Thanks to two primary assists from Peter Forsberg, the 3rd-seeded ’06-’07 Predators took Game 1, 2-1. Then, in Game 2, two goals in the first period were all the ’06-’07 Predators would need as goaltender Tomas Vokoun stopped 34 of 35 shots against. Paul Kariya led the way offensively with a goal and two assists. The 2nd-seeded ’11-’12 Predators got their first win of the series in Game 3 as defenseman Ryan Suter‘s three assists led them to a 5-2 win. Pekka Rinne stopped 31 of 33 shots against in the win. Game 4 saw three goals scored in just 25 seconds early in the first period with two of them from the ’11-’12 Predators. Then, Forsberg scored the next goal to tie the game 2-2 almost midway through the third, which eventually forced overtime. Jason Arnott completed the ’06-’07 Predators’ comeback by scoring at the 3:42 mark of overtime and gave them a 3-1 series lead. The ’06-’07 Predators then completed the upset with a 3-1 win in Game 5. They scored a goal in every period and Jason Arnott’s two assists and Martin Erat‘s goal and an assist led them offensively.
1st Period | 2nd Period | 3rd Period | Overtime | Total | |
’06-’07 Predators | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | 2 |
’11-’12 Predators | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | 1 |
GAME SUMMARY: ’06-’07 NSH – 2 ’11-’12 NSH – 1 (1-0 ’06-’07 NSH)
STARS OF THE GAME:
1st Star: G – Tomas Vokoun (’06-’07 NSH) – W 1.00 GAA .969 SV% (31 SV’s)
2nd Star: G – Pekka Rinne (’11-’12 NSH) – L 2.00 GAA .951 SV% (39 SV’s)
3rd Star: C – Peter Forsberg (’06-’07 NSH) – 0 G 2 A 2 P +2 1 S
1st Period | 2nd Period | 3rd Period | Overtime | Total | |
’06-’07 Predators | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | 4 |
’11-’12 Predators | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | 1 |
GAME SUMMARY: ’06-’07 NSH – 4 ’11-’12 NSH – 1 (2-0 ’06-’07 NSH)
STARS OF THE GAME:
1st Star: LW – Paul Kariya (’06-’07 NSH) – 1 G 2 A 3 P +1 7 S
2nd Star: G – Tomas Vokoun (’06-’07 NSH) – W 1.00 GAA .971 SV% (34 SV’s)
3rd Star: D – Kimmo Timonen (’06-’07 NSH) – 1 G 1 A 2 P +2 3 S
1st Period | 2nd Period | 3rd Period | Overtime | Total | |
’11-’12 Predators | 1 | 3 | 1 | — | 5 |
’06-’07 Predators | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | 2 |
GAME SUMMARY: ’11-’12 NSH – 5 ’06-’07 NSH – 2 (2-1 ’06-’07 NSH)
STARS OF THE GAME:
1st Star: D – Ryan Suter (’11-’12 NSH) – 0 G 3 A 3 P +3 3 S
2nd Star: D – Shea Weber (’11-’12 NSH) – 0 G 1 A 1 P +3 5 S
3rd Star: RW – Patric Hornqvist (’11-’12 NSH) – 1 G 1 A 2 P +2 7 S
1st Period | 2nd Period | 3rd Period | Overtime | Total | |
’11-’12 Predators | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
’06-’07 Predators | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
GAME SUMMARY: ’06-’07 NSH – 3 ’11-’12 NSH – 2 (OT) (3-1 ’06-’07 NSH)
STARS OF THE GAME:
1st Star: C – Peter Forsberg (’06-’07 NSH) – 1 G 1 A 2 P Even 2 S
2nd Star: C – David Legwand (’11-’12 NSH) – 1 G 1 A 2 P +1 4 S
3rd Star: RW – Patric Hornqvist (’11-’12 NSH) – 1 G 1 A 2 P Even 9 S 2 PIM
1st Period | 2nd Period | 3rd Period | Overtime | Total | |
’06-’07 Predators | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | 3 |
’11-’12 Predators | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | 1 |
GAME SUMMARY: ’06-’07 NSH – 3 ’11-’12 NSH – 1 (4-1 ’06-’07 NSH)
STARS OF THE GAME:
1st Star: LW – Martin Erat (’06-’07 NSH) – 1 G 1 A 2 P +2 1 S 2 PIM
2nd Star: G – Pekka Rinne (’11-’12 NSH) – L 3.00 GAA .933 SV% (42 SV’s)
3rd Star: C – Jason Arnott (’06-’07 NSH) – 0 G 2 A 2 P +2 2 S
This sets up a Final between the 3rd-seeded ’06-’07 Predators and the 4th-seeded ’05-’06 Predators!