Tampa Bay Lightning vs San Jose Sharks
Regular season · Wednesday, December 21, 2011 · HP Pavilion at San Jose
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Game summary
The San Jose Sharks beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 7-2 on Wednesday, December 21, 2011 at HP Pavilion at San Jose. The Sharks outshot the Lightning 43-24.
Logan Couture scored twice. Benn Ferriero, Joe Pavelski, Andrew Desjardins, Dominic Moore, Brent Burns, Martin St. Louis and Patrick Marleau also scored.
Antti Niemi made 22 saves on 24 shots for the win; Mathieu Garon stopped 5 of 8.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Benn Ferriero (1)Joe Thornton (1), Dan Boyle (1)0–103:26 SJS
Joe Pavelski (1)Brent Burns (1), Joe Thornton (2)0–204:51 SJS · PPG
Andrew Desjardins (1)Andrew Murray (1)0–306:21 SJS
Logan Couture (1)Patrick Marleau (1), Ryane Clowe (1)0–413:13 SJS- Logan Couture (2)Michal Handzus (1), Ryane Clowe (2)0–514:47 SJS · PPG
Dominic Moore (1)Eric Brewer (1)1–515:38 TBL
3rd period
Brent Burns (1)Michal Handzus (2)1–601:15 SJS
Martin St. Louis (1)Teddy Purcell (1)2–607:45 TBL
Patrick Marleau (1)Unassisted2–712:41 SJS
Team stats
TBLSJS
24Shots on goal43
43%Faceoff %57%
0/5Power play2/4
8Penalty minutes10
26Hits14
15Blocked shots20
7Giveaways10
11Takeaways12
Penalties
- 1st 00:36
Torrey Mitchell · holding2 min - 1st 04:26
Marc-Andre Bergeron · tripping2 min - 1st 13:46Dominic Moore · boarding2 min
- 2nd 10:35Marc-Edouard Vlasic · tripping2 min
- 2nd 15:05Ryane Clowe · interference2 min
- 2nd 18:21Blair Jones · high sticking2 min
- 3rd 02:21Steve Downie · elbowing2 min
- 3rd 02:24Michal Handzus · high sticking double minor4 min
Season series
Tampa Bay Lightning
| 16Teddy PurcellR | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 3 | 16:52 |
| 19Dominic MooreC | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 1 | 17:46 |
| 26Martin St. LouisR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 20:03 |
| 2Eric BrewerD | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 1 | 23:04 |
| 4Vincent LecavalierC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 19:10 |
| 9Steve DownieR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 3 | 10:42 |
| 11Tom PyattC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:43 |
| 12Ryan MaloneL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 16:38 |
| 18Adam HallR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 09:34 |
| 22Ryan ShannonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 06:37 |
| 42Dana TyrellC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:06 |
| 49Blair JonesC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 13:38 |
| 91Steven StamkosC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 20:25 |
| 7Brett ClarkD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 17:46 |
| 13Pavel KubinaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 22:50 |
| 27Bruno GervaisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 09:53 |
| 47Marc-Andre BergeronD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 20:40 |
| 77Victor HedmanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 21:07 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Dwayne RolosonG | 35 | 31 | 4 | .886 | 53:39 | |
| 32Mathieu GaronG | L | 8 | 5 | 3 | .625 | 06:21 |
San Jose Sharks
| 12Patrick MarleauC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 3 | 17:33 |
| 19Joe ThorntonC | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 16:53 |
| 26Michal HandzusC | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 14:44 |
| 29Ryane CloweL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 3 | 15:29 |
| 39Logan CoutureC | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 7 | 18:04 |
| 88Brent BurnsD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 4 | 21:46 |
| 8Joe PavelskiC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 17:16 |
| 28Andrew MurrayC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 10:01 |
| 69Andrew DesjardinsC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 13:08 |
| 78Benn FerrieroR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 13:40 |
| 22Dan BoyleD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 23:05 |
| 10Brad WinchesterL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 09:16 |
| 17Torrey MitchellC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11:53 |
| 64Jamie McGinnL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12:17 |
| 5Colin WhiteD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 15:32 |
| 44Marc-Edouard VlasicD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 21:06 |
| 60Jason DemersD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 19:33 |
| 61Justin BraunD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 19:08 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Thomas GreissG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 31Antti NiemiG | W | 24 | 22 | 2 | .917 | 59:36 |