Avalanche 3-1 Predators (18 Dec, 2022) Play-by-Play

Nashville Predators

12-13-4, 5-8-2 away

	1	2	3	T
NSH	0	0	1	1
COL	0	2	1	3

Colorado Avalanche

16-11-2, 7-5-2 home

J.T. Compher won faceoff against Ryan Johansen in offensive zone
Giveaway by Devon Toews in offensive zone
Jeremy Lauzon shot blocked by J.T. Compher
Mattias Ekholm shot blocked by Logan O'Connor
Dryden Hunt credited with hit on Dante Fabbro in offensive zone
Shot on goal by Valeri Nichushkin saved by Juuse Saros
Alex Newhook credited with hit on Cody Glass in defensive zone
Shot on goal by J.T. Compher saved by Juuse Saros
Takeaway by Mikko Rantanen in offensive zone
Shot on goal by Artturi Lehkonen saved by Juuse Saros
Andreas Englund credited with hit on Jordan Gross in defensive zone
Nino Niederreiter shot blocked by Erik Johnson
Shot missed by Erik Johnson
Dryden Hunt credited with hit on Dante Fabbro in offensive zone
Giveaway by Alexandar Georgiev in defensive zone
Colton Sissons shot blocked by Brad Hunt
Shot on goal by J.T. Compher saved by Juuse Saros
Shot on goal by Cale Makar saved by Juuse Saros
Shot missed by Logan O'Connor
Takeaway by Samuel Girard in defensive zone
Shot on goal by Andreas Englund saved by Juuse Saros
Takeaway by Cale Makar in defensive zone
Evan Rodrigues won faceoff against Cody Glass in neutral zone
Takeaway by Brad Hunt in defensive zone
Takeaway by Andrew Cogliano in offensive zone
J.T. Compher won faceoff against Colton Sissons in offensive zone
Shot on goal by Cale Makar saved by Juuse Saros
Shot on goal by J.T. Compher saved by Juuse Saros
Shot missed by Valeri Nichushkin
Shot missed by Cale Makar
Ben Meyers won faceoff against Ryan Johansen in defensive zone
J.T. Compher won faceoff against Ryan Johansen in defensive zone
Ryan Johansen shot blocked by Cale Makar
Giveaway by Devon Toews in defensive zone
Roman Josi shot blocked by Valeri Nichushkin
Kevin Gravel shot blocked by Logan O'Connor
Penalty to Mikko Rantanen 2 minutes for Slashing Cole Smith
Cale Makar credited with hit on Juuso Parssinen in defensive zone
J.T. Compher won faceoff against Juuso Parssinen in defensive zone
Takeaway by Logan O'Connor in defensive zone
Juuso Parssinen shot blocked by Devon Toews
Shot on goal by Artturi Lehkonen saved by Juuse Saros
Matt Duchene shot blocked by Samuel Girard
J.T. Compher won faceoff against Colton Sissons in defensive zone
J.T. Compher won faceoff against Mark Jankowski in defensive zone
Takeaway by Alex Newhook in offensive zone
Giveaway by Alex Newhook in offensive zone
Takeaway by Artturi Lehkonen in defensive zone
Cale Makar credited with hit on Yakov Trenin in defensive zone
Ben Meyers won faceoff against Ryan Johansen in neutral zone
Penalty to Andrew Cogliano 2 minutes for Tripping Roman Josi
Cody Glass shot blocked by Logan O'Connor
Shot on goal by Valeri Nichushkin saved by Juuse Saros
Ben Meyers won faceoff against Juuso Parssinen in neutral zone
Shot missed by Alex Newhook
Shot on goal by J.T. Compher saved by Juuse Saros
Shot on goal by Cale Makar saved by Juuse Saros
J.T. Compher won faceoff against Mark Jankowski in offensive zone
Shot missed by Mikko Rantanen
Goal scored by Mikko Rantanen assisted by Cale Makar (PPG)
Erik Johnson credited with hit on Cole Smith in neutral zone
Shot missed by Logan O'Connor
Shot missed by Mikko Rantanen
Takeaway by Mikko Rantanen in neutral zone
Shot on goal by Cale Makar saved by Juuse Saros
Alex Newhook won faceoff against Cody Glass in offensive zone
J.T. Compher won faceoff against Juuso Parssinen in offensive zone
Giveaway by J.T. Compher in neutral zone
Tanner Jeannot shot blocked by Samuel Girard
Ben Meyers credited with hit on Mikael Granlund in offensive zone
Shot on goal by Logan O'Connor saved by Juuse Saros
Alex Newhook won faceoff against Ryan Johansen in offensive zone
Giveaway by Devon Toews in defensive zone
J.T. Compher won faceoff against Colton Sissons in offensive zone
Shot on goal by Valeri Nichushkin saved by Juuse Saros
Shot on goal by Valeri Nichushkin saved by Juuse Saros
Shot missed by Valeri Nichushkin
Shot on goal by Cale Makar saved by Juuse Saros
Shot on goal by Devon Toews saved by Juuse Saros
Shot missed by Devon Toews
Roman Josi shot blocked by Andreas Englund
Nino Niederreiter shot blocked by J.T. Compher
Roman Josi shot blocked by J.T. Compher
Erik Johnson credited with hit on Yakov Trenin in defensive zone
Jeremy Lauzon shot blocked by Erik Johnson
Goal scored by Alex Newhook assisted by Evan Rodrigues and Valeri Nichushkin
Cody Glass shot blocked by Samuel Girard
Takeaway by J.T. Compher in defensive zone
Logan O'Connor credited with hit on Kevin Gravel in neutral zone
Shot on goal by Logan O'Connor saved by Juuse Saros
Shot on goal by Ben Meyers saved by Juuse Saros
Shot missed by Brad Hunt
Shot missed by Andreas Englund
Alex Newhook credited with hit on Nino Niederreiter in offensive zone
Shot on goal by Mikko Rantanen saved by Juuse Saros
Ben Meyers won faceoff against Juuso Parssinen in neutral zone
Erik Johnson credited with hit on Filip Forsberg in defensive zone
Cale Makar credited with hit on Cole Smith in defensive zone
J.T. Compher won faceoff against Cody Glass in defensive zone
Erik Johnson credited with hit on Nino Niederreiter in defensive zone
Evan Rodrigues won faceoff against Matt Duchene in defensive zone
Shot on goal by Cale Makar saved by Juuse Saros
J.T. Compher won faceoff against Juuso Parssinen in offensive zone
Shot missed by Cale Makar
Shot missed by Andreas Englund
Shot on goal by Evan Rodrigues saved by Juuse Saros
Ben Meyers credited with hit on Roman Josi in offensive zone
Shot on goal by Valeri Nichushkin saved by Juuse Saros
Giveaway by Mikko Rantanen in defensive zone
Shot on goal by J.T. Compher saved by Juuse Saros
Shot on goal by J.T. Compher saved by Juuse Saros
J.T. Compher won faceoff against Cody Glass in offensive zone
Alex Newhook credited with hit on Cole Smith in defensive zone
Shot on goal by Evan Rodrigues saved by Juuse Saros
Dante Fabbro shot blocked by Valeri Nichushkin
Takeaway by Andrew Cogliano in offensive zone
J.T. Compher won faceoff against Cody Glass in offensive zone
J.T. Compher credited with hit on Dante Fabbro in offensive zone
Shot missed by Mikko Rantanen
J.T. Compher won faceoff against Ryan Johansen in neutral zone
Ryan Johansen shot blocked by J.T. Compher
Goal scored by Cale Makar (EN)
J.T. Compher won faceoff against Ryan Johansen in defensive zone
Dante Fabbro credited with hit on Alex Newhook in offensive zone
Evan Rodrigues shot blocked by Nino Niederreiter
Cale Makar shot blocked by Filip Forsberg
Shot missed by Jeremy Lauzon
Shot on goal by Juuso Parssinen saved by Alexandar Georgiev
Yakov Trenin won faceoff against Ben Meyers in offensive zone
Takeaway by Nino Niederreiter in offensive zone
Cole Smith credited with hit on Samuel Girard in defensive zone
Shot on goal by Cole Smith saved by Alexandar Georgiev
Shot on goal by Mikael Granlund saved by Alexandar Georgiev
Erik Johnson shot blocked by Dante Fabbro
Kevin Gravel credited with hit on Logan O'Connor in defensive zone
Mark Jankowski won faceoff against Ben Meyers in neutral zone
Mark Jankowski won faceoff against J.T. Compher in defensive zone
Cale Makar shot blocked by Dante Fabbro
Colton Sissons credited with hit on Andreas Englund in neutral zone
Takeaway by Cody Glass in neutral zone
Shot on goal by Cody Glass saved by Alexandar Georgiev
Valeri Nichushkin shot blocked by Jordan Gross
Ryan Johansen won faceoff against J.T. Compher in defensive zone
Shot on goal by Jeremy Lauzon saved by Alexandar Georgiev
Shot on goal by Kevin Gravel saved by Alexandar Georgiev
Ryan Johansen won faceoff against J.T. Compher in offensive zone
Shot on goal by Ryan Johansen saved by Alexandar Georgiev
Mattias Ekholm credited with hit on Mikko Rantanen in defensive zone
Jeremy Lauzon credited with hit on Ben Meyers in defensive zone
Samuel Girard shot blocked by Mikael Granlund
Samuel Girard shot blocked by Mikael Granlund
Penalty to Jordan Gross 2 minutes for Hooking Dryden Hunt
Mikko Rantanen shot blocked by Colton Sissons
Mark Jankowski won faceoff against Evan Rodrigues in defensive zone
Shot missed by Filip Forsberg
Takeaway by Ryan Johansen in neutral zone
Shot on goal by Ryan Johansen saved by Alexandar Georgiev
Shot on goal by Ryan Johansen saved by Alexandar Georgiev
Colton Sissons won faceoff against Alex Newhook in offensive zone
Juuso Parssinen won faceoff against Ben Meyers in offensive zone
Ben Meyers shot blocked by Jeremy Lauzon
Jeremy Lauzon credited with hit on Logan O'Connor in neutral zone
Shot missed by Mikael Granlund
Erik Johnson shot blocked by Mark Jankowski
Mark Jankowski won faceoff against J.T. Compher in neutral zone
Ryan Johansen won faceoff against J.T. Compher in offensive zone
Shot on goal by Jordan Gross saved by Alexandar Georgiev
Ryan Johansen won faceoff against J.T. Compher in offensive zone
Shot on goal by Roman Josi saved by Alexandar Georgiev
Shot on goal by Dante Fabbro saved by Alexandar Georgiev
Colton Sissons credited with hit on J.T. Compher in neutral zone
Colton Sissons credited with hit on Brad Hunt in offensive zone
Yakov Trenin credited with hit on Erik Johnson in neutral zone
Artturi Lehkonen shot blocked by Jeremy Lauzon
Cody Glass won faceoff against J.T. Compher in offensive zone
Shot on goal by Nino Niederreiter saved by Alexandar Georgiev
Shot missed by Matt Duchene
Giveaway by Juuse Saros in defensive zone
Artturi Lehkonen shot blocked by Kevin Gravel
Penalty to Yakov Trenin 2 minutes for Holding Alex Newhook
Colton Sissons won faceoff against J.T. Compher in defensive zone
Valeri Nichushkin shot blocked by Dante Fabbro
Kevin Gravel credited with hit on Artturi Lehkonen in defensive zone
Mark Jankowski credited with hit on Erik Johnson in offensive zone
Andrew Cogliano shot blocked by Kevin Gravel
Juuso Parssinen credited with hit on Erik Johnson in offensive zone
Juuso Parssinen credited with hit on Mikko Rantanen in offensive zone
Mark Jankowski credited with hit on Brad Hunt in offensive zone
Jordan Gross credited with hit on Ben Meyers in defensive zone
Shot on goal by Roman Josi saved by Alexandar Georgiev
Giveaway by Mark Jankowski in defensive zone
Penalty to Ryan Johansen 2 minutes for Hooking Cale Makar
Colton Sissons won faceoff against Mikko Rantanen in defensive zone
Takeaway by Yakov Trenin in offensive zone
Shot on goal by Yakov Trenin saved by Alexandar Georgiev
Shot on goal by Yakov Trenin saved by Alexandar Georgiev
Takeaway by Yakov Trenin in defensive zone
Samuel Girard shot blocked by Ryan Johansen
Erik Johnson shot blocked by Mark Jankowski
Dante Fabbro credited with hit on Charles Hudon in defensive zone
Cody Glass won faceoff against J.T. Compher in offensive zone
Shot missed by Jordan Gross
Shot on goal by Jordan Gross saved by Alexandar Georgiev
Shot on goal by Roman Josi saved by Alexandar Georgiev
Juuso Parssinen won faceoff against Evan Rodrigues in offensive zone
Cody Glass won faceoff against Evan Rodrigues in defensive zone
Shot missed by Cody Glass
Shot missed by Roman Josi
Takeaway by Filip Forsberg in neutral zone
Roman Josi credited with hit on Mikko Rantanen in offensive zone
Giveaway by Mark Jankowski in offensive zone
Dryden Hunt shot blocked by Mattias Ekholm
Shot on goal by Matt Duchene saved by Alexandar Georgiev
Goal scored by Matt Duchene assisted by Nino Niederreiter
Jordan Gross credited with hit on Alex Newhook in defensive zone
Tanner Jeannot credited with hit on J.T. Compher in defensive zone
Cole Smith credited with hit on Mikko Rantanen in neutral zone
Evan Rodrigues shot blocked by Dante Fabbro
Shot missed by Jordan Gross
Shot on goal by Roman Josi saved by Alexandar Georgiev
Takeaway by Nino Niederreiter in defensive zone
Shot on goal by Cody Glass saved by Alexandar Georgiev
Shot on goal by Roman Josi saved by Alexandar Georgiev
Cody Glass won faceoff against Ben Meyers in defensive zone
Juuso Parssinen credited with hit on Ben Meyers in offensive zone
Ryan Johansen credited with hit on Erik Johnson in offensive zone
Shot on goal by Dante Fabbro saved by Alexandar Georgiev
Shot missed by Mark Jankowski
Mikael Granlund credited with hit on Andreas Englund in offensive zone
Shot on goal by Cody Glass saved by Alexandar Georgiev
Mattias Ekholm credited with hit on Andrew Cogliano in defensive zone
Tanner Jeannot credited with hit on Logan O'Connor in offensive zone
Shot missed by Tanner Jeannot
Takeaway by Filip Forsberg in defensive zone
Ryan Johansen credited with hit on J.T. Compher in offensive zone
Shot on goal by Filip Forsberg saved by Alexandar Georgiev
Matt Duchene won faceoff against J.T. Compher in offensive zone

PREDATORS

AVALANCHE

TIME	PLAY		NSH	COL
0:00		Start of 1st period	0	0
0:00		Cody Glass won faceoff against Evan Rodrigues in neutral zone	0	0
0:09		Dante Fabbro credited with hit on Alex Newhook in offensive zone	0	0
0:27		Evan Rodrigues shot blocked by Nino Niederreiter	0	0
0:30		Stoppage - Puck in Netting	0	0
0:30		J.T. Compher won faceoff against Ryan Johansen in offensive zone	0	0
0:36		Giveaway by Devon Toews in offensive zone	0	0
0:50		Cale Makar shot blocked by Filip Forsberg	0	0
1:05		Jeremy Lauzon shot blocked by J.T. Compher	0	0
1:27		Shot missed by Jeremy Lauzon	0	0
1:27		Shot on goal by Juuso Parssinen saved by Alexandar Georgiev	0	0
1:57		Mattias Ekholm shot blocked by Logan O'Connor	0	0
2:24		Dryden Hunt credited with hit on Dante Fabbro in offensive zone	0	0
3:16		Shot on goal by Valeri Nichushkin saved by Juuse Saros	0	0
3:57		Alex Newhook credited with hit on Cody Glass in defensive zone	0	0
4:23		Shot on goal by J.T. Compher saved by Juuse Saros	0	0
4:38		Takeaway by Mikko Rantanen in offensive zone	0	0
4:42		Shot on goal by Artturi Lehkonen saved by Juuse Saros	0	0
5:13		Stoppage - Icing	0	0
5:13		Yakov Trenin won faceoff against Ben Meyers in offensive zone	0	0
5:26		Andreas Englund credited with hit on Jordan Gross in defensive zone	0	0
6:01		Takeaway by Nino Niederreiter in offensive zone	0	0
6:05		Nino Niederreiter shot blocked by Erik Johnson	0	0
6:23		Shot missed by Erik Johnson	0	0
6:24		Cole Smith credited with hit on Samuel Girard in defensive zone	0	0
6:25		Dryden Hunt credited with hit on Dante Fabbro in offensive zone	0	0
6:36		Shot on goal by Cole Smith saved by Alexandar Georgiev	0	0
6:57		Giveaway by Alexandar Georgiev in defensive zone	0	0
7:08		Shot on goal by Mikael Granlund saved by Alexandar Georgiev	0	0
7:13		Colton Sissons shot blocked by Brad Hunt	0	0
7:57		Shot on goal by J.T. Compher saved by Juuse Saros	0	0
8:11		Shot on goal by Cale Makar saved by Juuse Saros	0	0
8:36		Shot missed by Logan O'Connor	0	0
8:54		Erik Johnson shot blocked by Dante Fabbro	0	0
9:00		Takeaway by Samuel Girard in defensive zone	0	0
9:12		Kevin Gravel credited with hit on Logan O'Connor in defensive zone	0	0
9:19		Stoppage - Offside	0	0
9:19		Mark Jankowski won faceoff against Ben Meyers in neutral zone	0	0
9:29		Shot on goal by Andreas Englund saved by Juuse Saros	0	0
9:29		Stoppage - Goalie Stopped (after SOG)	0	0
9:29		Mark Jankowski won faceoff against J.T. Compher in defensive zone	0	0
9:51		Takeaway by Cale Makar in defensive zone	0	0
10:06		Cale Makar shot blocked by Dante Fabbro	0	0
10:29		Colton Sissons credited with hit on Andreas Englund in neutral zone	0	0
10:32		Takeaway by Cody Glass in neutral zone	0	0
10:40		Stoppage - Offside	0	0
10:40		Evan Rodrigues won faceoff against Cody Glass in neutral zone	0	0
10:49		Shot on goal by Cody Glass saved by Alexandar Georgiev	0	0
11:17		Valeri Nichushkin shot blocked by Jordan Gross	0	0
11:17		Stoppage - Puck in Netting	0	0
11:17		Ryan Johansen won faceoff against J.T. Compher in defensive zone	0	0
11:30		Shot on goal by Jeremy Lauzon saved by Alexandar Georgiev	0	0
11:36		Shot on goal by Kevin Gravel saved by Alexandar Georgiev	0	0
11:36		Stoppage - Goalie Stopped (after SOG)	0	0
11:36		Ryan Johansen won faceoff against J.T. Compher in offensive zone	0	0
12:03		Shot on goal by Ryan Johansen saved by Alexandar Georgiev	0	0
12:04		Mattias Ekholm credited with hit on Mikko Rantanen in defensive zone	0	0
12:26		Takeaway by Brad Hunt in defensive zone	0	0
12:37		Jeremy Lauzon credited with hit on Ben Meyers in defensive zone	0	0
12:50		Takeaway by Andrew Cogliano in offensive zone	0	0
13:50		Samuel Girard shot blocked by Mikael Granlund	0	0
13:55		Samuel Girard shot blocked by Mikael Granlund	0	0
13:59		Penalty to Jordan Gross 2 minutes for Hooking Dryden Hunt	0	0
13:59		J.T. Compher won faceoff against Colton Sissons in offensive zone	0	0
14:18		Shot on goal by Cale Makar saved by Juuse Saros	0	0
14:42		Mikko Rantanen shot blocked by Colton Sissons	0	0
14:49		Shot on goal by J.T. Compher saved by Juuse Saros	0	0
14:57		Shot missed by Valeri Nichushkin	0	0
15:04		Shot missed by Cale Makar	0	0
15:14		Stoppage - Puck in Netting	0	0
15:14		Mark Jankowski won faceoff against Evan Rodrigues in defensive zone	0	0
16:43		Stoppage - Icing	0	0
16:43		Ben Meyers won faceoff against Ryan Johansen in defensive zone	0	0
16:54		Shot missed by Filip Forsberg	0	0
16:54		Stoppage - Puck in Benches	0	0
16:54		J.T. Compher won faceoff against Ryan Johansen in defensive zone	0	0
17:05		Takeaway by Ryan Johansen in neutral zone	0	0
17:17		Ryan Johansen shot blocked by Cale Makar	0	0
17:40		Giveaway by Devon Toews in defensive zone	0	0
17:42		Shot on goal by Ryan Johansen saved by Alexandar Georgiev	0	0
17:42		Shot on goal by Ryan Johansen saved by Alexandar Georgiev	0	0
17:42		Stoppage - Goalie Stopped (after SOG)	0	0
17:42		Colton Sissons won faceoff against Alex Newhook in offensive zone	0	0
18:15		Roman Josi shot blocked by Valeri Nichushkin	0	0
18:15		Stoppage - Puck in Netting	0	0
18:15		Juuso Parssinen won faceoff against Ben Meyers in offensive zone	0	0
18:28		Ben Meyers shot blocked by Jeremy Lauzon	0	0
18:53		Kevin Gravel shot blocked by Logan O'Connor	0	0
18:57		Jeremy Lauzon credited with hit on Logan O'Connor in neutral zone	0	0
19:11		Shot missed by Mikael Granlund	0	0
19:25		Erik Johnson shot blocked by Mark Jankowski	0	0
19:28		Stoppage - Puck in Benches	0	0
19:28		Mark Jankowski won faceoff against J.T. Compher in neutral zone	0	0
19:45		Penalty to Mikko Rantanen 2 minutes for Slashing Cole Smith	0	0
19:45		Ryan Johansen won faceoff against J.T. Compher in offensive zone	0	0
19:55		Shot on goal by Jordan Gross saved by Alexandar Georgiev	0	0
19:59		Stoppage - Puck in Netting	0	0
19:59		Ryan Johansen won faceoff against J.T. Compher in offensive zone	0	0
20:00		End of 1st period	0	0

Regular Season Series

COL leads 2-0

Predators
3
Avalanche
5

Game 1

11/11

Avalanche
-
Predators
-

Game 2

25/11

Predators
1
Avalanche
3

Game 2

18/12

Avalanche
3
Predators
2

Game 3

24/12

Avalanche
4
Predators
3

Game 4

15/4

Ball Arena

2:00 AM, 18 December 2022

Denver, CO

Attendance: 18,131

Referees:
Brad Meier
Brian Pochmara
Reid Anderson

Linesmen:
Travis Toomey

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Winnipeg	16	3	0	32
Minnesota	13	3	3	29
Dallas	12	6	0	24
Colorado	11	9	0	22
St. Louis	9	11	1	19
Utah	7	9	3	17
Chicago	7	12	1	15
Nashville	6	11	3	15

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