Friday, September 23, 2011
FINAL
3 - 2
FINAL 1 2 3 T
Predators 0 1 2 3
Hurricanes 1 0 1 2
GOAL SCORERS

NSH:   D. Legwand (17:58 - 2nd) , J. Hillen (05:23 - 3rd) , C. Mueller (07:00 - 3rd)
CAR:   A. Ponikarovsky (00:31 - 1st) , A. Ponikarovsky (00:17 - 3rd)
GOALIES

NSH: J. Smith , A. Lindback
Predators 3, Hurricanes 2
Associated Press

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - Jack Hillen and Chris Mueller scored in the third period to rally the Nashville Predators to a 3-2 preseason victory over the Carolina Hurricanes on Friday night.

Hillen and Mueller scored 1:37 apart against Carolina backup goalkeeper Justin Peters, who entered the game at the start of the third.

Alexei Ponikarovsky had two goals for Carolina. The free-agent pickup scored on a wraparound 31 seconds into the first period and on a rebound of Eric Staal's shot 17 seconds into the third period.

Carolina goalkeeper Cam Ward saw his first action of the preseason after being slowed by upper body stiffness since the opening of training camp a week ago. Ward started and played 40 minutes. He gave up a goal to Nashville's David Legwand at 17:58 of the second period.

Anders Lindback came off the bench in goal for the Predators and played the final two periods. He stopped 20 of 21 shots to get the win.

Nashville won for the third time in four preseason games, while Carolina dropped its second straight decision.


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EASTERN CONFERENCE
  TEAM GP W L OT GF GA PTS
1 z - PIT 48 36 12 0 165 119 72
2 y - MTL 48 29 14 5 149 126 63
3 y - WSH 48 27 18 3 149 130 57
4 x - BOS 48 28 14 6 131 109 62
5 x - TOR 48 26 17 5 145 133 57
6 x - NYR 48 26 18 4 130 112 56
7 x - OTT 48 25 17 6 116 104 56
8 x - NYI 48 24 17 7 139 139 55
9 WPG 48 24 21 3 128 144 51
10 PHI 48 23 22 3 133 141 49
11 NJD 48 19 19 10 112 129 48
12 BUF 48 21 21 6 125 143 48
13 CAR 48 19 25 4 128 160 42
14 TBL 48 18 26 4 148 150 40
15 FLA 48 15 27 6 112 171 36
COMPLETE STANDINGS

STATS

2012-2013 REGULAR SEASON
SKATERS: GP G A +/- Pts
E. Staal 48 18 35 5 53
A. Semin 44 13 31 14 44
J. Tlusty 48 23 15 15 38
J. Staal 48 10 21 -18 31
J. Skinner 42 13 11 -21 24
J. Corvo 40 6 11 -3 17
P. Dwyer 46 8 8 -7 16
J. Faulk 38 5 10 1 15
J. Harrison 47 3 7 -10 10
R. Nash 32 4 5 -4 9
 
GOALIES: W L OT Sv% GAA
C. Ward 9 6 1 .908 2.84
D. Ellis 6 8 2 .906 3.13
FULL TEAM STATS
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