Columbus Blue Jackets vs San Jose Sharks

Regular season · Thursday, January 8, 2004 · HP Pavilion at San Jose

3–2

25–36

Game summary

The Columbus Blue Jackets beat the San Jose Sharks 3–2 in overtime on Thursday, January 8, 2004 at HP Pavilion at San Jose. The Sharks outshot the Blue Jackets 36–25.

Scott Thornton scored twice. Tyler Wright, Mark Hartigan and Rick Nash also scored.

Marc Denis made 34 saves on 36 shots for the win; Evgeni Nabokov stopped 22 of 25.

Goals
CBJ	0	2	0	1	3	25
SJS	1	0	1	0	2	36

Scoring

1st period

Scott Thornton (7)Mike Ricci (12), Jonathan Cheechoo (9)0–100:34 SJS

2nd period

Tyler Wright (2)Manny Malhotra (2), Trevor Letowski (9)1–102:13 CBJ
Mark Hartigan (1)David Vyborny (12), Rick Nash (5)2–114:11 CBJ ·

3rd period

Scott Thornton (8)Christian Ehrhoff (6), Mike Rathje (9)2–219:03 SJS

Overtime

Rick Nash (24)David Vyborny (13), Anders Eriksson (8)3–204:57 CBJ ·

Team stats

CBJSJS

2536

31%69%

2/60/3

612

1715

214

Penalties

2:09 into the first periodRob Davison · tripping2 min
5:46 into the first periodRostislav Klesla · holding2 min
9:25 into the first periodMike Rathje · slashing2 min
17:58 into the first periodRick Nash · slashing2 min
13:33 into the second periodMarco Sturm · interference2 min
14:11 into the second periodWayne Primeau · high sticking2 min
4:04 into the third periodDavid Ling · interference2 min
4:49 into the third periodNiko Dimitrakos · interference2 min
4:37 into overtimeBrad Stuart · slashing2 min

Season series

Columbus Blue Jackets

Columbus Blue Jackets skaters

9David VybornyR	0	2	2	0	3	0	0	0	25	21:26
61Rick NashL	1	1	2	0	4	1	0	2	–	18:46
10Trevor LetowskiR	0	1	1	−1	1	0	1	0	–	16:22
27Manny MalhotraC	0	1	1	0	0	1	2	0	39	13:49
28Tyler WrightC	1	0	1	−1	2	2	0	0	33	18:46
42Mark HartiganC	1	0	1	0	1	1	1	0	27	18:32
2Anders ErikssonD	0	1	1	0	1	1	4	0	–	23:46
8Geoff SandersonL	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	50	16:15
13Nikolay ZherdevR	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	–	16:36
17David LingR	0	0	0	0	3	3	0	2	–	08:50
20Lasse PirjetaL	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	43	07:52
26Todd MarchantC	0	0	0	−1	3	1	1	0	26	24:00
45Jody ShelleyL	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	07:41
5Darryl SydorD	0	0	0	+1	0	1	3	0	–	19:43
7Scott LachanceD	0	0	0	−1	0	0	2	0	–	19:46
15Duvie WestcottD	0	0	0	−1	1	1	1	0	–	24:14
22Luke RichardsonD	0	0	0	−1	0	1	5	0	–	26:12
44Rostislav KleslaD	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	2	–	11:18

Columbus Blue Jackets goalies
Goalie
30Marc DenisG	W	36	34	2	.944	64:51
40Fred BrathwaiteG		0	0	0	–	–

San Jose Sharks

San Jose Sharks skaters

17Scott ThorntonL	2	0	2	+2	2	2	0	0	–	14:04
14Jonathan CheechooR	0	1	1	+1	1	0	0	0	–	18:09
18Mike RicciC	0	1	1	+1	1	2	0	0	72	17:33
2Mike RathjeD	0	1	1	+2	1	1	1	2	–	29:27
44Christian EhrhoffD	0	1	1	+1	3	0	0	0	–	17:25
10Alyn McCauleyC	0	0	0	−1	2	1	1	0	74	16:53
12Patrick MarleauC	0	0	0	+1	3	2	0	0	68	19:03
15Wayne PrimeauC	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	2	58	12:43
19Marco SturmL	0	0	0	−1	5	3	0	2	–	16:34
23Niko DimitrakosR	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	2	–	13:39
25Vincent DamphousseC	0	0	0	+1	2	0	0	0	–	15:28
27Scott ParkerR	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	–	07:03
28Nisse EkmanR	0	0	0	−1	1	0	0	0	50	16:08
94Alexander KorolyukL	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	–	13:42
5Rob DavisonD	0	0	0	−1	0	0	0	2	–	13:09
7Brad StuartD	0	0	0	−1	6	2	0	2	–	24:43
22Scott HannanD	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	–	24:58
42Tom PreissingD	0	0	0	+1	1	0	1	0	–	20:23

San Jose Sharks goalies
Goalie
20Evgeni NabokovG	L	25	22	3	.880	64:19
35Vesa ToskalaG		0	0	0	–	–