San Jose Sharks vs Minnesota Wild
Regular season · Sunday, February 26, 2012 · Xcel Energy Center
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Game summary
The Minnesota Wild beat the San Jose Sharks 4-3 on Sunday, February 26, 2012 at Xcel Energy Center. The Sharks outshot the Wild 28-26.
Goals came from Tommy Wingels, Joe Thornton, Cal Clutterbuck, Nick Schultz, Brent Burns, Matt Cullen and Jed Ortmeyer.
Niklas Backstrom made 25 saves on 28 shots for the win; Thomas Greiss stopped 22 of 26.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Tommy Wingels (1)Jamie McGinn (1), Patrick Marleau (1)1–001:22 SJS
Joe Thornton (1)Torrey Mitchell (1), Brent Burns (1)2–003:21 SJS
Cal Clutterbuck (1)Unassisted2–109:13 MIN
2nd period
Nick Schultz (1)Kyle Brodziak (1)2–201:43 MIN · PPG
3rd period
Brent Burns (1)Joe Thornton (1), Patrick Marleau (2)3–208:45 SJS · PPG
Matt Cullen (1)Marco Scandella (1)3–314:33 MIN
Jed Ortmeyer (1)Jared Spurgeon (1)3–415:47 MIN
Team stats
SJSMIN
28Shots on goal26
62%Faceoff %38%
1/3Power play1/4
8Penalty minutes6
16Hits21
14Blocked shots16
3Giveaways0
4Takeaways8
Penalties
- 1st 14:09
Patrick Marleau · high sticking2 min - 1st 19:22Jamie McGinn · roughing2 min
- 2nd 01:39Benn Ferriero · hooking2 min
- 2nd 08:44
Kyle Brodziak · interference goalkeeper2 min - 2nd 16:30Marc-Edouard Vlasic · holding2 min
- 2nd 19:17Greg Zanon · slashing2 min
- 3rd 07:34Warren Peters · holding2 min
Season series
San Jose Sharks
| 12Patrick MarleauC | 0 | 2 | 2 | -1 | 3 | 23:07 |
| 19Joe ThorntonC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 3 | 22:47 |
| 88Brent BurnsD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 3 | 21:59 |
| 17Torrey MitchellC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 15:39 |
| 57Tommy WingelsC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 14:22 |
| 64Jamie McGinnL | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 15:15 |
| 8Joe PavelskiC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 23:01 |
| 10Brad WinchesterL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 09:30 |
| 29Ryane CloweL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 18:01 |
| 39Logan CoutureC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:15 |
| 69Andrew DesjardinsC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:36 |
| 78Benn FerrieroR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 09:42 |
| 2Jim VandermeerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 04:21 |
| 5Colin WhiteD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:37 |
| 22Dan BoyleD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 28:47 |
| 44Marc-Edouard VlasicD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 23:20 |
| 60Jason DemersD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:45 |
| 61Justin BraunD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 13:12 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Thomas GreissG | L | 26 | 22 | 4 | .846 | 58:40 |
| 31Antti NiemiG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |
Minnesota Wild
| 7Matt CullenC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 18:12 |
| 21Kyle BrodziakC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 21:48 |
| 22Cal ClutterbuckR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 16:47 |
| 41Jed OrtmeyerR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 09:22 |
| 6Marco ScandellaD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | 23:34 |
| 46Jared SpurgeonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | 25:25 |
| 55Nick SchultzD | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 3 | 20:54 |
| 10Devin SetoguchiR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 19:57 |
| 14Darroll PoweC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 12:32 |
| 15Dany HeatleyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 23:00 |
| 17Nick PalmieriR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11:44 |
| 19Stephane VeilleuxL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 09:30 |
| 25Nick JohnsonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 10:08 |
| 26Erik ChristensenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 10:30 |
| 43Warren PetersC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 11:15 |
| 5Greg ZanonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 17:28 |
| 20Kurtis FosterD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 15:27 |
| 44Justin FalkD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 17:16 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 32Niklas BackstromG | W | 28 | 25 | 3 | .893 | 60:00 |
| 37Josh HardingG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |