Minnesota Wild vs San Jose Sharks
Regular season · Wednesday, March 31, 2021 · SAP Center at San Jose
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Game summary
The San Jose Sharks beat the Minnesota Wild 4-2 on Wednesday, March 31, 2021 at SAP Center at San Jose. The Sharks outshot the Wild 33-28.
Goals came from Rudolfs Balcers, Ryan Donato, Kirill Kaprizov, Nikolai Knyzhov, Mats Zuccarello and Evander Kane.
Martin Jones made 26 saves on 28 shots for the win; Kaapo Kahkonen stopped 29 of 32.
Three stars
Scoring
2nd period
Rudolfs Balcers (4)Tomas Hertl (11), Brent Burns (14)0–104:41 SJS
Ryan Donato (6)Brent Burns (15), Mario Ferraro (12)0–209:22 SJS · PPG
3rd period
Kirill Kaprizov (12)Carson Soucy (10), Ryan Hartman (9)1–208:23 MIN
Nikolai Knyzhov (1)Erik Karlsson (10), Tomas Hertl (12)1–310:58 SJS
Mats Zuccarello (6)Kevin Fiala (8), Jared Spurgeon (7)2–319:47 MIN
Evander Kane (15)Logan Couture (10)2–419:59 SJS · EN
Team stats
MINSJS
28Shots on goal33
49%Faceoff %51%
0/2Power play1/3
8Penalty minutes6
28Hits34
18Blocked shots16
8Giveaways9
5Takeaways13
Penalties
- 1st 09:32
Nico Sturm · delaying game2 min - 1st 12:44
Brent Burns · tripping2 min - 2nd 07:55Kevin Fiala · slashing2 min
- 3rd 00:19Ryan Hartman · slashing2 min
- 3rd 12:22Evander Kane · roughing2 min
- 3rd 12:22Ryan Hartman · cross checking2 min
- 3rd 16:24Patrick Marleau · high sticking2 min
Season series
Minnesota Wild
| 22Kevin FialaL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 19:52 |
| 36Mats ZuccarelloC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 18:13 |
| 38Ryan HartmanR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 19:54 |
| 97Kirill KaprizovL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 20:23 |
| 21Carson SoucyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 13:19 |
| 46Jared SpurgeonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 1 | 22:58 |
| 7Nico SturmC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 08:18 |
| 13Nick BoninoC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 15:25 |
| 14Joel Eriksson EkC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 13:07 |
| 18Jordan GreenwayL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 13:12 |
| 27Nick BjugstadC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 07:59 |
| 41Luke JohnsonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 07:46 |
| 49Victor RaskC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:26 |
| 90Marcus JohanssonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 18:07 |
| 20Ryan SuterD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 20:49 |
| 24Mathew DumbaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 23:19 |
| 25Jonas BrodinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 22:52 |
| 28Ian ColeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 13:44 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 33Cam TalbotG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 34Kaapo KahkonenG | L | 32 | 29 | 3 | .906 | 57:50 |
San Jose Sharks
| 48Tomas HertlC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 2 | 17:57 |
| 88Brent BurnsD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 1 | 26:50 |
| 9Evander KaneL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 20:46 |
| 16Ryan DonatoC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 13:07 |
| 39Logan CoutureC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 22:24 |
| 92Rudolfs BalcersL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 13:31 |
| 38Mario FerraroD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 24:21 |
| 65Erik KarlssonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 5 | 20:02 |
| 71Nikolai KnyzhovD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 16:57 |
| 7Dylan GambrellC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:17 |
| 12Patrick MarleauC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:18 |
| 20Marcus SorensenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:40 |
| 28Timo MeierR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17:17 |
| 43John LeonardL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:06 |
| 62Kevin LabancR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 18:51 |
| 63Jeffrey VielL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 08:23 |
| 44Marc-Edouard VlasicD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 14:24 |
| 51Radim SimekD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 13:49 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Martin JonesG | W | 28 | 26 | 2 | .929 | 60:00 |
| 40Devan DubnykG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |