Dallas Stars Make NHL History While Embarrassing the Nashville Predators
The Dallas Stars and Nashville Predators played to a historic result in their 3-2 game on Saturday December 23, 2023.
The history made in the game on Saturday
The game was just a regular Central division battle between the Nashville Predators and the Dallas Stars with future playoff implications on the line.
After the first period the shots were 12-8 Nashville in a pretty even game. In the second period Nashville was able to get two goals past Dallas netminder Scott Wedgewood. The shots in the second period were 16-7 Dallas after Nashville scored early.
Dallas scored halfway through the third period to cut the lead to 2-1, then the unbelievable happened. At 19:45 of the third period Nashville tied it up on a goal by Craig Smith, and then 11 seconds later, at 19:56 Jani Hakanpää blasted a shot from the point and scored. Scoring two goals to win the game had never been done in NHL history before, and it was pretty embarrassing for Nashville to be on the receiving end.
There were many surprising news stories from the result
Teams in the Standings now as we head into the NHL's holiday break
The Dallas Stars currently stand tied for first in the Central division with 44 points. The Stars have two games in hand on the Colorado Avalanche, the team they are tied with, giving Dallas the advantage.
The Nashville Predators are in the first wildcard position in the Western conference with 38 points.
| POLL | ||
DÉCEMBRE 24 | 107 ANSWERS Dallas Stars Make NHL History While Embarrassing the Nashville Predators Will Nashville make the playoffs? | ||
| Yes | 36 | 33.6 % |
| No | 71 | 66.4 % |
| LIST OF POLLS | ||
| G | A | PTS | ||
| Zachary Werenski | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Sean Monahan | 1 | 3 | 4 | |
| Jesper Bratt | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| Frederick Gaudreau | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| Jack Hughes | - | 3 | 3 | |
| Nikita Kucherov | - | 3 | 3 | |
| Mackenzie Weegar | - | 3 | 3 | |
| Kent Johnson | 2 | - | 2 | |
| Alexander Wennberg | 2 | - | 2 | |
| Mitchell Chaffee | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Anthony Cirelli | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Matthew Coronato | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Marcus Foligno | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Nick Foligno | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Conor Geekie | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Brandon Hagel | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Stefan Noesen | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Corey Perry | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Igor Sharangovich | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Dmitry Voronkov | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Complete stats | ||||
| STANDINGS 2024-2025 | ||||||
TOP 10 | GP | W | L | OL | PTS | |
Jets | 19 | 16 | 3 | - | 32 | |
Wild | 19 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 29 | |
Hurricanes | 19 | 14 | 5 | - | 28 | |
Devils | 22 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 28 | |
Capitals | 19 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 27 | |
Golden Knights | 20 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 26 | |
Maple Leafs | 20 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 26 | |
Rangers | 18 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 25 | |
Panthers | 20 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 25 | |
Flames | 20 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 25 | |
| Conference | Cumulative | ||||||