Arizona Coyotes vs San Jose Sharks
Regular season · Wednesday, April 28, 2021 · SAP Center at San Jose
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Game summary
The San Jose Sharks beat the Arizona Coyotes 4-2 on Wednesday, April 28, 2021 at SAP Center at San Jose. The Sharks outshot the Coyotes 31-30.
Goals came from Evander Kane, Rudolfs Balcers, Kevin Labanc, Phil Kessel, Johan Larsson and Tomas Hertl.
Josef Korenar made 28 saves on 30 shots for the win; Darcy Kuemper stopped 27 of 30.
| Goals | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | T | SOG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 ARI | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 30 |
 SJS | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 31 |
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Evander Kane (20)Alexander Barabanov (2), Tomas Hertl (19)0–101:12 SJS
Rudolfs Balcers (7)Logan Couture (13), John Leonard (10)0–210:06 SJS
Kevin Labanc (11)Alexander True (1), Noah Gregor (1)0–314:08 SJS
Phil Kessel (18)Nick Schmaltz (21), Clayton Keller (20)1–315:47 ARI
2nd period
Johan Larsson (8)Niklas Hjalmarsson (5), Dryden Hunt (5)2–304:40 ARI
3rd period
Tomas Hertl (15)Mario Ferraro (15), Logan Couture (14)2–419:23 SJS · EN
Team stats
ARISJS
30Shots on goal31
54%Faceoff %46%
0/4Power play0/4
8Penalty minutes8
24Hits14
11Blocked shots15
4Giveaways8
8Takeaways10
Penalties
- 1st 18:32Brinson Pasichnuk · high sticking2 min
- 2nd 05:10Alex Goligoski · tripping2 min
- 2nd 09:18Brent Burns · tripping2 min
- 3rd 03:02Erik Karlsson · tripping2 min
- 3rd 09:03Oliver Ekman-Larsson · hooking2 min
- 3rd 10:27Jason Demers · cross checking2 min
- 3rd 17:44Oliver Ekman-Larsson · tripping2 min
- 3rd 18:34Erik Karlsson · interference2 min
Season series
Arizona Coyotes
| 8Nick SchmaltzC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 18:21 |
| 9Clayton KellerC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 18:58 |
| 22Johan LarssonL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 13:57 |
| 28Dryden HuntL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 09:18 |
| 81Phil KesselC | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 3 | 19:12 |
| 4Niklas HjalmarssonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 17:40 |
| 15John HaydenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 04:45 |
| 16Derick BrassardC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 13:53 |
| 18Christian DvorakL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 1 | 17:25 |
| 36Christian FischerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:19 |
| 58Michael BuntingL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19:55 |
| 67Lawson CrouseL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 | 16:10 |
| 93Lane PedersonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 11:27 |
| 6Jakob ChychrunD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 5 | 23:41 |
| 23Oliver Ekman-LarssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 20:49 |
| 33Alex GoligoskiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 24:02 |
| 46Ilya LyubushkinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 14:46 |
| 55Jason DemersD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 16:13 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Adin HillG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 35Darcy KuemperG | L | 30 | 27 | 3 | .900 | 58:09 |
San Jose Sharks
| 39Logan CoutureC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 1 | 16:55 |
| 48Tomas HertlC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 4 | 20:38 |
| 9Evander KaneL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 21:17 |
| 43John LeonardL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 14:43 |
| 62Kevin LabancR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 11:11 |
| 70Alexander TrueC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 13:08 |
| 73Noah GregorC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 13:02 |
| 92Rudolfs BalcersL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 13:13 |
| 94Alexander BarabanovL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16:39 |
| 38Mario FerraroD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +4 | 0 | 22:29 |
| 12Patrick MarleauC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12:12 |
| 28Timo MeierR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:21 |
| 86Joachim BlichfeldL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 09:22 |
| 44Marc-Edouard VlasicD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18:13 |
| 50Brinson PasichnukD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 08:34 |
| 65Erik KarlssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 24:07 |
| 71Nikolai KnyzhovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 19:48 |
| 88Brent BurnsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +4 | 6 | 26:42 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Martin JonesG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 32Josef KorenarG | W | 30 | 28 | 2 | .933 | 60:00 |