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December 26,2007  (Wednesday) in Chicago,Illinois - United Center	Goals/Period 1 2 3 Tot NAS 0 0 2 2 CHI 2 0 3 5	Shots 1 2 3 Tot NAS 7 12 13 32 CHI 5 6 11 22	PowerPlay PP Game PP Season PK Season NAS 0 / 6 23 / 164 (14.0%) 132 / 155 (85.2%) CHI 0 / 4 30 / 165 (18.2%) 148 / 174 (85.1%)
Start: 7:30pm Attendance: 20,511 Referees: Dan O'Halloran, Stephane Auger Officials: Andy McElman, Dan Schachte	Nashville Predators Game #35 16-17-2 34 Pts Prev Game at CLB Next Game vs CLB Chicago Blackhawks Game #36 19-15-2 40 Pts Prev Game at EDM Next Game at LA Three Stars: (1) Jonathan Toews  (CHI)  (2) Robert Lang (CHI)  (3) Nikolai Khabibulin (CHI)

Goals 1st Period 1. CHI Patrick Sharp    [19]  [c58]   (Shorthanded)   ( Jonathan Toews [16],  Duncan Keith [9] ) 11:27 2. CHI Jonathan Toews    [14]  [c14]   ( Patrick Sharp [13],  Patrick Kane [26] ) 15:38 3rd Period 3. NAS Alexander Radulov    [8]  [c26]   ( Radek Bonk [5],  Dan Hamhuis [12] ) 2:05 4. CHI Robert Lang    [12]  [c225]   (GW)   ( Dustin Byfuglien [8],  Cam Barker [1] ) 8:55 5. NAS Marek Zidlicky    [2]  [c32]   ( David Legwand [18],  Vernon Fiddler [10] ) 13:10 6. CHI Robert Lang    [13]  [c226]   ( Tuomo Ruutu [9],  Petri Kontiola [3] ) 14:42 7. CHI Patrick Kane    [9]  [c9]   (Empty Net)   ( Unassisted ) 18:45 Goalies Goalie Career Team Decision Min GA Shots Saves Record sGAA Chris Mason Career NAS L 44 2 18 16 9-13-2 3.01 Dan Ellis Career NAS   16 2 3 1 7-4-0 2.55 Nikolai Khabibulin Career CHI W 60 2 32 30 15-10-2 2.69

Penalties 1st Period 1. NAS Greg de Vries [2] Hooking 2 0:44 2. CHI Patrick Sharp [2] Slashing 2 7:57 3. CHI Martin Lapointe [1] High Sticking 2 10:26 4. CHI Dustin Byfuglien [1] Charging 2 12:57 5. NAS Radek Bonk [1] Delay of game - Puck over Glass 2 16:46 6. NAS Jerred Smithson [4] Tripping 2 18:53 2nd Period 7. CHI Jonathan Toews [1] Slashing 2 0:49 8. NAS Dan Hamhuis [3] Hooking 2 7:27 9. CHI Robert Lang [7] Hooking 2 14:18 10. CHI Cam Barker [1] Tripping 2 16:21 3rd Period 11. NAS Martin Erat [1] Tripping 2 7:36 12. CHI James Wisniewski [1] Diving 2 7:36 13. NAS Jordin Tootoo [4] Fighting 5 20:00 14. CHI James Wisniewski [4] Fighting 5 20:00

Faceoffs
Nashville Predators   Game Season Player FW FL FO% FW FL FO% Jason Arnott 10 15 40.0% 276 268 50.7% Scott Nichol 2 8 20.0% 115 73 61.2% Jerred Smithson 6 2 75.0% 140 163 46.2% David Legwand 3 5 37.5% 174 227 43.4% Vernon Fiddler 4 2 66.7% 62 75 45.3% Radek Bonk 2 3 40.0% 227 204 52.7%   27 35 43.5% 1009 1027 49.6%	Chicago Blackhawks   Game Season Player FW FL FO% FW FL FO% Jonathan Toews 12 4 75.0% 237 227 51.1% Robert Lang 9 6 60.0% 264 250 51.4% Yanic Perreault 8 6 57.1% 175 95 64.8% Adam Burish 2 3 40.0% 16 30 34.8% Martin St. Pierre 3 2 60.0% 3 2 60.0% Patrick Sharp 0 4 .0% 108 104 50.9% Martin Lapointe 1 1 50.0% 9 13 40.9% Tuomo Ruutu 0 1 .0% 11 5 68.7%   35 27 56.5% 1002 935 51.7%

Nashville Predators Roster # Player Pos cGP G A Pts +/- PM Shots BlSh Hits IceTime PP SH 2 Dan Hamhuis D 278 0 1 1 -1 2 5 1 1 26:18 5:17 4:07 3 Marek Zidlicky D 261 1 0 1 -2 0 3 0 1 22:27 6:34 0:51 4 Ville Koistinen D 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 21:34 7:58 0:39 5 Greg Zanon D 105 0 0 0 -1 0 0 5 2 23:40 1:16 6:06 7 Greg de Vries D 766 0 0 0 -1 2 1 2 0 19:45 0:23 2:15 10 Martin Erat LW 362 0 0 0 -1 2 3 0 0 18:10 7:03 0:47 11 David Legwand C 519 0 1 1 -2 0 0 0 0 15:19 4:53 2:00 12 Scott Nichol C 327 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 2 13:55 0:00 3:31 14 Radek Bonk C 859 0 1 1 0 2 6 2 0 14:44 4:45 0:00 19 Jason Arnott C 927 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 0 20:36 7:11 0:13 20 Ryan Suter D 188 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 1 6:46 2:24 1:54 22 Jordin Tootoo RW 204 0 0 0 -1 5 0 0 1 11:45 0:00 0:00 23 Martin Gelinas LW 1245 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 1 10:46 0:00 2:01 25 Jerred Smithson C 194 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 9:04 0:07 2:00 38 Vernon Fiddler C 181 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 11:37 0:00 3:03 41 Jed Ortmeyer RW 211 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 9:59 0:23 2:17 47 Alexander Radulov RW 99 1 0 1 -1 0 3 0 1 13:58 4:22 0:00 71 Jean-Pierre Dumont RW 551 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 1 20:03 7:04 0:00   7672 2 4 6 -15 15 32 10 13

Chicago Blackhawks Roster # Player Pos cGP G A Pts +/- PM Shots BlSh Hits IceTime PP SH 2 Duncan Keith D 199 0 1 1 2 0 1 2 1 27:54 0:09 8:21 5 Brent Sopel D 467 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 6:24 0:00 4:20 7 Brent Seabrook D 186 0 0 0 1 0 4 1 3 25:14 5:44 5:14 10 Patrick Sharp RW 230 1 1 2 1 2 2 0 0 20:19 5:10 1:59 12 Rene Bourque LW 138 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 14:37 0:00 4:52 15 Tuomo Ruutu C 202 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 14:35 2:35 0:00 16 Martin St. Pierre C 17 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 2 7:40 2:04 0:00 19 Jonathan Toews C 34 1 1 2 2 2 1 0 0 18:42 4:33 2:15 20 Robert Lang C 835 2 0 2 2 2 2 1 0 20:30 3:14 3:15 22 Martin Lapointe RW 957 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 7:59 0:07 1:32 25 Cam Barker D 39 0 1 1 1 2 1 0 1 17:38 2:57 1:46 28 Michael Blunden RW 10 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 0 7:51 0:04 2:47 34 Petri Kontiola C 5 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 2 14:08 3:02 0:00 37 Adam Burish RW-LW 45 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 12:36 0:11 5:01 43 James Wisniewski D 102 0 0 0 0 7 0 3 4 19:45 0:40 3:00 52 Dustin Byfuglien D 58 0 1 1 1 2 2 0 1 21:02 4:18 1:11 88 Patrick Kane RW 36 1 1 2 2 0 5 0 0 18:09 4:43 0:00 94 Yanic Perreault C 837 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 10:57 0:09 2:11   4487 5 8 13 13 19 22 16 17

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