Phoenix Coyotes vs San Jose Sharks
Regular season · Wednesday, December 28, 2005 · HP Pavilion at San Jose
Game summary
The Phoenix Coyotes beat the San Jose Sharks 5–4 on Wednesday, December 28, 2005 at HP Pavilion at San Jose. The Sharks outshot the Coyotes 34–26.
Shane Doan scored twice. Jonathan Cheechoo, Grant Stevenson, Derek Morris, Oleg Saprykin, Mike Johnson, Nisse Ekman and Milan Michalek also scored.
Brian Boucher made 30 saves on 34 shots for the win; Evgeni Nabokov stopped 19 of 24.
| Goals | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 PHX | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 26 |
 SJS | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 34 |
Scoring
1st period
Jonathan Cheechoo (19)Unassisted0–102:34 SJS · 
Shane Doan (10)Ladislav Nagy (26)1–119:50 PHX
2nd period
Grant Stevenson (6)Scott Hannan (7), Milan Michalek (9)1–203:13 SJS ·
3rd period
Derek Morris (2)Ladislav Nagy (27), Mike Johnson (15)2–201:46 PHX · - Shane Doan (11)Derek Morris (14), Ladislav Nagy (28)3–202:47 PHX ·
Oleg Saprykin (6)Dave Scatchard (10), Denis Gauthier (6)4–203:42 PHX
Mike Johnson (11)Paul Mara (18), Geoff Sanderson (8)5–204:44 PHX
Nisse Ekman (7)Joe Thornton (39), Jonathan Cheechoo (11)5–306:58 SJS
Milan Michalek (6)Grant Stevenson (7), Kyle McLaren (8)5–410:36 SJS
Team stats
PHXSJS
2634
43%57%
2/72/5
1014
2233
139
712
65
Penalties
- 1:48 into the first periodSean O'Donnell · holding2 min
- 6:27 into the first periodNiko Dimitrakos · holding2 min
- 15:54 into the first periodScott Hannan · interference2 min
- 0:37 into the second periodDave Scatchard · high sticking2 min
- 2:41 into the second periodFredrik Sjostrom · tripping2 min
- 3:13 into the second periodLadislav Nagy · hooking2 min
- 9:22 into the second periodNiko Dimitrakos · hooking2 min
- 17:35 into the second periodJim Fahey · interference2 min
- 19:56 into the second periodJonathan Cheechoo · interference2 min
- 0:36 into the third periodEvgeni Nabokov · delaying game illegal play by goalie2 min
- 1:46 into the third periodKyle McLaren · boarding2 min
- 16:54 into the third periodBrian Boucher · delaying game illegal play by goalie2 min
Season series
Phoenix Coyotes
| 17Ladislav NagyL | 0 | 3 | 3 | +1 | 1 | 20:40 |
| 12Mike JohnsonR | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 2 | 17:12 |
| 19Shane DoanR | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 7 | 20:22 |
| 53Derek MorrisD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 2 | 19:16 |
| 8Geoff SandersonL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 12:52 |
| 38Dave ScatchardC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 16:34 |
| 91Oleg SaprykinL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 12:03 |
| 3Denis GauthierD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 16:48 |
| 23Paul MaraD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 19:59 |
| 15Boyd DevereauxC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:18 |
| 16Jamie LundmarkC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 14:25 |
| 20Fredrik SjostromL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:18 |
| 29Tim JackmanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 09:41 |
| 40Mike RicciC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:55 |
| 89Mike ComrieC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:20 |
| 2Keith BallardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:40 |
| 4Zbynek MichalekD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21:46 |
| 21Sean O'DonnellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20:30 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Curtis JosephG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 33Brian BoucherG | W | 34 | 4 | .882 |
San Jose Sharks
| 9Milan MichalekL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 2 | 14:13 |
| 14Jonathan CheechooR | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 21:19 |
| 37Grant StevensonC | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 15:51 |
| 19Joe ThorntonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 5 | 23:20 |
| 28Nisse EkmanR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 17:41 |
| 4Kyle McLarenD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 21:09 |
| 22Scott HannanD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | 22:46 |
| 10Alyn McCauleyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 11:27 |
| 11Marcel GocC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | 09:13 |
| 12Patrick MarleauC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | 20:31 |
| 16Mark SmithC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:24 |
| 17Scott ThorntonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:31 |
| 23Niko DimitrakosR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 09:48 |
| 29Ryane CloweL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 05:58 |
| 5Rob DavisonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:42 |
| 6Josh GorgesD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19:19 |
| 21Jim FaheyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 18:11 |
| 41Douglas MurrayD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 18:35 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20Evgeni NabokovG | L | 24 | 5 | .792 |
| 35Vesa ToskalaG | 2 | 0 | 1.000 |