Vancouver Canucks vs San Jose Sharks
Regular season · Thursday, December 21, 2017 · SAP Center at San Jose
SNP · NBCSCA
Game summary
The San Jose Sharks beat the Vancouver Canucks 5-4 in overtime on Thursday, December 21, 2017 at SAP Center at San Jose. The Canucks outshot the Sharks 40-32.
Joe Thornton scored twice. Brendan Gaunce, Timo Meier, Jake Virtanen, Brock Boeser, Tomas Hertl, Daniel Sedin and Kevin Labanc also scored.
Aaron Dell made 36 saves on 40 shots for the win; Jacob Markstrom stopped 27 of 32.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Brendan Gaunce (1)Erik Gudbranson (2), Jake Virtanen (4)1–001:58 VAN
Joe Thornton (6)Kevin Labanc (11), Brent Burns (17)1–111:52 SJS · PPG
2nd period
Timo Meier (5)Dylan DeMelo (4), Kevin Labanc (12)1–205:20 SJS- Joe Thornton (7)Joe Pavelski (13), Kevin Labanc (13)1–306:29 SJS · PPG
Jake Virtanen (5)Michael Del Zotto (11), Alex Biega (4)2–308:49 VAN
Brock Boeser (19)Alex Biega (5), Sam Gagner (10)3–316:02 VAN
Tomas Hertl (9)Joe Pavelski (14), Joe Thornton (18)3–418:56 SJS · PPG
3rd period
Daniel Sedin (8)Henrik Sedin (24), Loui Eriksson (8)4–402:09 VAN
OT period
Kevin Labanc (4)Tomas Hertl (12)4–501:53 SJS
Team stats
VANSJS
40Shots on goal32
48%Faceoff %52%
0/4Power play3/5
15Penalty minutes13
27Hits12
15Blocked shots10
8Giveaways6
4Takeaways11
Penalties
- 1st 03:46
Danny O'Regan · holding2 min - 1st 11:40
Nic Dowd · hooking2 min - 1st 13:08Dylan DeMelo · interference2 min
- 1st 16:01Timo Meier · hooking2 min
- 1st 19:40Jannik Hansen · fighting5 min
- 1st 19:40Sam Gagner · fighting5 min
- 2nd 06:07Thomas Vanek · tripping2 min
- 2nd 07:14Marc-Edouard Vlasic · delaying game puck over glass2 min
- 2nd 08:36Alexander Edler · holding the stick2 min
- 2nd 17:40Derrick Pouliot · slashing2 min
- 2nd 17:40Nic Dowd · delaying game face off violation2 min
Season series
Vancouver Canucks
| 18Jake VirtanenR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 5 | 14:00 |
| 55Alex BiegaD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 3 | 19:56 |
| 6Brock BoeserR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 21:09 |
| 21Loui ErikssonL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 18:36 |
| 22Daniel SedinL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 18:10 |
| 33Henrik SedinC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 18:21 |
| 50Brendan GaunceC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 18:15 |
| 89Sam GagnerC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | 16:18 |
| 4Michael Del ZottoD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 0 | 19:19 |
| 44Erik GudbransonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 16:55 |
| 17Nic DowdC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 16:28 |
| 24Reid BoucherC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 08:01 |
| 26Thomas VanekL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 17:33 |
| 42Alexander BurmistrovC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 04:53 |
| 60Markus GranlundC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 12:48 |
| 5Derrick PouliotD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 19:17 |
| 23Alexander EdlerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 23:46 |
| 51Troy StecherD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 16:09 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25Jacob MarkstromG | O | 32 | 27 | 5 | .844 | 61:48 |
| 31Anders NilssonG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |
San Jose Sharks
| 62Kevin LabancR | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 13:46 |
| 19Joe ThorntonC | 2 | 1 | 3 | -1 | 5 | 18:40 |
| 8Joe PavelskiC | 0 | 2 | 2 | -1 | 1 | 20:34 |
| 48Tomas HertlC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 4 | 20:42 |
| 28Timo MeierR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 15:09 |
| 74Dylan DeMeloD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 14:00 |
| 88Brent BurnsD | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 5 | 27:02 |
| 20Marcus SorensenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 08:12 |
| 27Joonas DonskoiR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 18:14 |
| 36Jannik HansenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:22 |
| 50Chris TierneyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 19:36 |
| 65Danny O'ReganC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 05:34 |
| 68Melker KarlssonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 15:04 |
| 89Mikkel BoedkerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 07:28 |
| 4Brenden DillonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 1 | 22:57 |
| 44Marc-Edouard VlasicD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 25:16 |
| 61Justin BraunD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 22:10 |
| 72Tim HeedD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 08:59 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Aaron DellG | W | 40 | 36 | 4 | .900 | 61:47 |
| 31Martin JonesG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |