San Jose Sharks vs Minnesota Wild

Regular season · Friday, April 2, 2010 · Xcel Energy Center

San JoseSharksAway

3–2

28–29

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Game summary

The San Jose Sharks beat the Minnesota Wild 3–2 on Friday, April 2, 2010 at Xcel Energy Center. The Wild outshot the Sharks 29–28.

Goals came from Manny Malhotra, Scott Nichol, Cal Clutterbuck, Antti Miettinen and Logan Couture.

Evgeni Nabokov made 27 saves on 29 shots for the win; Niklas Backstrom stopped 25 of 28.

Goals
SJS	2	0	1	3	28
MIN	0	2	0	2	29

Three stars

Scoring

1st period

Manny Malhotra (1)Rob Blake (1), Jamie McGinn (1)1–007:19 SJS
Scott Nichol (1)Torrey Mitchell (1), Rob Blake (2)2–012:22 SJS

2nd period

Cal Clutterbuck (1)Guillaume Latendresse (1), Greg Zanon (1)2–105:10 MIN
Antti Miettinen (1)Andrew Brunette (1), Marek Zidlicky (1)2–206:59 MIN ·

3rd period

Logan Couture (1)Dan Boyle (1), Ryane Clowe (1)3–216:09 SJS

Team stats

SJSMIN

2829

53%47%

0/31/6

126

1934

127

32

34

Penalties

3:10 into the first periodRob Blake · hooking2 min
16:11 into the first periodRyane Clowe · interference goalkeeper2 min
19:27 into the first periodLogan Couture · high sticking2 min
5:45 into the second periodDouglas Murray · holding2 min
9:30 into the second periodMikko Koivu · tripping2 min
11:54 into the second periodPatrick Marleau · roughing2 min
12:12 into the second periodMarek Zidlicky · interference2 min
18:19 into the second periodCody Almond · hooking2 min
10:18 into the third periodBench · too many men on the ice2 min

Season series

San Jose Sharks

San Jose Sharks skaters

4Rob BlakeD	0	2	2	+2	1	0	2	2	–	21:31
17Torrey MitchellC	0	1	1	+1	2	0	0	0	–	12:25
21Scott NicholC	1	0	1	+1	2	2	0	0	57	12:17
27Manny MalhotraC	1	0	1	+2	2	0	0	0	56	15:59
29Ryane CloweL	0	1	1	0	1	3	0	2	–	19:35
39Logan CoutureC	1	0	1	+1	3	0	1	2	75	14:27
64Jamie McGinnL	0	1	1	+1	0	2	0	0	–	07:18
22Dan BoyleD	0	1	1	0	2	1	3	0	–	23:38
8Joe PavelskiC	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	50	20:58
12Patrick MarleauC	0	0	0	0	1	4	1	2	42	22:39
15Dany HeatleyL	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	100	20:58
16Devin SetoguchiR	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	–	16:49
41Jed OrtmeyerR	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	–	06:36
3Douglas MurrayD	0	0	0	+1	2	0	2	2	–	20:46
7Niclas WallinD	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	–	13:36
40Kent HuskinsD	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	14:17
44Marc-Edouard VlasicD	0	0	0	+1	0	1	2	0	–	21:48
60Jason DemersD	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	03:09

San Jose Sharks goalies
Goalie
1Thomas GreissG		0	0	0	–	00:00
20Evgeni NabokovG	W	29	27	2	.931	60:00

Minnesota Wild

Minnesota Wild skaters

15Andrew BrunetteL	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	–	18:27
20Antti MiettinenR	1	0	1	0	5	1	1	0	–	21:16
22Cal ClutterbuckR	1	0	1	0	2	10	1	0	–	15:25
48Guillaume LatendresseL	0	1	1	0	2	4	0	0	–	20:38
3Marek ZidlickyD	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	–	25:22
6Greg ZanonD	0	1	1	−1	1	3	2	0	–	19:07
9Mikko KoivuC	0	0	0	0	7	2	0	2	57	23:13
11Owen NolanR	0	0	0	−3	1	0	0	0	33	23:19
17Casey WellmanC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	13:06
21Kyle BrodziakC	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	50	13:33
23Cody AlmondC	0	0	0	−1	1	0	0	2	25	06:30
24Derek BoogaardL	0	0	0	−1	0	0	1	0	–	02:27
51James SheppardC	0	0	0	−1	2	0	0	0	50	17:15
8Brent BurnsD	0	0	0	−2	2	4	0	0	–	21:00
34Shane HnidyD	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	–	11:59
36John ScottD	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	00:57
45Cam BarkerD	0	0	0	−1	3	2	1	0	–	22:15
55Nick SchultzD	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	–	19:31

Minnesota Wild goalies
Goalie
32Niklas BackstromG	L	28	25	3	.893	58:40
35Anton KhudobinG		0	0	0	–	00:00