San Jose Sharks vs Minnesota Wild

Regular season · Sunday, March 9, 2008 · Xcel Energy Center

San JoseSharksAway

3–2

26–23

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Game summary

The San Jose Sharks beat the Minnesota Wild 3–2 in a shootout on Sunday, March 9, 2008 at Xcel Energy Center. The Sharks outshot the Wild 26–23.

Goals came from Milan Michalek, Tomas Plihal, Kurtis Foster and Brian Rolston.

Evgeni Nabokov made 21 saves on 23 shots for the win; Niklas Backstrom stopped 24 of 26.

Goals
SJS	2	0	0	0	0	3	26
MIN	0	1	1	0	0	2	23

Scoring

1st period

Milan Michalek (21)Brian Campbell (43), Christian Ehrhoff (19)1–000:46 SJS
Tomas Plihal (2)Unassisted2–013:44 SJS

2nd period

Kurtis Foster (7)Keith Carney (8), Pierre-Marc Bouchard (45)2–104:11 MIN

3rd period

Brian Rolston (26)Mikko Koivu (20)2–219:31 MIN

Team stats

SJSMIN

2623

47%53%

0/10/2

42

1622

1615

29

64

Penalties

7:24 into the second periodMilan Michalek · holding2 min
8:10 into the second periodBrian Rolston · hooking2 min
14:42 into the second periodPatrick Rissmiller · tripping2 min

Season series

San Jose Sharks

San Jose Sharks skaters

9Milan MichalekL	1	0	1	+1	5	0	3	2	–	19:45
39Tomas PlihalC	1	0	1	0	3	0	1	0	–	08:09
10Christian EhrhoffD	0	1	1	+1	0	2	1	0	–	26:58
51Brian CampbellD	0	1	1	+1	2	0	2	0	–	26:12
8Joe PavelskiC	0	0	0	0	4	0	1	0	100	20:35
11Marcel GocC	0	0	0	−1	1	0	0	0	–	05:21
12Patrick MarleauC	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	29	19:21
14Jonathan CheechooR	0	0	0	+1	3	2	0	0	–	22:12
16Devin SetoguchiR	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	–	16:18
17Torrey MitchellC	0	0	0	−1	1	0	1	0	33	15:43
19Joe ThorntonC	0	0	0	+1	0	0	1	0	57	21:23
25Mike GrierR	0	0	0	−1	1	1	0	0	–	15:51
34Patrick RissmillerL	0	0	0	−1	1	1	0	2	50	14:17
45Jody ShelleyL	0	0	0	−1	1	2	0	0	–	07:05
3Douglas MurrayD	0	0	0	−1	0	1	0	0	–	14:30
4Kyle McLarenD	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	0	–	19:05
44Marc-Edouard VlasicD	0	0	0	−2	0	1	1	0	–	24:21
52Craig RivetD	0	0	0	−1	0	2	1	0	–	18:54

San Jose Sharks goalies
Goalie
20Evgeni NabokovG	W	23	21	2	.913	65:00
33Brian BoucherG		0	0	0	–	–

Minnesota Wild

Minnesota Wild skaters

9Mikko KoivuC	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	52	21:25
12Brian RolstonR	1	0	1	+1	3	1	1	2	100	22:08
96Pierre-Marc BouchardC	0	1	1	0	2	1	1	0	–	20:42
3Keith CarneyD	0	1	1	+1	0	2	0	0	–	12:50
26Kurtis FosterD	1	0	1	+2	3	1	0	0	–	18:34
10Marian GaborikR	0	0	0	+1	4	2	0	0	–	23:21
15James SheppardC	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	38	16:00
16Steve KellyC	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	100	03:56
17Todd FedorukL	0	0	0	+1	0	1	0	0	–	09:54
19Stephane VeilleuxL	0	0	0	0	3	3	0	0	–	13:28
21Mark ParrishR	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	–	15:10
34Aaron VorosL	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	–	06:41
38Pavol DemitraR	0	0	0	+1	0	1	0	0	58	22:35
92Branko RadivojevicR	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	0	–	15:19
5Kim JohnssonD	0	0	0	0	2	1	4	0	–	23:32
8Brent BurnsD	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	–	27:43
41Martin SkoulaD	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	–	23:12
55Nick SchultzD	0	0	0	−1	1	0	3	0	–	22:08

Minnesota Wild goalies
Goalie
29Josh HardingG		0	0	0	–	–
32Niklas BackstromG	O	26	24	2	.923	64:22