San Jose Sharks at Minnesota Wild

Xcel Energy Center, St. Paul Regular Season Final

Final score

The Minnesota Wild beat the San Jose Sharks 4–3 on Sunday, February 26, 2012 at home.

Final score, San Jose Sharks at Minnesota Wild
Team Goals 2011-2012 record
San Jose Sharks 3 43-29-10
at Minnesota Wild 4 35-36-11

Goals by period

Goals by period, San Jose Sharks at Minnesota Wild
Team 1st period 2nd period 3rd period Total
San Jose Sharks 2 0 1 3
Minnesota Wild 1 1 2 4

Shots on goal by period

Shots on goal by period, San Jose Sharks at Minnesota Wild
Team 1st period 2nd period 3rd period Total
San Jose Sharks 12 2 14 28
Minnesota Wild 7 13 6 26

Three stars

  1. M. Scandella, Minnesota Wild (1 assist)
  2. N. Palmieri, Minnesota Wild
  3. J. Spurgeon, Minnesota Wild (1 assist)

Scoring summary

Every goal, San Jose Sharks at Minnesota Wild. Numbers in brackets are season totals.
Period Time Team Goal Assists Type Score
1st 01:22 San Jose Sharks Tommy Wingels (1) Jamie McGinn (1), Patrick Marleau (1) Even strength SJS 1, MIN 0
1st 03:21 San Jose Sharks Joe Thornton (1) Torrey Mitchell (1), Brent Burns (1) Even strength SJS 2, MIN 0
1st 09:13 Minnesota Wild Cal Clutterbuck (1) Unassisted Even strength SJS 2, MIN 1
2nd 01:43 Minnesota Wild Nick Schultz (1) Kyle Brodziak (1) Power play SJS 2, MIN 2
3rd 08:45 San Jose Sharks Brent Burns (1) Joe Thornton (1), Patrick Marleau (2) Power play SJS 3, MIN 2
3rd 14:33 Minnesota Wild Matt Cullen (1) Marco Scandella (1) Even strength SJS 3, MIN 3
3rd 15:47 Minnesota Wild Jed Ortmeyer (1) Jared Spurgeon (1) Even strength SJS 3, MIN 4

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

Team stats

Team stats, San Jose Sharks at Minnesota Wild
Stat San Jose Sharks Minnesota Wild
Shots on goal 28 26
Power play 1 of 3 1 of 4
Penalty minutes 8 6
Hits 16 21
Blocked shots 14 16
Giveaways 3 0
Takeaways 4 8
Faceoffs won 36/58 (62.1%) 22/58 (37.9%)

Box score

San Jose Sharks

San Jose Sharks skaters
Player Position GoalsAssistsPointsPlus/minusPenalty minutesShots on goalHitsBlocked shotsPower-play goalsFaceoff percentageTime on ice
Number 8 J. Pavelski C 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 66.7% 23:01
Number 10 B. Winchester L 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 0 0 09:30
Number 12 P. Marleau C 0 2 2 -1 2 3 0 0 0 41.2% 23:07
Number 17 T. Mitchell C 0 1 1 +1 0 1 0 1 0 100% 15:39
Number 19 J. Thornton C 1 1 2 +1 0 3 1 0 0 73.3% 22:47
Number 29 R. Clowe L 0 0 0 -1 0 3 2 0 0 18:01
Number 39 L. Couture C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 85.7% 12:15
Number 57 T. Wingels C 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 33.3% 14:22
Number 64 J. McGinn L 0 1 1 -1 2 0 3 0 0 15:15
Number 69 A. Desjardins L 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 60% 10:36
Number 78 B. Ferriero R 0 0 0 -1 2 3 0 0 0 09:42
Number 2 J. Vandermeer D 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 04:21
Number 5 C. White D 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 13:37
Number 22 D. Boyle D 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 3 0 28:47
Number 44 M. Vlasic D 0 0 0 -1 2 1 2 4 0 23:20
Number 60 J. Demers D 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 15:45
Number 61 J. Braun D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 1 0 13:12
Number 88 B. Burns D 1 1 2 +1 0 3 2 1 1 21:59
San Jose Sharks goalies
Goalie Shots againstSavesGoals againstSave percentageTime on iceDecision
Number 1 T. Greiss 26 22 4 .846 58:40 Loss

Minnesota Wild

Minnesota Wild skaters
Player Position GoalsAssistsPointsPlus/minusPenalty minutesShots on goalHitsBlocked shotsPower-play goalsFaceoff percentageTime on ice
Number 7 M. Cullen C 1 0 1 +1 0 3 1 1 0 38.9% 18:12
Number 10 D. Setoguchi R 0 0 0 +1 0 2 0 0 0 19:57
Number 14 D. Powe C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 3 2 0 12:32
Number 15 D. Heatley L 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 23:00
Number 17 N. Palmieri R 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 11:44
Number 19 S. Veilleux L 0 0 0 +1 0 1 2 0 0 09:30
Number 21 K. Brodziak C 0 1 1 0 2 1 1 0 0 34.8% 21:48
Number 22 C. Clutterbuck R 1 0 1 +1 0 3 1 0 0 100% 16:47
Number 25 N. Johnson R 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 0 0 10:08
Number 26 E. Christensen C 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 0 0 33.3% 10:30
Number 41 J. Ortmeyer R 1 0 1 +1 0 1 3 1 0 09:22
Number 43 W. Peters C 0 0 0 +1 2 0 1 1 0 37.5% 11:15
Number 5 G. Zanon D 0 0 0 -1 2 0 3 2 0 17:28
Number 6 M. Scandella D 0 1 1 +2 0 2 0 4 0 23:34
Number 20 K. Foster D 0 0 0 +1 0 0 1 1 0 15:27
Number 44 J. Falk D 0 0 0 -1 0 2 2 0 0 17:16
Number 46 J. Spurgeon D 0 1 1 +2 0 1 0 2 0 25:25
Number 55 N. Schultz D 1 0 1 -1 0 3 3 2 1 20:54
Minnesota Wild goalies
Goalie Shots againstSavesGoals againstSave percentageTime on iceDecision
Number 32 N. Backstrom 28 25 3 .893 60:00 Win

Penalties

Penalties, San Jose Sharks at Minnesota Wild
Period Time Team Player Infraction Minutes
1st 14:09 San Jose Sharks Patrick Marleau High sticking 2
1st 19:22 San Jose Sharks Jamie McGinn Roughing 2
2nd 01:39 San Jose Sharks Benn Ferriero Hooking 2
2nd 08:44 Minnesota Wild Kyle Brodziak Interference goalkeeper 2
2nd 16:30 San Jose Sharks Marc-Edouard Vlasic Holding 2
2nd 19:17 Minnesota Wild Greg Zanon Slashing 2
3rd 07:34 Minnesota Wild Warren Peters Holding 2

Game information

San Jose Sharks head coach
Todd McLellan
Minnesota Wild head coach
Mike Yeo
Referees
Paul Devorski, Jean Hebert
Linesmen
Michel Cormier, Thor Nelson
San Jose Sharks scratches
Michal Handzus, Douglas Murray, Dominic Moore
Minnesota Wild scratches
Matt Kassian, Nate Prosser

2011-2012 season series

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Sources and further reading

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