San Jose Sharks vs Phoenix Coyotes
Playoffs · Wednesday, April 24, 2002 · America West Arena
Game summary
The San Jose Sharks beat the Phoenix Coyotes 2–1 on Wednesday, April 24, 2002 at America West Arena. The Coyotes outshot the Sharks 30–24.
Goals came from Mike Rathje, Mike Ricci and Radoslav Suchy.
Evgeni Nabokov made 29 saves on 30 shots for the win; Sean Burke stopped 22 of 24.
| Goals | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 SJS | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 24 |
 PHX | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 30 |
Scoring
1st period
Mike Rathje (1)Patrick Marleau (2), Scott Thornton (2)1–012:23 SJS · 
Mike Ricci (2)Adam Graves (1), Niklas Sundstrom (1)2–014:39 SJS
2nd period
Radoslav Suchy (1)Daniel Brière (1), Mike Johnson (1)2–109:27 PHX
Team stats
SJSPHX
2430
53%47%
1/40/5
1212
4036
196
1616
89
Penalties
- 5:10 into the first periodMike Johnson · tripping2 min
- 10:54 into the first periodShane Doan · holding2 min
- 16:08 into the first periodMike Rathje · interference2 min
- 16:52 into the first periodDrake Berehowsky · roughing2 min
- 16:52 into the first periodMarco Sturm · interference goalkeeper2 min
- 18:43 into the first periodScott Thornton · roughing2 min
- 3:40 into the second periodScott Thornton · interference2 min
- 4:50 into the second periodLadislav Nagy · slashing2 min
- 5:29 into the second periodMarcus Ragnarsson · holding2 min
- 6:43 into the second periodGary Suter · holding2 min
- 11:04 into the second periodKrys Kolanos · interference2 min
- 14:23 into the second periodBranko Radivojevic · high sticking2 min
Season series
San Jose Sharks
| 9Adam GravesL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 17:06 |
| 12Patrick MarleauC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | 15:18 |
| 17Scott ThorntonL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 16:09 |
| 18Mike RicciC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 19:27 |
| 24Niklas SundstromR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 16:01 |
| 2Mike RathjeD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 22:54 |
| 8Teemu SelanneR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 5 | 14:33 |
| 11Owen NolanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 23:03 |
| 13Todd HarveyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 08:09 |
| 19Marco SturmL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 17:08 |
| 25Vincent DamphousseC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22:11 |
| 28Matt BradleyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 00:53 |
| 5Jeff JillsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 06:00 |
| 7Brad StuartD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:36 |
| 10Marcus RagnarssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 23:29 |
| 20Gary SuterD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 15:55 |
| 22Scott HannanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19:55 |
| 27Bryan MarchmentD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:03 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35Evgeni NabokovG | W | 30 | 1 | .967 |
| 37Miikka KiprusoffG | 0 | 0 | – |
Phoenix Coyotes
| 8Daniel BrièreC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | 20:48 |
| 12Mike JohnsonR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 16:33 |
| 15Radoslav SuchyD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 19:12 |
| 10Denis PedersonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 07:12 |
| 11Daymond LangkowC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 21:56 |
| 16Michal HandzusC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 12:58 |
| 17Ladislav NagyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 18:47 |
| 19Shane DoanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 21:40 |
| 22Claude LemieuxR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16:09 |
| 29Branko RadivojevicR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 08:07 |
| 32Brad MayL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 09:46 |
| 36Krys KolanosC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:06 |
| 49Brian SavageL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11:30 |
| 2Todd SimpsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18:50 |
| 4Ossi VaananenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19:11 |
| 5Drake BerehowskyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10:18 |
| 23Paul MaraD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 20:31 |
| 27Teppo NumminenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 28:11 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Sean BurkeG | L | 24 | 2 | .917 |
| 42Robert EscheG | 0 | 0 | – |