Minnesota Wild vs San Jose Sharks

Regular season · Thursday, December 9, 2021 · SAP Center at San Jose

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5–2

Final

SOG 27–35

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NBCSCA · BSN · BSWI

Game summary

The Minnesota Wild beat the San Jose Sharks 5-2 on Thursday, December 9, 2021 at SAP Center at San Jose. The Sharks outshot the Wild 35-27.

Jordan Greenway scored twice. Kevin Fiala, Joel Eriksson Ek, Jonathan Dahlen, Tomas Hertl and Kirill Kaprizov also scored.

Cam Talbot made 33 saves on 35 shots for the win; Adin Hill stopped 22 of 25.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
MIN	1	2	2	5	27
SJS	0	0	2	2	35

Three stars

Scoring

1st period

Kevin Fiala (4)Jon Merrill (7), Brandon Duhaime (6)1–006:22 MIN

2nd period

Joel Eriksson Ek (11)Mats Zuccarello (14), Kirill Kaprizov (22)2–007:04 MIN · PPG
Jordan Greenway (3)Kevin Fiala (13), Alex Goligoski (15)3–015:20 MIN · PPG

3rd period

Jonathan Dahlen (8)Erik Karlsson (10), Tomas Hertl (6)3–103:29 SJS
Tomas Hertl (13)Jonathan Dahlen (6), Logan Couture (16)3–213:26 SJS · PPG
Jordan Greenway (4)Ryan Hartman (9), Joel Eriksson Ek (8)4–218:12 MIN · EN
Kirill Kaprizov (10)Unassisted5–218:44 MIN · EN

Team stats

MINSJS

27Shots on goal35

43%Faceoff %57%

2/3Power play1/3

6Penalty minutes6

19Hits31

10Blocked shots14

3Giveaways8

11Takeaways7

Penalties

2nd 01:47Jon Merrill · tripping2 min
2nd 06:49Jake Middleton · tripping2 min
2nd 13:33Jake Middleton · holding2 min
3rd 00:34Jake Middleton · hooking2 min
3rd 09:02Jordie Benn · holding the stick2 min
3rd 13:17Jonas Brodin · hooking2 min

Season series

Minnesota Wild

Minnesota Wild skaters

14Joel Eriksson EkC	1	1	2	+1	4	2	1	0	57	15:35
18Jordan GreenwayL	2	0	2	+1	2	0	1	0	–	17:16
22Kevin FialaL	1	1	2	+1	2	0	0	0	–	16:39
97Kirill KaprizovL	1	1	2	+1	3	0	2	0	–	17:03
21Brandon DuhaimeR	0	1	1	+1	2	3	0	0	–	13:46
36Mats ZuccarelloR	0	1	1	+1	1	0	0	0	100	15:31
38Ryan HartmanR	0	1	1	+2	1	2	0	0	10	17:56
4Jon MerrillD	0	1	1	+1	2	0	2	2	–	20:07
47Alex GoligoskiD	0	1	1	+1	2	1	1	0	–	19:14
7Nico SturmC	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	0	50	14:18
17Marcus FolignoL	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	–	15:00
27Nick BjugstadC	0	0	0	-1	2	1	0	0	67	11:10
49Victor RaskC	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0	33	13:31
58Mason ShawC	0	0	0	-1	2	1	0	0	–	10:38
8Jordie BennD	0	0	0	-1	1	0	1	2	–	17:43
25Jonas BrodinD	0	0	0	+2	2	2	1	2	–	21:16
29Dmitry KulikovD	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	0	–	20:05
46Jared SpurgeonD	0	0	0	+2	1	0	0	0	–	19:32

Minnesota Wild goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
33Cam TalbotG	W	35	33	2	.943	59:31
34Kaapo KahkonenG		0	0	0	–	00:00

San Jose Sharks

San Jose Sharks skaters

48Tomas HertlC	1	1	2	-2	2	0	1	0	47	16:42
76Jonathan DahlenC	1	1	2	0	6	1	0	0	–	16:35
39Logan CoutureC	0	1	1	-1	2	2	0	0	53	18:57
65Erik KarlssonD	0	1	1	0	4	0	2	0	–	23:59
11Andrew CoglianoC	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	–	10:41
13Nick BoninoC	0	0	0	-1	0	1	3	0	67	15:51
26Jasper WeatherbyC	0	0	0	0	2	3	0	0	80	13:40
28Timo MeierR	0	0	0	0	6	1	0	0	–	17:08
42Jonah GadjovichL	0	0	0	0	2	3	0	0	–	13:19
62Kevin LabancR	0	0	0	-1	3	4	0	0	–	16:06
73Noah GregorC	0	0	0	-1	1	4	2	0	–	15:50
83Matt NietoL	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	–	10:34
94Alexander BarabanovL	0	0	0	-2	3	0	0	0	–	14:21
21Jake MiddletonD	0	0	0	+1	0	1	3	6	–	18:12
38Mario FerraroD	0	0	0	-2	0	1	1	0	–	21:53
44Marc-Edouard VlasicD	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	14:42
53Nicolas MelocheD	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	–	15:26
88Brent BurnsD	0	0	0	-3	2	3	2	0	–	22:50

San Jose Sharks goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
33Adin HillG	L	25	22	3	.880	59:05
47James ReimerG		0	0	0	–	00:00