San Jose Sharks vs Minnesota Wild
Regular season · Tuesday, January 10, 2012 · Xcel Energy Center
NBCSN (HD) · TSN2
Game summary
The Minnesota Wild beat the San Jose Sharks 5-4 in a shootout on Tuesday, January 10, 2012 at Xcel Energy Center. The Sharks outshot the Wild 38-31.
Goals came from Cal Clutterbuck, Dan Boyle, Warren Peters, Nick Johnson, Benn Ferriero, Matt Cullen, Logan Couture and Patrick Marleau.
Josh Harding made 34 saves on 38 shots for the win; Antti Niemi stopped 27 of 31.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Cal Clutterbuck (1)Casey Wellman (1), Marek Zidlicky (1)0–107:04 MIN
Dan Boyle (1)Patrick Marleau (1), Joe Thornton (1)1–116:08 SJS · PPG
2nd period
Warren Peters (1)Justin Falk (1), David McIntyre (1)1–213:26 MIN
3rd period
Nick Johnson (1)Dany Heatley (1), Justin Falk (2)1–307:42 MIN
Benn Ferriero (1)Marc-Edouard Vlasic (1), Dan Boyle (1)2–309:47 SJS
Matt Cullen (1)Casey Wellman (2), Cal Clutterbuck (1)2–413:40 MIN
Logan Couture (1)Brent Burns (1), Dan Boyle (2)3–416:54 SJS
Patrick Marleau (1)Joe Thornton (2), Joe Pavelski (1)4–417:16 SJS
SO period
- Matt CullenUnassisted4–600:00 MIN
Team stats
SJSMIN
38Shots on goal31
50%Faceoff %50%
1/3Power play0/3
8Penalty minutes8
13Hits20
11Blocked shots17
2Giveaways10
5Takeaways4
Penalties
- 1st 11:05
Bench · too many men on the ice2 min - 1st 15:20
Jared Spurgeon · closing hand on puck2 min - 1st 15:24Kyle Brodziak · slashing2 min
- 2nd 10:08Marc-Edouard Vlasic · tripping2 min
- 2nd 13:39Cal Clutterbuck · roughing2 min
- 2nd 13:39Jamie McGinn · roughing2 min
- 2nd 18:10Andrew Desjardins · boarding2 min
- 3rd 02:33David McIntyre · hooking2 min
Season series
San Jose Sharks
| 22Dan BoyleD | 1 | 2 | 3 | +3 | 5 | 28:47 |
| 12Patrick MarleauC | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 22:00 |
| 19Joe ThorntonC | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 22:00 |
| 8Joe PavelskiC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 23:12 |
| 39Logan CoutureC | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 5 | 19:15 |
| 78Benn FerrieroR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 12:08 |
| 44Marc-Edouard VlasicD | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 4 | 24:56 |
| 88Brent BurnsD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 24:41 |
| 10Brad WinchesterL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 06:11 |
| 17Torrey MitchellC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 11:56 |
| 26Michal HandzusC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 14:06 |
| 29Ryane CloweL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 2 | 17:56 |
| 57Tommy WingelsC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 06:59 |
| 64Jamie McGinnL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 13:06 |
| 69Andrew DesjardinsC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:48 |
| 3Douglas MurrayD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 18:40 |
| 60Jason DemersD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 18:26 |
| 61Justin BraunD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 2 | 13:53 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Thomas GreissG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 31Antti NiemiG | O | 31 | 27 | 4 | .871 | 65:00 |
Minnesota Wild
| 17Casey WellmanC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 2 | 16:01 |
| 22Cal ClutterbuckR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 4 | 18:21 |
| 44Justin FalkD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 2 | 21:33 |
| 7Matt CullenC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 6 | 20:01 |
| 15Dany HeatleyL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 24:17 |
| 25Nick JohnsonR | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 4 | 21:31 |
| 34David McIntyreC | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 1 | 11:46 |
| 43Warren PetersC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 06:41 |
| 3Marek ZidlickyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 19:13 |
| 9Mikko KoivuC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 26:21 |
| 14Darroll PoweC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:50 |
| 16Brad StaubitzR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 05:41 |
| 18Colton GilliesC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 05:31 |
| 21Kyle BrodziakC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 17:55 |
| 4Clayton StonerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20:35 |
| 5Greg ZanonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 22:22 |
| 46Jared SpurgeonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | 22:33 |
| 55Nick SchultzD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20:00 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 32Niklas BackstromG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 37Josh HardingG | W | 38 | 34 | 4 | .895 | 65:00 |