San Jose Sharks vs Anaheim Ducks
Regular season · Wednesday, October 31, 2001 · Arrowhead Pond
Game summary
The San Jose Sharks beat the Anaheim Ducks 4–2 on Wednesday, October 31, 2001 at Arrowhead Pond. The Ducks outshot the Sharks 31–25.
Marco Sturm scored twice. Matt Cullen, Owen Nolan, Paul Kariya and Marcus Ragnarsson also scored.
Evgeni Nabokov made 29 saves on 31 shots for the win; Steve Shields stopped 21 of 25.
Scoring
1st period
Matt Cullen (3)Mike Leclerc (3)0–106:04 ANA
Owen Nolan (3)Vincent Damphousse (3), Adam Graves (2)1–116:57 SJS
Marco Sturm (3)Unassisted2–117:37 SJS ·
2nd period
Paul Kariya (2)Steve Rucchin (4), Marty Mcinnis (4)2–207:16 ANA · 
Marcus Ragnarsson (2)Teemu Selanne (6)3–209:32 SJS
3rd period
- Marco Sturm (4)Owen Nolan (6), Brad Stuart (3)4–210:49 SJS ·
Team stats
SJSANA
2531
50%50%
1/41/6
2420
2014
65
913
48
Penalties
- 2:32 into the first period
Kevin Sawyer · fighting5 min - 2:32 into the first period
Scott Thornton · fighting5 min - 10:47 into the first periodKevin Sawyer · fighting5 min
- 10:47 into the first periodScott Thornton · fighting5 min
- 11:17 into the first periodOwen Nolan · interference goalkeeper2 min
- 17:07 into the first periodNiklas Sundstrom · tripping2 min
- 19:58 into the first periodGary Suter · hooking2 min
- 6:26 into the second periodAdam Graves · hooking2 min
- 8:11 into the second periodDenny Lambert · roughing2 min
- 8:11 into the second periodScott Thornton · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 9:32 into the second periodMarty Mcinnis · butt ending double minor4 min
- 17:04 into the second periodJeff Friesen · interference2 min
- 1:51 into the third periodAdam Graves · hooking2 min
- 9:05 into the third periodRuslan Salei · slashing2 min
- 12:13 into the third periodScott Thornton · hooking2 min
Season series
San Jose Sharks
| 11Owen NolanR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 3 | 18:46 |
| 19Marco SturmL | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 5 | 17:52 |
| 8Teemu SelanneR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 15:56 |
| 9Adam GravesL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 14:02 |
| 25Vincent DamphousseC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 3 | 20:16 |
| 7Brad StuartD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 20:26 |
| 10Marcus RagnarssonD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 3 | 23:09 |
| 12Patrick MarleauC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 12:03 |
| 13Todd HarveyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 06:00 |
| 16Mark SmithC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10:00 |
| 17Scott ThorntonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 09:51 |
| 18Mike RicciC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:31 |
| 24Niklas SundstromR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:36 |
| 32Stephane MatteauL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 08:46 |
| 5Jeff JillsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17:33 |
| 20Gary SuterD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17:27 |
| 22Scott HannanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 22:02 |
| 27Bryan MarchmentD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 19:27 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35Evgeni NabokovG | W | 31 | 2 | .935 |
| 37Miikka KiprusoffG | 0 | 0 | – |
Anaheim Ducks
| 9Paul KariyaL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 5 | 26:03 |
| 12Mike LeclercL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 21:19 |
| 16Marty McinnisL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | 18:10 |
| 17Matt CullenC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 22:17 |
| 20Steve RucchinC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | 19:38 |
| 11Jeff FriesenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 18:48 |
| 13German TitovC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 09:58 |
| 19Andy McDonaldL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 14:26 |
| 25Kevin SawyerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 04:17 |
| 26Samuel PahlssonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13:12 |
| 27Denny LambertL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 06:06 |
| 32Marc ChouinardC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 06:27 |
| 3Keith CarneyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:26 |
| 5Vitaly VishnevskiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:31 |
| 10Oleg TverdovskyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | 22:45 |
| 24Ruslan SaleiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | 22:56 |
| 28Niclas HavelidD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:44 |
| 33Jason YorkD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 23:33 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Steve ShieldsG | L | 25 | 4 | .840 |
| 35Jean-Sebastien GiguereG | 0 | 0 | – |