Nashville Predators vs San Jose Sharks
Regular season · Tuesday, March 8, 2011 · HP Pavilion at San Jose
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Game summary
The San Jose Sharks beat the Nashville Predators 3–2 in overtime on Tuesday, March 8, 2011 at HP Pavilion at San Jose. The Sharks outshot the Predators 33–25.
Goals came from Ryane Clowe, Joel Ward, Justin Braun, Shea Weber and Patrick Marleau.
Antti Niemi made 23 saves on 25 shots for the win; Pekka Rinne stopped 30 of 33.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Ryane Clowe (1)Dany Heatley (1), Jason Demers (1)0–108:17 SJS
Joel Ward (1)Martin Erat (1), Shea Weber (1)1–114:22 NSH ·
2nd period
Justin Braun (1)Dany Heatley (2), Ryane Clowe (1)1–204:17 SJS · 
Shea Weber (1)David Legwand (1), Martin Erat (2)2–206:08 NSH ·
Overtime
Patrick Marleau (1)Ian White (1)2–303:24 SJS
Team stats
NSHSJS
2533
36%64%
2/41/2
48
2023
2020
1517
317
Penalties
- 4:29 into the first period
Jason Demers · holding2 min - 13:29 into the first periodRyane Clowe · hooking2 min
- 2:34 into the second period
Shane O'Brien · hooking2 min - 5:03 into the second periodBench · too many men on the ice2 min
- 16:36 into the second periodJoe Thornton · elbowing2 min
- 5:27 into the third periodBench · too many men on the ice2 min
Season series
Nashville Predators
| 10Martin EratR | 0 | 2 | 2 | −1 | 0 | 21:26 |
| 6Shea WeberD | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 3 | 27:47 |
| 11David LegwandC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 3 | 23:39 |
| 29Joel WardR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 4 | 21:20 |
| 12Mike FisherC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | 19:08 |
| 13Nick SpalingC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:11 |
| 22Jordin TootooR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 08:13 |
| 24Matt HalischukR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:12 |
| 25Jerred SmithsonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:23 |
| 27Patric HornqvistR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10:38 |
| 33Colin WilsonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:08 |
| 71J-P DumontR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 06:43 |
| 74Sergei KostitsynL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 17:50 |
| 4Cody FransonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:27 |
| 7Jonathon BlumD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | 19:07 |
| 8Kevin KleinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19:49 |
| 20Ryan SuterD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | 30:37 |
| 55Shane O'BrienD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:01 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35Pekka RinneG | O | 33 | 3 | .909 |
| 39Anders LindbackG | 0 | 0 | – |
San Jose Sharks
| 15Dany HeatleyL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 3 | 22:47 |
| 29Ryane CloweL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 7 | 20:36 |
| 12Patrick MarleauC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 21:36 |
| 9Ian WhiteD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 23:39 |
| 60Jason DemersD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 20:38 |
| 61Justin BraunD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 17:47 |
| 8Joe PavelskiC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 17:38 |
| 10Jamal MayersR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 07:30 |
| 16Devin SetoguchiR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 16:06 |
| 17Torrey MitchellC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11:40 |
| 19Joe ThorntonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 19:53 |
| 20Kyle WellwoodC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11:32 |
| 39Logan CoutureC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 22:26 |
| 55Ben EagerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 06:06 |
| 69Andrew DesjardinsC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 05:13 |
| 3Douglas MurrayD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20:11 |
| 7Niclas WallinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 20:49 |
| 44Marc-Edouard VlasicD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 21:31 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Antero NiittymakiG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Antti NiemiG | W | 25 | 2 | .920 |