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12/11/2008 - Columbus, OH (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Jakub Voracek beat Nashville goaltender Dan Ellis in the third round of the shootout to give the Columbus Blue Jackets a 2-1 win over the Predators at Nationwide Arena.
The game-winning goal came after the two teams traded goals in the second round, before Voracek slid the puck between the pads of Ellis to give the Blue Jackets the win.
"He quickly stretched it out to the backhand and brought it right back right away," Ellis said. "A lot of times guys will either bring it over there and go up or they'll bring it over and keep going. He quickly made the move and slid it right across as I was pushing."
Mike Commodore scored Columbus' only other goal, while Steve Mason made 25 saves to earn the win for Columbus, which snapped a three-game losing streak.
"It was a pretty well-rounded effort by everybody," Mason said. "Obviously they scored in the third period, but the guys bounced back and got a goal for us."
Martin Erat scored the only goal for Nashville, while Ellis stopped 35 of the 36 shots he faced while taking the loss, the third straight for the Predators.
After two slow and scoreless periods, the two teams traded goals in the third. Nashville got on the board first when the teams were skating 4-on-4 when Jason Arnott split the defense with a pass to Erat, who put a wrister past Mason from the left circle for the goal at the 9:37 mark. Ryan Suter made the initial pass to Arnott from inside his own blue line and received the other assist.
"There were two guys in front and I was looking around the left side and the puck went to the right side and I didn't pick it up at all, until it was behind me," Ellis said on the regulation goal.
Moments later, Nashville defenseman Dan Hamhuis was called for a two-minute penalty after holding Rick Nash. Just as he was exiting the box, Commodore took a slap shot from the right point and beat Ellis at the 13:11 mark for his first goal of the year. Kris Russell and Derick Brassard were rewarded the assists on the tying goal.
"I think about 99 times out of 100 he is going to beat me on any kind of goal scoring or point duel," Commodore commented on beating Ellis. "So I'll take my one victory and run."
The game went into overtime, where Nashville outshot Columbus 5-2.
In the second round of the shootout, Nash and Nashville's Vernon Fiddler scored. Nash beat Ellis with a wrister to the short side, while Fiddler went top shelf with a backhand wrister that completely fooled Mason.
After Voracek beat Ellis, Nashville's Erat was stopped by Mason when he blocked a forehand shot with his glove to clinch the win.
"From our standpoint they've been sitting, gearing up for this game all week," Predators head coach Barry Trotz said. "We've played a lot of games this week and I thought that was the least energy we've had probably in a month. As soft a game as we've played in a month. But, happy to get a point on the road and we'll take that. We'll take the point and move on."
Both teams had excellent scoring chances, as the Predators had a 5-on-3 advantage in the second period, but could not find the back of the net.
Just moments after killing off the two-man advantage, Voracek was stopped on a breakaway by Ellis.
The game marked the first time all year that Columbus went into the third period in a 0-0 tie, while Nashville headed into the third period scoreless for the fourth time in its last nine games.
"We got rewarded for good play," Blue Jackets head coach Ken Hitchcock said. "We did a lot of good things again. It was a little sketchy when they scored that first goal after playing like that, but we stuck with it. We've got to continue to play at this pace. We've played really well against teams ahead of us in the standings."
Game Notes
This was Columbus' first home game after returning from a three-game western road trip that all ended in defeat...These two teams split a home-and-home series back in October, with Columbus winning the first game 5-3, and Nashville winning the next contest, 6-3...Commodore's goal was his first January 22, 2008 and came on his seventh shot of the night...Columbus left wing Kristian Huselius played his 500th NHL game...The Predators have won 33 of the 48 meetings between the teams.
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