Minnesota Wild vs San Jose Sharks
Regular season · Wednesday, December 31, 2025 · SAP Center at San Jose
FDSNNO · NBCSCA · FDSNWIX
Game summary
The San Jose Sharks beat the Minnesota Wild 4-3 in a shootout on Wednesday, December 31, 2025 at SAP Center at San Jose. The Sharks outshot the Wild 28-23.
Goals came from Vladimir Tarasenko, Igor Chernyshov, Jeff Skinner, Macklin Celebrini, Marcus Foligno and Mats Zuccarello.
Yaroslav Askarov made 20 saves on 23 shots for the win; Jesper Wallstedt stopped 25 of 28.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Vladimir Tarasenko (8)Ryan Hartman (7), Vinnie Hinostroza (4)1–010:38 MIN
2nd period
Igor Chernyshov (3)Macklin Celebrini (40), William Eklund (16)1–101:14 SJS
Jeff Skinner (5)Dmitry Orlov (19)Spurgeon 1:02 into shift1–216:47 SJS · PPG
3rd period
Macklin Celebrini (22)Igor Chernyshov (5)Brodin 1:22 into shift1–304:16 SJS
Marcus Foligno (1)Zach Bogosian (2), Jake Middleton (8)Dellandrea 1:07 into shift2–306:40 MIN
Mats Zuccarello (4)Unassisted3–308:47 MIN
SO period
- Macklin CelebriniUnassisted3–400:00 SJS
Tired legs
Seconds into the shift for every skater on the ice at each goal. Taller bar, longer shift.
1–3 · 3rd 4:16 · Celebrini. Brodin was 1:22 into his shift when it went in.
1–0 MIN
1st 10:38 · Tarasenko
Orlov 0:12
1–1 SJS
2nd 1:14 · Chernyshov
Faber 0:41
1–2 SJS
2nd 16:47 · PP · Skinner
Long shift: Spurgeon 1:02
1–3 SJS
3rd 4:16 · Celebrini
Long shift: Brodin 1:22
2–3 MIN
3rd 6:40 · Foligno
Long shift: Dellandrea 1:07
3–3 MIN
3rd 8:47 · Zuccarello
Chernyshov 0:42
Hover or tap a bar for the skater.
1.9×
Shots against a skater 80s+ into his shift go in 1.9 times as often as against fresh legs (7.3% vs 3.9%).
30%
of 5v5 goals came with a defender 60s+ into his shift.
Team stats
Penalties
- 1st 03:22
Pavol Regenda · hooking2 min - 2nd 14:50
Zach Bogosian · slashing2 min
Season series
Minnesota Wild
| 17Marcus FolignoL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 13:06 |
| 18Vinnie HinostrozaC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | 13:54 |
| 36Mats ZuccarelloR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 16:17 |
| 38Ryan HartmanR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | 15:47 |
| 91Vladimir TarasenkoR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 14:17 |
| 5Jake MiddletonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 16:43 |
| 24Zach BogosianD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 15:16 |
| 12Matt BoldyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 | 20:01 |
| 13Yakov TreninC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12:06 |
| 14Joel Eriksson EkC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 20:17 |
| 22Danila YurovR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:36 |
| 78Nico SturmC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:20 |
| 90Marcus JohanssonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 18:04 |
| 97Kirill KaprizovL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 21:19 |
| 7Brock FaberD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 23:35 |
| 25Jonas BrodinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 20:12 |
| 43Quinn HughesD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | 29:05 |
| 46Jared SpurgeonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 18:41 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Jesper WallstedtG | O | 28 | 25 | 3 | .893 | 64:27 |
| 32Filip GustavssonG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |
San Jose Sharks
| 71Macklin CelebriniC | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 21:59 |
| 92Igor ChernyshovL | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 16:08 |
| 53Jeff SkinnerL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 14:31 |
| 72William EklundL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 18:26 |
| 9Dmitry OrlovD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 22:21 |
| 10Ty DellandreaC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 13:56 |
| 21Alexander WennbergC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21:58 |
| 23Barclay GoodrowC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 13:26 |
| 51Collin GrafR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18:37 |
| 63Zack OstapchukC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 09:54 |
| 73Tyler ToffoliC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 15:43 |
| 75Ryan ReavesR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 11:25 |
| 84Pavol RegendaL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 14:36 |
| 3John KlingbergD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | 25:46 |
| 6Sam DickinsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 14:39 |
| 22Vincent IorioD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 17:05 |
| 38Mario FerraroD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 22:15 |
| 85Shakir MukhamadullinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 20:15 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Yaroslav AskarovG | W | 23 | 20 | 3 | .870 | 65:00 |
| 33Alex NedeljkovicG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |