St. Louis Blues vs San Jose Sharks
Regular season · Saturday, October 15, 2011 · HP Pavilion at San Jose
CSN-CA (HD) · FS-MW (HD)
Game summary
The St. Louis Blues beat the San Jose Sharks 4-2 on Saturday, October 15, 2011 at HP Pavilion at San Jose. The Sharks outshot the Blues 36-20.
Goals came from Matt D'Agostini, Michal Handzus, Brent Burns, Kent Huskins, Alexander Steen and David Backes.
Brian Elliott made 34 saves on 36 shots for the win; Thomas Greiss stopped 16 of 19.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Matt D'Agostini (1)Unassisted1–002:37 STL
Michal Handzus (1)Ryane Clowe (1), Jason Demers (1)1–118:44 SJS · PPG
2nd period
Brent Burns (1)Ryane Clowe (2), Torrey Mitchell (1)1–211:18 SJS
3rd period
Kent Huskins (1)Unassisted2–204:33 STL
Alexander Steen (1)Kevin Shattenkirk (1), Jason Arnott (1)3–209:18 STL
David Backes (1)Jamie Langenbrunner (1), Vladimir Sobotka (1)4–219:33 STL · EN
Team stats
STLSJS
20Shots on goal36
39%Faceoff %61%
0/3Power play1/2
6Penalty minutes8
23Hits23
26Blocked shots16
16Giveaways22
9Takeaways6
Penalties
- 1st 01:56
Barret Jackman · elbowing2 min - 1st 01:56
Ryane Clowe · roughing2 min - 1st 08:32Andrew Murray · hooking2 min
- 1st 13:16Brad Winchester · holding the stick2 min
- 1st 17:04David Backes · interference2 min
- 2nd 16:01Michal Handzus · delaying game puck over glass2 min
- 3rd 13:51Chris Stewart · tripping2 min
Season series
St. Louis Blues
| 15Jamie LangenbrunnerR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 15:37 |
| 17Vladimir SobotkaC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | 18:40 |
| 20Alexander SteenC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 3 | 17:49 |
| 36Matt D'AgostiniR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 3 | 13:31 |
| 42David BackesR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 19:20 |
| 44Jason ArnottC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 12:18 |
| 6Kent HuskinsD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 2 | 15:50 |
| 22Kevin ShattenkirkD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 16:41 |
| 12Scott NicholC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 08:07 |
| 21Patrik BerglundC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 18:27 |
| 25Chris StewartR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | 18:52 |
| 32Chris PorterL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 06:57 |
| 74T.J. OshieC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 19:00 |
| 78Evgeny GrachevC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 08:38 |
| 5Barret JackmanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 17:41 |
| 27Alex PietrangeloD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 22:31 |
| 46Roman PolakD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22:14 |
| 64Nikita NikitinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 22:07 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Brian ElliottG | W | 36 | 34 | 2 | .944 | 60:00 |
| 41Jaroslav HalakG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |
San Jose Sharks
| 29Ryane CloweL | 0 | 2 | 2 | -2 | 2 | 17:00 |
| 17Torrey MitchellC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 15:30 |
| 26Michal HandzusC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 13:42 |
| 60Jason DemersD | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 1 | 12:51 |
| 88Brent BurnsD | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 4 | 21:53 |
| 8Joe PavelskiC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 6 | 23:31 |
| 10Brad WinchesterL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 09:54 |
| 12Patrick MarleauC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 21:07 |
| 19Joe ThorntonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 23:24 |
| 28Andrew MurrayC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:17 |
| 39Logan CoutureC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 17:30 |
| 64Jamie McGinnL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10:56 |
| 69Andrew DesjardinsC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 09:54 |
| 2Jim VandermeerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 09:23 |
| 3Douglas MurrayD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 18:03 |
| 5Colin WhiteD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 12:36 |
| 22Dan BoyleD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 | 27:13 |
| 44Marc-Edouard VlasicD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 18:01 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Thomas GreissG | L | 19 | 16 | 3 | .842 | 59:15 |
| 31Antti NiemiG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |