San Jose Sharks vs Minnesota Wild
Regular season · Wednesday, December 29, 2010 · Xcel Energy Center
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Game summary
The Minnesota Wild beat the San Jose Sharks 5-3 on Wednesday, December 29, 2010 at Xcel Energy Center. The Sharks outshot the Wild 32-24.
Kyle Brodziak scored twice. Joe Thornton, Devin Setoguchi, Mikko Koivu, Patrick Marleau, Chuck Kobasew and Brent Burns also scored.
Niklas Backstrom made 29 saves on 32 shots for the win; Antero Niittymaki stopped 19 of 24.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Kyle Brodziak (1)Martin Havlat (1), Pierre-Marc Bouchard (1)0–107:08 MIN · PPG
Joe Thornton (1)Ryane Clowe (1), Dan Boyle (1)1–111:49 SJS · PPG
2nd period
Devin Setoguchi (1)Ryane Clowe (2), Logan Couture (1)2–102:57 SJS
Mikko Koivu (1)Andrew Brunette (1), Antti Miettinen (1)2–212:27 MIN
Patrick Marleau (1)Joe Thornton (1), Dany Heatley (1)3–215:01 SJS · PPG
3rd period
Chuck Kobasew (1)Nick Schultz (1), John Madden (1)3–305:14 MIN
Brent Burns (1)Unassisted3–409:15 MIN- Kyle Brodziak (2)Martin Havlat (2), Brent Burns (1)3–510:35 MIN
Team stats
SJSMIN
32Shots on goal24
51%Faceoff %49%
2/4Power play1/5
10Penalty minutes8
19Hits14
9Blocked shots23
3Giveaways4
6Takeaways6
Penalties
- 1st 05:12
Joe Thornton · high sticking2 min - 1st 09:45Jamie McGinn · hooking2 min
- 1st 10:09
Brent Burns · interference2 min - 1st 10:57Matt Cullen · high sticking2 min
- 1st 19:39Jason Demers · holding2 min
- 2nd 14:31Martin Havlat · hooking2 min
- 2nd 20:00Niclas Wallin · high sticking double minor4 min
- 3rd 15:06Bench · too many men on the ice2 min
Season series
San Jose Sharks
| 19Joe ThorntonC | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 1 | 19:51 |
| 29Ryane CloweL | 0 | 2 | 2 | -1 | 7 | 19:39 |
| 12Patrick MarleauC | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 4 | 22:55 |
| 15Dany HeatleyL | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 1 | 20:12 |
| 16Devin SetoguchiR | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 2 | 16:11 |
| 39Logan CoutureC | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 1 | 19:35 |
| 22Dan BoyleD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 28:39 |
| 10Jamal MayersR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 08:37 |
| 21Scott NicholC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11:51 |
| 57Tommy WingelsC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 05:28 |
| 64Jamie McGinnL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 10:19 |
| 72Brandon MashinterL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 07:17 |
| 78Benn FerrieroR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 11:26 |
| 3Douglas MurrayD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19:57 |
| 7Niclas WallinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 13:50 |
| 40Kent HuskinsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 15:24 |
| 44Marc-Edouard VlasicD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 20:05 |
| 60Jason DemersD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 3 | 20:52 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Antero NiittymakiG | L | 24 | 19 | 5 | .792 | 57:56 |
| 31Antti NiemiG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |
Minnesota Wild
| 21Kyle BrodziakC | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 18:30 |
| 24Martin HavlatR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 4 | 18:45 |
| 8Brent BurnsD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 2 | 24:28 |
| 9Mikko KoivuC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 6 | 21:54 |
| 11John MaddenC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 13:58 |
| 12Chuck KobasewR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 2 | 11:09 |
| 15Andrew BrunetteL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 18:55 |
| 20Antti MiettinenR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 18:45 |
| 96Pierre-Marc BouchardC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 15:50 |
| 55Nick SchultzD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 17:44 |
| 7Matt CullenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:55 |
| 16Brad StaubitzR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 03:56 |
| 22Cal ClutterbuckR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:28 |
| 23Eric NystromL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 12:26 |
| 3Marek ZidlickyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 13:43 |
| 5Greg ZanonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19:15 |
| 6Marco ScandellaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | 18:05 |
| 25Cam BarkerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 18:28 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 32Niklas BackstromG | W | 32 | 29 | 3 | .906 | 59:36 |
| 60Jose TheodoreG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |