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Columbus Blue Jackets right wing Jakub Voracek, right, of the Czech Republic, falls as he shoots against Nashville Predators goalie Pekka Rinne (35), of Finland, in the second period of an NHL hockey game on Thursday, Dec. 10, 2009, in Nashville, Tenn. Behind Vorzcek is Predators defenseman Francis Bouillon (51).
(AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)
Predators beat Jackets again in Nashville
Columbus Blue Jackets right wing Jakub Voracek, right, of the Czech Republic, falls as he shoots against Nashville Predators goalie Pekka Rinne (35), of Finland, in the second period of an NHL hockey game on Thursday, Dec. 10, 2009, in Nashville, Tenn. Behind Vorzcek is Predators defenseman Francis Bouillon (51).
(AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)
NASHVILLE, Tenn.—Steve Sullivan scored the winning goal in the fifth round of the shootout to give the Nashville Predators a 4-3 victory over the Columbus Blue Jackets on Thursday night.
The Predators have defeated Columbus 13 consecutive times at home. The Blue Jackets haven't won in Nashville since April 3, 2006.
Sullivan beat goalie Mathieu Garon with a wrist shot under the goalie's pad for the winner. Garon had won an NHL-record 13 consecutive shootouts.
Dave Scatchard, who had missed five games because of an upper body injury, gave the Predators a 1-0 at 11:03 of the first period. Martin Erat and Jason Arnott scored in the second period for Nashville.
Blue Jackets defenseman Kris Russell and Raffi Torres also scored in the second, and Rick Nash tied it in the third for Columbus.
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