Chicago Blackhawks vs San Jose Sharks
Regular season · Saturday, January 31, 2009 · HP Pavilion at San Jose
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Game summary
The Chicago Blackhawks beat the San Jose Sharks 4–2 on Saturday, January 31, 2009 at HP Pavilion at San Jose. The Sharks outshot the Blackhawks 34–29.
Jonathan Toews scored twice. Christian Ehrhoff, Kris Versteeg, Duncan Keith and Milan Michalek also scored.
Nikolai Khabibulin made 32 saves on 34 shots for the win; Evgeni Nabokov stopped 25 of 29.
Scoring
1st period
Jonathan Toews (15)Andrew Ladd (21), Brian Campbell (27)1–000:48 CHI
Christian Ehrhoff (5)Ryane Clowe (22), Joe Pavelski (21)1–112:06 SJS ·
2nd period
Kris Versteeg (14)Dave Bolland (19)2–107:56 CHI · - Jonathan Toews (16)Patrick Kane (27), Cam Barker (17)3–116:15 CHI ·
3rd period
Duncan Keith (6)Brent Seabrook (10), Kris Versteeg (24)4–114:34 CHI · 
Milan Michalek (14)Joe Pavelski (22), Rob Blake (24)4–214:44 SJS
Team stats
CHISJS
2934
33%67%
2/31/5
106
2140
1519
1024
116
Penalties
- 10:59 into the first period
Kris Versteeg · high sticking double minor4 min - 17:42 into the first period
Ryane Clowe · roughing2 min - 6:58 into the second periodDuncan Keith · slashing2 min
- 15:06 into the second periodEvgeni Nabokov · tripping2 min
- 5:15 into the third periodCam Barker · hooking2 min
- 13:08 into the third periodChristian Ehrhoff · interference2 min
- 18:18 into the third periodDustin Byfuglien · tripping2 min
Season series
Chicago Blackhawks
| 19Jonathan ToewsC | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 3 | 17:01 |
| 32Kris VersteegR | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 16:05 |
| 16Andrew LaddL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 14:38 |
| 36Dave BollandC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | 16:22 |
| 88Patrick KaneR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 18:54 |
| 2Duncan KeithD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 26:53 |
| 7Brent SeabrookD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 23:46 |
| 25Cam BarkerD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | 16:11 |
| 51Brian CampbellD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 19:59 |
| 10Patrick SharpL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 17:52 |
| 22Troy BrouwerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 12:40 |
| 24Martin HavlatR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 15:29 |
| 37Adam BurishR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10:56 |
| 46Colin FraserC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:21 |
| 55Ben EagerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 04:57 |
| 8Matt WalkerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 17:10 |
| 33Dustin ByfuglienD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14:44 |
| 43James WisniewskiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:21 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 38Cristobal HuetG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 39Nikolai KhabibulinG | W | 34 | 2 | .941 |
San Jose Sharks
| 8Joe PavelskiC | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 18:23 |
| 9Milan MichalekL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 16:22 |
| 29Ryane CloweL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 16:47 |
| 4Rob BlakeD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 24:55 |
| 10Christian EhrhoffD | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 5 | 24:02 |
| 11Marcel GocC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 13:17 |
| 12Patrick MarleauC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 22:16 |
| 14Jonathan CheechooR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | 15:40 |
| 16Devin SetoguchiR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 19:02 |
| 19Joe ThorntonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 21:57 |
| 25Mike GrierR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 15:36 |
| 32Claude LemieuxR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 07:02 |
| 39Tomas PlihalC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 08:39 |
| 45Jody ShelleyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 05:51 |
| 3Douglas MurrayD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 16:15 |
| 21Alexei SemenovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:34 |
| 44Marc-Edouard VlasicD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 21:52 |
| 65Derek JoslinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 14:37 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20Evgeni NabokovG | L | 29 | 4 | .862 |
| 33Brian BoucherG | 0 | 0 | – |