San Jose Sharks vs Minnesota Wild
Regular season · Wednesday, April 9, 2025 · Xcel Energy Center
FDSNNO · NBCSCA
Game summary
The Minnesota Wild beat the San Jose Sharks 8-7 in overtime on Wednesday, April 9, 2025 at Xcel Energy Center. The Wild outshot the Sharks 44-31.
Macklin Celebrini scored a hat trick, Joel Eriksson Ek scored 4 goals and Kirill Kaprizov scored twice. Tyler Toffoli, Marcus Johansson, Brock Faber, Carl Grundstrom, Nikolai Kovalenko and Will Smith also scored.
Marc-Andre Fleury made 24 saves on 31 shots for the win; Alexandar Georgiev stopped 36 of 44.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Tyler Toffoli (29)William Eklund (39), Alexander Wennberg (25)1–012:11 SJS
Marcus Johansson (10)Frederick Gaudreau (18), Gustav Nyquist (17)1–114:16 MIN
Brock Faber (9)Matt Boldy (42)1–218:48 MIN
2nd period
Macklin Celebrini (22)Jack Thompson (5), Will Smith (25)2–207:29 SJS
Joel Eriksson Ek (10)Marcus Foligno (14), Matt Boldy (43)2–307:47 MIN
Carl Grundstrom (3)Cam Lund (1)3–308:35 SJS- Macklin Celebrini (23)Will Smith (26), Timothy Liljegren (10)4–312:28 SJS
Kirill Kaprizov (24)Mats Zuccarello (31), Marco Rossi (35)4–417:02 MIN · PPG- Joel Eriksson Ek (11)Marco Rossi (36), Matt Boldy (44)4–519:48 MIN · PPG
3rd period
- Joel Eriksson Ek (12)Kirill Kaprizov (30), Mats Zuccarello (32)4–601:02 MIN · PPG
- Joel Eriksson Ek (13)Matt Boldy (45), Marcus Foligno (15)4–702:06 MIN
Nikolai Kovalenko (7)Macklin Celebrini (37), Henry Thrun (10)5–704:44 SJS- Macklin Celebrini (24)Will Smith (27), Jack Thompson (6)6–710:02 SJS
Will Smith (17)Timothy Liljegren (11), Macklin Celebrini (38)7–719:08 SJS
OT period
- Kirill Kaprizov (25)Mats Zuccarello (33), Jared Spurgeon (25)7–801:01 MIN
Team stats
SJSMIN
31Shots on goal44
47%Faceoff %53%
0/0Power play3/4
10Penalty minutes2
27Hits24
24Blocked shots14
10Giveaways17
3Takeaways5
Penalties
- 1st 02:39
Ty Dellandrea · hooking2 min - 2nd 15:35Carl Grundstrom · roughing2 min
- 2nd 15:35
Matt Boldy · roughing2 min - 2nd 16:01William Eklund · tripping2 min
- 2nd 19:30Alexander Wennberg · high sticking2 min
- 3rd 00:37Lucas Carlsson · tripping2 min
Season series
San Jose Sharks
| 71Macklin CelebriniC | 3 | 2 | 5 | +4 | 4 | 19:09 |
| 2Will SmithC | 1 | 3 | 4 | +2 | 3 | 20:44 |
| 26Jack ThompsonD | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 20:34 |
| 37Timothy LiljegrenD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 0 | 25:57 |
| 15Nikolai KovalenkoR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 16:19 |
| 21Alexander WennbergC | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 2 | 22:25 |
| 46Cam LundC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 07:54 |
| 72William EklundL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 17:49 |
| 73Tyler ToffoliC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 17:48 |
| 91Carl GrundstromR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 11:48 |
| 3Henry ThrunD | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 22:25 |
| 9Noah GregorL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 08:43 |
| 23Barclay GoodrowC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:44 |
| 53Ty DellandreaC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:25 |
| 63Zack OstapchukC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 08:18 |
| 36Lucas CarlssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19:42 |
| 38Mario FerraroD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 5 | 18:04 |
| 44Marc-Edouard VlasicD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12:52 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Georgi RomanovG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 40Alexandar GeorgievG | O | 44 | 36 | 8 | .818 | 59:40 |
Minnesota Wild
| 12Matt BoldyL | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 19:55 |
| 14Joel Eriksson EkC | 4 | 0 | 4 | +2 | 8 | 20:04 |
| 36Mats ZuccarelloR | 0 | 3 | 3 | -1 | 4 | 19:41 |
| 97Kirill KaprizovL | 2 | 1 | 3 | -1 | 9 | 19:28 |
| 17Marcus FolignoL | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 16:07 |
| 23Marco RossiC | 0 | 2 | 2 | -3 | 1 | 19:02 |
| 41Gustav NyquistR | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 11:45 |
| 89Frederick GaudreauC | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 0 | 11:29 |
| 90Marcus JohanssonL | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 2 | 13:34 |
| 7Brock FaberD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 24:02 |
| 46Jared SpurgeonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 21:27 |
| 13Yakov TreninC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12:39 |
| 15Justin BrazeauR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 09:37 |
| 38Ryan HartmanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:26 |
| 4Jon MerrillD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 13:07 |
| 24Zach BogosianD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 1 | 12:49 |
| 25Jonas BrodinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 23:13 |
| 47Declan ChisholmD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 19:38 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29Marc-Andre FleuryG | W | 31 | 24 | 7 | .774 | 61:01 |
| 32Filip GustavssonG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |