St. Louis Blues vs San Jose Sharks
Playoffs · Monday, April 16, 2012 · HP Pavilion at San Jose
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Game summary
The St. Louis Blues beat the San Jose Sharks 4–3 on Monday, April 16, 2012 at HP Pavilion at San Jose. The Sharks outshot the Blues 29–27.
Goals came from Patrik Berglund, Brent Burns, Andy McDonald, Jason Arnott, Alexander Steen, Colin White and Logan Couture.
Brian Elliott made 26 saves on 29 shots for the win; Antti Niemi stopped 23 of 27.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Patrik Berglund (1)Andy McDonald (1), Carlo Colaiacovo (1)1–014:31 STL · 
Brent Burns (1)Joe Thornton (1), Logan Couture (1)1–116:45 SJS ·
2nd period
Andy McDonald (1)Patrik Berglund (1), Carlo Colaiacovo (2)2–101:01 STL
Jason Arnott (1)Andy McDonald (2), Alexander Steen (1)3–110:06 STL ·
3rd period
Alexander Steen (1)Andy McDonald (3), Carlo Colaiacovo (3)4–100:59 STL · 
Colin White (1)Ryane Clowe (1), Joe Thornton (2)4–216:58 SJS
Logan Couture (1)Joe Thornton (3), Martin Havlat (1)4–319:43 SJS
Team stats
STLSJS
2729
46%54%
3/41/4
1010
2638
208
914
511
Penalties
- 7:24 into the first period
Carlo Colaiacovo · interference2 min - 14:00 into the first period
Tommy Wingels · high sticking2 min - 15:40 into the first periodRoman Polak · cross checking2 min
- 9:28 into the second periodDouglas Murray · interference2 min
- 19:39 into the second periodDaniel Winnik · boarding2 min
- 2:35 into the third periodScott Nichol · holding2 min
- 10:12 into the third periodAndy McDonald · slashing2 min
- 15:02 into the third periodAndrew Desjardins · roughing2 min
- 15:02 into the third periodDavid Perron · roughing2 min
- 17:31 into the third periodJoe Thornton · roughing2 min
Season series
St. Louis Blues
| 10Andy McDonaldC | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 17:40 |
| 28Carlo ColaiacovoD | 0 | 3 | 3 | +1 | 1 | 20:12 |
| 20Alexander SteenC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 1 | 18:49 |
| 21Patrik BerglundC | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 20:37 |
| 44Jason ArnottC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 10:07 |
| 12Scott NicholC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11:09 |
| 15Jamie LangenbrunnerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10:30 |
| 17Vladimir SobotkaC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:05 |
| 25Chris StewartR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 08:46 |
| 26B.J. CrombeenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 10:27 |
| 42David BackesR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 19:06 |
| 57David PerronL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 16:33 |
| 74T.J. OshieC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | 17:34 |
| 4Kris RussellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 18:28 |
| 5Barret JackmanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 18:36 |
| 22Kevin ShattenkirkD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:53 |
| 27Alex PietrangeloD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 23:35 |
| 46Roman PolakD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | 19:48 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Brian ElliottG | W | 29 | 3 | .897 |
| 34Jake AllenG | 0 | 0 | – |
San Jose Sharks
| 19Joe ThorntonC | 0 | 3 | 3 | +2 | 3 | 19:28 |
| 39Logan CoutureC | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 18:08 |
| 9Martin HavlatR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 18:44 |
| 29Ryane CloweL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 18:13 |
| 5Colin WhiteD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 13:34 |
| 88Brent BurnsD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 22:18 |
| 8Joe PavelskiC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 19:37 |
| 12Patrick MarleauC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | 19:15 |
| 17Torrey MitchellC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:58 |
| 18Dominic MooreC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11:25 |
| 34Daniel WinnikC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 09:49 |
| 37TJ GaliardiL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 09:44 |
| 57Tommy WingelsC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:40 |
| 69Andrew DesjardinsC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11:48 |
| 3Douglas MurrayD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 14:40 |
| 22Dan BoyleD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 27:36 |
| 44Marc-Edouard VlasicD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19:06 |
| 61Justin BraunD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 18:29 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Thomas GreissG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Antti NiemiG | L | 27 | 4 | .852 |