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28/11/2008
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San Jose Sharks 5 , Minnesota Wild 1
Shots: 50 - 19
PP: 2 of 11 (29 shots), Passing:69/73=94 %, Challenges:47/52=88 %
PP: 1 of 4 (7 shots), Passing:52/71=73 %, Challenges:31/35=86 %
Attendance: 17438 of 17438 (San Jose Arena)
Ticket income: 484776 Match televised: No
Boxscore for the game:
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02:24 1-0
Matt Carle [2] (Pavol Demitra)PP
05:55 2-0
Alexander Semin [11] (Matt Carle)
09:25 3-0
Mike Green [5] (Nicklas Bäckström)PP
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27:12 3-1
Pierre-Marc Bouchard [15] (Kyle Okposo, Nick Schultz)PP
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43:04 4-1
Mike Fisher [6] (Nicklas Bäckström, Alexander Semin)
49:54 5-1
Jason Spezza [10] (Alexander Semin, Gary Roberts)
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Penalty summary:
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00:38
Mikko Koivu (2 min for cross-checking)
03:42
Éric Bélanger (2 min for tripping)
08:19
Cal Clutterbuck (2 min for boarding)
10:51
Éric Bélanger (2 min for tripping)
15:59
Matt Carle (2 min for tripping)
17:44
Ryan Suter (2 min for tripping)
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23:36
Cal Clutterbuck (2 min for cross-checking)
26:05
Gary Roberts (2 min for holding the stick)
27:32
Owen Nolan (2 min for elbowing)
36:42
Cal Clutterbuck (2 min for boarding)
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40:14
Ryan Suter (2 min for holding the stick)
45:08
Andrew Brunette (2 min for hooking)
50:02
Cal Clutterbuck (2 min for cross-checking)
51:59
James Sheppard (2 min for tripping)
56:52
Kurtis Foster (2 min for high-sticking)
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San Jose Sharks scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Mike Grier 0 0 1 2 1 1 0 0 9.50 6
C John Madden 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6.20 6
R Alexander Radulov 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 12.50 7
C Nicklas Bäckström 0 2 3 0 0 0 0 2 22.10 7
R Jeremy Roenick 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 11.20 7
C Mike Fisher 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 7.00 7
C Pavol Demitra 0 1 8 0 0 0 0 1 21.00 7
C Jason Spezza 1 0 5 1 1 0 0 1 22.10 9
L Gary Roberts 0 1 5 0 0 0 2 1 20.30 7
R Alexandre Burrows 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 6.20 5
R Daniel Alfredsson 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 10.50 6
L Alexander Semin 1 2 5 0 0 0 0 3 22.30 8
D Brad Lukowich 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 9.40 4
D Mike Green 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 17.50 9
D Ryan Suter 0 0 2 5 0 1 4 2 27.30 9
D Doug Murray 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 6.40 6
D Matt Carle 1 1 5 3 0 0 2 1 28.50 10
D Rob Blake 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 3 29.30 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Semen Varlamov 1 0 18 0 0 60.00 9
G Ray Emery 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Minnesota Wild scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
L Derek Boogaard 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 -1 8.30 6
R Owen Nolan 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 9.40 6
R Kyle Okposo 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 7.40 6
R Cal Clutterbuck 0 0 3 3 2 0 8 0 14.00 7
C Éric Bélanger 0 0 2 4 0 0 4 -1 8.30 6
C Brandon Sutter 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 9.40 6
C Pierre-Marc Bouchard 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 -1 15.00 8
C Colton Gillies 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 -1 21.50 6
L Andrew Brunette 0 0 2 5 0 0 2 -2 13.50 7
L James Sheppard 0 0 1 3 0 1 2 0 19.30 8
C Joshua Bailey 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 6.10 5
C Mikko Koivu 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 -1 21.20 5
D Kurtis Foster 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 -2 24.50 7
D Anton Babchuk 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 5.30 6
D Nick Schultz 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 -1 19.10 6
D Matthew Spiller 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 -2 23.40 6
D Keith Carney 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 -1 21.10 6
D Kim Johnsson 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 -1 26.20 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Niklas Backstrom 5 0 45 0 0 60.00 9
G Josh Harding 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Alexander Semin
2nd star: Matt Carle
3rd star: Mike Green
Notes for San Jose Sharks:
-Pavol Demitra notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Alexander Semin has marked a new career high in goals with 11 tallies.
-Nicklas Bäckström notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Alexander Semin notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Jason Spezza scored his 10th goal of the season.
-Gary Roberts had his 3 game goal streak snapped.
-Matt Carle finally ended his 17 game goal drought.
Notes for Minnesota Wild:
-Pierre-Marc Bouchard scored his 15th goal of the season.
-Cal Clutterbuck had his 4 game point streak snapped.
Other notes:
Farm game result:
Cleveland Barons 4( 22) , Houston Aeros 3( 28)
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0-1 HOU Antti Miettinen (Wes Walz, Marc-André Bergeron)
1-1 CLE Tom Cavanagh (Mike Morris)
2-1 CLE Jamie McGinn (Riley Armstrong, Mike Iggulden)
2-2 HOU Martin Skoula (Josh Olson, Morten Madsen)
2-3 HOU Krys Kolanos (Danny Irmen)
3-3 CLE Frazer McLaren (James DeLory)
4-3 CLE Riley Armstrong (Derek Joslin)
Goalies: Thomas Greiss - Nolan Schaefer