San Jose Sharks vs Minnesota Wild
Regular season · Wednesday, December 31, 2008 · Xcel Energy Center
XM 206 · FS-N
Game summary
The Minnesota Wild beat the San Jose Sharks 3-2 in overtime on Wednesday, December 31, 2008 at Xcel Energy Center. The Sharks outshot the Wild 34-32.
Goals came from Owen Nolan, Devin Setoguchi, Krys Kolanos, Milan Michalek and Brent Burns.
Niklas Backstrom made 32 saves on 34 shots for the win; Evgeni Nabokov stopped 29 of 32.
Scoring
1st period
Owen Nolan (6)Brent Burns (7), Mikko Koivu (25)0–110:09 MIN · PPG
2nd period
Devin Setoguchi (18)Rob Blake (19), Joe Thornton (34)1–112:38 SJS · PPG
3rd period
Krys Kolanos (2)James Sheppard (6), Brent Burns (8)1–214:14 MIN · PPG
Milan Michalek (9)Marc-Edouard Vlasic (17), Joe Thornton (35)2–219:34 SJS
OT period
Brent Burns (6)Mikko Koivu (26), Pierre-Marc Bouchard (9)2–301:38 MIN
Team stats
SJSMIN
34Shots on goal32
47%Faceoff %53%
1/2Power play2/3
11Penalty minutes9
25Hits23
14Blocked shots10
6Giveaways12
3Takeaways5
Penalties
- 1st 09:33
Alexei Semenov · cross checking2 min - 1st 17:29
Brent Burns · roughing2 min - 2nd 02:45Derek Boogaard · fighting5 min
- 2nd 02:45Jody Shelley · fighting5 min
- 2nd 10:44Niklas Backstrom · delaying game smothering puck2 min
- 2nd 18:48Joe Pavelski · holding2 min
- 3rd 12:41Joe Thornton · interference goalkeeper2 min
Season series
San Jose Sharks
| 19Joe ThorntonC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 1 | 20:08 |
| 9Milan MichalekL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 16:12 |
| 16Devin SetoguchiR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 14:42 |
| 4Rob BlakeD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 23:35 |
| 44Marc-Edouard VlasicD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 26:38 |
| 8Joe PavelskiC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 17:49 |
| 11Marcel GocC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17:18 |
| 12Patrick MarleauC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 22:02 |
| 14Jonathan CheechooR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | 14:16 |
| 25Mike GrierR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 16:36 |
| 29Ryane CloweL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17:23 |
| 39Tomas PlihalC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 13:21 |
| 45Jody ShelleyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 03:38 |
| 64Jamie McGinnL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 06:26 |
| 10Christian EhrhoffD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 17:57 |
| 21Alexei SemenovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:46 |
| 22Dan BoyleD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 24:58 |
| 37Brad LukowichD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 17:22 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20Evgeni NabokovG | O | 32 | 29 | 3 | .906 | 60:54 |
| 33Brian BoucherG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – |
Minnesota Wild
| 8Brent BurnsD | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 25:25 |
| 9Mikko KoivuC | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 22:45 |
| 11Owen NolanR | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 4 | 18:37 |
| 39Krys KolanosC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 10:53 |
| 51James SheppardC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 11:23 |
| 96Pierre-Marc BouchardC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 18:31 |
| 12Craig WellerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 06:29 |
| 15Andrew BrunetteL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18:11 |
| 19Stephane VeilleuxL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 17:31 |
| 20Antti MiettinenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19:18 |
| 22Cal ClutterbuckR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16:14 |
| 24Derek BoogaardL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 04:44 |
| 25Eric BelangerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:47 |
| 2Erik ReitzD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 02:34 |
| 3Marek ZidlickyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 23:45 |
| 5Kim JohnssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 26:45 |
| 41Martin SkoulaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 20:18 |
| 55Nick SchultzD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 21:37 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29Josh HardingG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | |
| 32Niklas BackstromG | W | 34 | 32 | 2 | .941 | 61:29 |