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Thursday, January 3, 2002 · Continental Airlines Arena

Predators 4 at Devils 3

Final

Three Stars

By Game Score until the NHL names its three stars.

C 74OVR Denis Arkhipov Predators First Star 1G · 1A · 2 SOG C 81OVR Scott Gomez Devils Second Star 1G · 1A · 3 SOG R 67OVR Martin Erat Predators Third Star 1G · 1A · 2 SOG RC

Scoring

1st Period

  1. 3:05 Martin Erat (4) Andy Berenzweig (4), Denis Arkhipov (8) · Tip-in NSH 1 – 0 NJD
  2. 4:41 Denis Arkhipov (8) Vladimir Orszagh (12), Martin Erat (10) · Wrist NSH 2 – 0 NJD
  3. 15:36 Brian Gionta (1) Scott Gomez (14), Scott Niedermayer (10) · Wrist NSH 2 – 1 NJD

2nd Period

  1. 4:00 Petr Tenkrat (5) Vitali Yachmenev (9) · Backhand NSH 3 – 1 NJD
  2. 19:23 Scott Hartnell (7) Tom Fitzgerald (7), Karlis Skrastins (10) · Tip-in NSH 4 – 1 NJD

3rd Period

  1. 5:56 Petr Sykora (8) Patrik Elias (18), Jason Arnott (13) · Wrist NSH 4 – 2 NJD
  2. 10:36 Scott Gomez (4) Brian Rafalski (23), Scott Stevens (8) · Wrist NSH 4 – 3 NJD

Nashville Predators

Player G A SOG HIT BLK +/- TOI GS
Denis Arkhipov C 1 1 2 1 1 +1 12:19 1.73
Martin Erat R 1 1 2 2 0 0 11:58 1.53
Karlis Skrastins D 0 1 3 0 4 0 23:23 1.15
Scott Hartnell L 1 0 3 1 0 +1 16:17 1.03
Vladimir Orszagh L 0 1 2 2 1 +1 14:05 0.98
Petr Tenkrat R 1 0 3 0 1 -1 12:30 0.93
Tom Fitzgerald R 0 1 2 0 0 +1 13:43 0.83
Vitali Yachmenev R 0 1 2 0 1 0 17:43 0.83
Andy Berenzweig D 0 1 1 1 0 +1 14:51 0.80
David Legwand C 0 0 3 0 0 0 16:23 0.43
Kimmo Timonen D 0 0 0 1 4 +1 23:14 0.35
Scott Walker R 0 0 1 0 0 0 13:16 0.33
Mark Eaton D 0 0 0 2 1 +1 14:20 0.20
Cliff Ronning C 0 0 2 0 1 0 15:37 0.15
Bill Houlder D 0 0 0 0 1 0 23:15 0.10
Greg Classen C 0 0 0 2 0 0 9:47 0.05
Greg Johnson C 0 0 0 0 1 0 18:22 -0.15
Cale Hulse D 0 0 1 1 3 -1 18:36 -0.37
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Tomas Vokoun W 35 32 3 .914 60:00 0.95

New Jersey Devils

Player G A SOG HIT BLK +/- TOI GS
Scott Gomez C 1 1 3 0 0 0 15:46 1.60
Scott Stevens D 0 1 3 3 5 +1 24:22 1.30
Petr Sykora R 1 0 6 1 0 0 19:01 1.20
Jason Arnott C 0 1 5 1 0 0 19:36 1.05
Brian Rafalski D 0 1 1 0 1 +1 27:32 0.95
Patrik Elias C 0 1 6 0 0 0 21:48 0.93
Scott Niedermayer D 0 1 1 2 0 +1 23:47 0.80
Brian Gionta R 1 0 1 0 1 -1 11:17 0.73
Bobby Holik C 0 0 3 1 0 0 18:24 0.27
Sergei Brylin L 0 0 2 1 0 0 15:37 0.15
Sergei Nemchinov L 0 0 2 1 0 -1 14:40 0.00
Randy Mckay R 0 0 0 1 0 0 12:27 0.00
Pierre Dagenais R 0 0 0 0 0 0 7:55 -0.05
Jay Pandolfo L 0 0 0 1 0 -1 8:07 -0.15
Mike Commodore D 0 0 0 1 1 -2 13:43 -0.20
Colin White D 0 0 1 0 1 -2 13:06 -0.22
Ken Daneyko D 0 0 0 1 1 -1 9:15 -0.25
John Madden C 0 0 1 0 0 0 13:29 -0.28
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Martin Brodeur L 27 23 4 .852 58:51 -0.70