17 🐯NSH @ 🪶CHI 3–2
Also on December 16
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