San Jose Sharks vs Minnesota Wild
Regular season · Monday, December 31, 2007 · Xcel Energy Center
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Game summary
The San Jose Sharks beat the Minnesota Wild 3-2 on Monday, December 31, 2007 at Xcel Energy Center. The Sharks outshot the Wild 25-21.
Goals came from Steve Bernier, Kyle McLaren, Dominic Moore, Mark Parrish and Jonathan Cheechoo.
Evgeni Nabokov made 19 saves on 21 shots for the win; Niklas Backstrom stopped 22 of 25.
Scoring
1st period
Steve Bernier (10)Joe Thornton (32), Milan Michalek (9)1–017:38 SJS
2nd period
Kyle McLaren (1)Milan Michalek (10), Joe Thornton (33)2–018:21 SJS
3rd period
Dominic Moore (1)Stephane Veilleux (3), Kim Johnsson (11)2–103:37 MIN
Mark Parrish (9)Marian Gaborik (17), Eric Belanger (17)2–215:22 MIN
Jonathan Cheechoo (5)Douglas Murray (5), Torrey Mitchell (7)3–215:32 SJS
Team stats
SJSMIN
25Shots on goal21
48%Faceoff %53%
0/1Power play0/3
6Penalty minutes2
18Hits17
17Blocked shots13
3Giveaways7
5Takeaways5
Penalties
- 1st 02:46
Dominic Moore · cross checking2 min - 1st 19:43
Christian Ehrhoff · holding2 min - 2nd 15:11Jonathan Cheechoo · roughing2 min
- 3rd 09:09Matt Carle · hooking2 min
Season series
San Jose Sharks
| 9Milan MichalekL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 4 | 16:57 |
| 19Joe ThorntonC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 4 | 17:45 |
| 14Jonathan CheechooR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 12:36 |
| 17Torrey MitchellC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 15:43 |
| 26Steve BernierR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 1 | 16:17 |
| 3Douglas MurrayD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | 19:01 |
| 4Kyle McLarenD | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 1 | 20:03 |
| 8Joe PavelskiC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 10:28 |
| 11Marcel GocC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:56 |
| 12Patrick MarleauC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 15:38 |
| 25Mike GrierR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 19:03 |
| 27Jeremy RoenickC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 10:57 |
| 34Patrick RissmillerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:54 |
| 37Curtis BrownC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 12:04 |
| 10Christian EhrhoffD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 21:05 |
| 18Matt CarleD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 15:39 |
| 44Marc-Edouard VlasicD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22:45 |
| 52Craig RivetD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 21:11 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20Evgeni NabokovG | W | 21 | 19 | 2 | .905 | 60:00 |
| 30Dimitri PatzoldG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – |
Minnesota Wild
| 10Marian GaborikR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 14:28 |
| 18Dominic MooreC | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 1 | 15:34 |
| 19Stephane VeilleuxL | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 1 | 16:25 |
| 21Mark ParrishR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 13:17 |
| 25Eric BelangerC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 14:43 |
| 5Kim JohnssonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 23:33 |
| 12Brian RolstonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 20:32 |
| 15James SheppardC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 08:03 |
| 17Todd FedorukL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 08:23 |
| 34Aaron VorosL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:44 |
| 38Pavol DemitraR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 21:02 |
| 92Branko RadivojevicR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 16:28 |
| 96Pierre-Marc BouchardC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 | 20:57 |
| 6Sean HillD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 12:29 |
| 8Brent BurnsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 22:53 |
| 33Petteri NummelinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19:10 |
| 41Martin SkoulaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 17:07 |
| 55Nick SchultzD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 20:56 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29Josh HardingG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | |
| 32Niklas BackstromG | L | 25 | 22 | 3 | .880 | 59:16 |