Detroit Red Wings vs San Jose Sharks
Regular season · Saturday, March 17, 2012 · HP Pavilion at San Jose
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Game summary
The San Jose Sharks beat the Detroit Red Wings 3-2 in overtime on Saturday, March 17, 2012 at HP Pavilion at San Jose. The Sharks outshot the Red Wings 35-28.
Martin Havlat scored twice. Joe Pavelski, Pavel Datsyuk and Valtteri Filppula also scored.
Antti Niemi made 26 saves on 28 shots for the win; Jimmy Howard stopped 32 of 35.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Joe Pavelski (1)Logan Couture (1), Joe Thornton (1)0–100:48 SJS
Martin Havlat (1)Patrick Marleau (1)0–218:23 SJS
Pavel Datsyuk (1)Niklas Kronwall (1)1–218:46 DET
3rd period
Valtteri Filppula (1)Doug Janik (1)2–208:12 DET
OT period
- Martin Havlat (2)Justin Braun (1), Dominic Moore (1)2–303:23 SJS
Team stats
DETSJS
28Shots on goal35
50%Faceoff %50%
0/2Power play0/3
6Penalty minutes4
23Hits20
18Blocked shots19
8Giveaways16
8Takeaways12
Penalties
- 1st 09:57
Tomas Holmstrom · interference goalkeeper2 min - 1st 14:52
Dominic Moore · interference2 min - 2nd 06:51Torrey Mitchell · holding2 min
- 2nd 18:10Valtteri Filppula · holding2 min
- 3rd 05:09Justin Abdelkader · holding the stick2 min
Season series
Detroit Red Wings
| 13Pavel DatsyukC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 19:10 |
| 51Valtteri FilppulaC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 20:25 |
| 37Doug JanikD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 13:35 |
| 55Niklas KronwallD | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 27:37 |
| 8Justin AbdelkaderL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 13:18 |
| 11Daniel ClearyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 17:09 |
| 20Drew MillerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:37 |
| 26Jiri HudlerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 16:56 |
| 39Jan MursakL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 07:56 |
| 40Henrik ZetterbergL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 20:48 |
| 43Darren HelmC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12:28 |
| 44Todd BertuzziR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17:11 |
| 48Cory EmmertonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10:08 |
| 96Tomas HolmstromL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10:40 |
| 2Brendan SmithD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 14:09 |
| 18Ian WhiteD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 4 | 23:04 |
| 23Brad StuartD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 26:48 |
| 27Kyle QuinceyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21:33 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35Jimmy HowardG | O | 35 | 32 | 3 | .914 | 63:23 |
| 36Jordan PearceG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |
San Jose Sharks
| 9Martin HavlatR | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 5 | 20:07 |
| 8Joe PavelskiC | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 6 | 21:32 |
| 12Patrick MarleauC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 19:55 |
| 18Dominic MooreC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 15:06 |
| 19Joe ThorntonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 1 | 21:15 |
| 39Logan CoutureC | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 4 | 20:38 |
| 61Justin BraunD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 12:26 |
| 10Brad WinchesterL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 05:16 |
| 17Torrey MitchellC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12:44 |
| 29Ryane CloweL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | 19:51 |
| 34Daniel WinnikC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:20 |
| 69Andrew DesjardinsC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 08:10 |
| 78Benn FerrieroR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 08:17 |
| 3Douglas MurrayD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19:43 |
| 22Dan BoyleD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 26:49 |
| 44Marc-Edouard VlasicD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 25:38 |
| 60Jason DemersD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 15:11 |
| 88Brent BurnsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 23:34 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Thomas GreissG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 31Antti NiemiG | W | 28 | 26 | 2 | .929 | 63:23 |