San Jose Sharks at Minnesota Wild

Thursday, October 31, 2002, 8:00 PM ET Xcel Energy Center, St. Paul Regular Season Final/OT

Final score

The Minnesota Wild beat the San Jose Sharks 2–1 in overtime on Thursday, October 31, 2002 at home.

Final score, San Jose Sharks at Minnesota Wild
Team	Goals	2002-2003 record
San Jose Sharks	1	28-37-9-8
at Minnesota Wild	2	42-29-10-1

Goals by period, San Jose Sharks at Minnesota Wild
Team	1st period	2nd period	3rd period	Overtime	Total
San Jose Sharks	0	1	0	0	1
Minnesota Wild	0	0	1	1	2

Shots on goal by period, San Jose Sharks at Minnesota Wild
Team	1st period	2nd period	3rd period	Overtime	Total
San Jose Sharks	3	7	8	2	20
Minnesota Wild	12	9	6	2	29

Scoring summary

Every goal, San Jose Sharks at Minnesota Wild. Numbers in brackets are season totals.
Period	Time	Team	Goal	Assists	Type	Score
2nd	10:31	San Jose Sharks	Marco Sturm (4)	Niklas Sundstrom (5)	Even strength	SJS 1, MIN 0
3rd	07:57	Minnesota Wild	Sergei Zholtok (3)	Richard Park (2), Brad Bombardir (3)	Even strength	SJS 1, MIN 1
OT	04:50	Minnesota Wild	Sergei Zholtok (4)	Brad Bombardir (4), Willie Mitchell (5)	Even strength	SJS 1, MIN 2

Numbers in brackets are the player's season totals after the goal.

San Jose Sharks skaters
Player	Position	Goals	Assists	Points	Plus/minus	Penalty minutes	Shots on goal	Hits	Faceoff percentage	Time on ice
Number 8 T. Selanne	R	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0		18:37
Number 9 A. Graves	L	0	0	0	0	0	3	0		14:37
Number 11 O. Nolan	R	0	0	0	0	6	3	1	71.4%	18:22
Number 12 P. Marleau	C	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	23.5%	18:01
Number 13 T. Harvey	R	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	66.7%	10:00
Number 14 J. Cheechoo	R	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		07:21
Number 16 M. Smith	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	100%	05:20
Number 18 M. Ricci	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	48%	17:55
Number 19 M. Sturm	L	1	0	1	+1	0	3	0		18:45
Number 24 N. Sundstrom	R	0	1	1	+1	2	1	0		19:10
Number 25 V. Damphousse	C	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	55.6%	17:22
Number 28 M. Bradley	R	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		08:18
Number 2 M. Rathje	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1		25:27
Number 4 J. Jakopin	D	0	0	0	0	2	0	1		07:45
Number 5 J. Jillson	D	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0		11:47
Number 10 M. Ragnarsson	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		28:42
Number 22 S. Hannan	D	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0		27:19
Number 27 B. Marchment	D	0	0	0	-1	2	1	0		26:40

San Jose Sharks goalies
Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	Save percentage	Time on ice	Decision
Number 20 E. Nabokov	29	27	2	.931	64:48	Loss

Minnesota Wild skaters
Player	Position	Goals	Assists	Points	Plus/minus	Penalty minutes	Shots on goal	Hits	Faceoff percentage	Time on ice
Number 7 C. Ronning	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	50%	21:59
Number 10 M. Gaborik	R	0	0	0	0	2	2	0		19:28
Number 11 P. Dupuis	R	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0		16:55
Number 12 M. Johnson	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		09:28
Number 15 A. Brunette	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		14:26
Number 18 R. Park	R	0	1	1	+1	0	2	0	50%	18:07
Number 19 S. Veilleux	L	0	0	0	0	0	3	0		17:27
Number 24 A. Laaksonen	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		13:29
Number 33 S. Zholtok	C	2	0	2	+1	0	4	0	52.6%	17:13
Number 34 J. Dowd	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	41.7%	13:00
Number 37 W. Walz	C	0	0	0	0	4	2	0	75%	14:25
Number 2 W. Mitchell	D	0	1	1	+1	0	0	1		24:06
Number 4 B. Brown	D	0	0	0	0	2	1	0		12:31
Number 5 B. Bombardir	D	0	2	2	+1	0	3	0		25:12
Number 17 F. Kuba	D	0	0	0	0	0	5	0		23:12
Number 23 J. Marshall	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	33.3%	10:21
Number 55 N. Schultz	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		14:36
Number 77 L. Sekeras	D	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		21:51

Minnesota Wild goalies
Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	Save percentage	Time on ice	Decision
Number 30 D. Roloson	20	19	1	.950	64:50	Win

Penalties, San Jose Sharks at Minnesota Wild
Period	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Minutes
1st	04:02	Minnesota Wild	Marian Gaborik	Tripping	2
1st	05:31	San Jose Sharks	Owen Nolan	Holding	2
1st	17:30	San Jose Sharks	Niklas Sundstrom	Tripping	2
2nd	02:32	Minnesota Wild	Brad Brown	Charging	2
2nd	02:32	San Jose Sharks	John Jakopin	Roughing	2
2nd	07:55	San Jose Sharks	Vincent Damphousse	Cross checking	2
2nd	18:21	San Jose Sharks	Bryan Marchment	Hooking	2
3rd	03:56	San Jose Sharks	Owen Nolan	Hooking	2
3rd	04:05	Minnesota Wild	Lubomir Sekeras	High sticking	2
3rd	06:30	Minnesota Wild	Wes Walz	Hooking	2
3rd	06:30	San Jose Sharks	Owen Nolan	Diving	2
3rd	10:34	San Jose Sharks	Vincent Damphousse	Slashing	2
3rd	18:57	Minnesota Wild	Wes Walz	High sticking	2

San Jose Sharks head coach: Darryl Sutter
Minnesota Wild head coach: Jacques Lemaire
Referees: Tim Peel, Brad Watson
Linesmen: Vaughan Rody, Dan Schachte
San Jose Sharks scratches: Scott Thornton, Vesa Toskala, Ryan Kraft, Shawn Heins, Rob Davison, Miroslav Zalesak, Jesse Fibiger, Jim Fahey, Niko Dimitrakos, Lynn Loyns, Chad Wiseman
Minnesota Wild scratches: Darby Hendrickson, Hnat Domenichelli, Bill Muckalt, Ladislav Benysek, Jean-Guy Trudel, Rickard Wallin, Curtis Murphy, Kyle Wanvig, Pierre-Marc Bouchard

Every San Jose Sharks and Minnesota Wild game in the 2002-2003 season
Matchup	Status	Details
San Jose Sharks 1 at Minnesota Wild 2	Final/OT	Game page: San Jose Sharks at Minnesota Wild, Thu, Oct 31, 2002
Minnesota Wild 4 at San Jose Sharks 2	Final	Game page: Minnesota Wild at San Jose Sharks, Sat, Nov 9, 2002
Minnesota Wild 1 at San Jose Sharks 4	Final	Game page: Minnesota Wild at San Jose Sharks, Sat, Jan 25, 2003
San Jose Sharks 3 at Minnesota Wild 4	Final	Game page: San Jose Sharks at Minnesota Wild, Fri, Feb 7, 2003

Other NHL games on Thursday, October 31, 2002
Matchup	Status	Details
Anaheim Ducks 4 at Boston Bruins 1	Final	Game page: Anaheim Ducks at Boston Bruins, Thu, Oct 31, 2002
Atlanta Thrashers 3 at Toronto Maple Leafs 3	Final/OT	Game page: Atlanta Thrashers at Toronto Maple Leafs, Thu, Oct 31, 2002
Phoenix Coyotes 2 at Philadelphia Flyers 6	Final	Game page: Phoenix Coyotes at Philadelphia Flyers, Thu, Oct 31, 2002
Los Angeles Kings 1 at Chicago Blackhawks 2	Final/OT	Game page: Los Angeles Kings at Chicago Blackhawks, Thu, Oct 31, 2002
Buffalo Sabres 0 at Calgary Flames 3	Final	Game page: Buffalo Sabres at Calgary Flames, Thu, Oct 31, 2002
Colorado Avalanche 5 at Vancouver Canucks 1	Final	Game page: Colorado Avalanche at Vancouver Canucks, Thu, Oct 31, 2002