San Jose Sharks vs Detroit Red Wings
Playoffs · Friday, May 6, 2011 · Joe Louis Arena
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Game summary
The Detroit Red Wings beat the San Jose Sharks 4–3 on Friday, May 6, 2011 at Joe Louis Arena. The Red Wings outshot the Sharks 40–28.
Nicklas Lidstrom scored twice. Todd Bertuzzi, Logan Couture, Dan Boyle, Dany Heatley and Darren Helm also scored.
Jimmy Howard made 25 saves on 28 shots for the win; Antti Niemi stopped 36 of 40.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Todd Bertuzzi (1)Henrik Zetterberg (1), Daniel Cleary (1)0–106:22 DET
Nicklas Lidstrom (1)Daniel Cleary (2), Todd Bertuzzi (1)0–211:09 DET- Nicklas Lidstrom (2)Henrik Zetterberg (2), Pavel Datsyuk (1)0–318:01 DET ·
Logan Couture (1)Ryane Clowe (1)1–318:16 SJS
2nd period
Dan Boyle (1)Kyle Wellwood (1), Ryane Clowe (2)2–313:44 SJS
3rd period
Dany Heatley (1)Ryane Clowe (3), Logan Couture (1)3–301:14 SJS
Darren Helm (1)Patrick Eaves (1), Brian Rafalski (1)3–418:33 DET
Team stats
SJSDET
2840
48%52%
0/21/4
128
1729
127
107
55
Penalties
- 16:05 into the first period
Ian White · interference2 min - 5:47 into the second periodJoe Thornton · holding the stick2 min
- 10:58 into the second periodTorrey Mitchell · holding2 min
- 14:29 into the second periodDany Heatley · tripping2 min
- 4:12 into the third period
Todd Bertuzzi · high sticking2 min - 11:35 into the third periodJustin Abdelkader · cross checking2 min
- 20:00 into the third periodRyane Clowe · roughing2 min
- 20:00 into the third periodRyane Clowe · roughing2 min
- 20:00 into the third periodJustin Abdelkader · roughing2 min
- 20:00 into the third periodJustin Abdelkader · roughing2 min
Season series
San Jose Sharks
| 29Ryane CloweL | 0 | 3 | 3 | +3 | 4 | 16:26 |
| 39Logan CoutureC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 3 | 18:29 |
| 15Dany HeatleyL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 17:33 |
| 20Kyle WellwoodC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 14:24 |
| 22Dan BoyleD | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 5 | 23:32 |
| 8Joe PavelskiC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 19:22 |
| 10Jamal MayersR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 03:23 |
| 12Patrick MarleauC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 20:41 |
| 16Devin SetoguchiR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | 15:07 |
| 17Torrey MitchellC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 15:34 |
| 19Joe ThorntonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | 20:02 |
| 21Scott NicholC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 06:10 |
| 78Benn FerrieroR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 08:36 |
| 3Douglas MurrayD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 18:37 |
| 7Niclas WallinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 18:46 |
| 9Ian WhiteD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 4 | 20:22 |
| 44Marc-Edouard VlasicD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19:42 |
| 60Jason DemersD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:37 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Antero NiittymakiG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Antti NiemiG | L | 40 | 4 | .900 |
Detroit Red Wings
| 11Daniel ClearyR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 3 | 19:22 |
| 40Henrik ZetterbergL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 1 | 19:54 |
| 44Todd BertuzziR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 5 | 14:01 |
| 5Nicklas LidstromD | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 6 | 22:42 |
| 13Pavel DatsyukC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | 20:39 |
| 17Patrick EavesR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 11:56 |
| 43Darren HelmC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 12:44 |
| 28Brian RafalskiD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 19:58 |
| 8Justin AbdelkaderL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 13:27 |
| 26Jiri HudlerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 11:05 |
| 33Kris DraperC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 07:05 |
| 51Valtteri FilppulaC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 15:53 |
| 93Johan FranzenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | 18:59 |
| 96Tomas HolmstromL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 10:57 |
| 23Brad StuartD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 19:22 |
| 24Ruslan SaleiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | 16:20 |
| 52Jonathan EricssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 17:34 |
| 55Niklas KronwallD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 24:04 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Joey MacDonaldG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Jimmy HowardG | W | 28 | 3 | .893 |