San Jose Sharks at Minnesota Wild

Sun, Feb 26, 2012 · Xcel Energy Center · 2011–12 Regular Season

San Jose Sharks

3 – 4

Final

Minnesota Wild

The Minnesota Wild beat the San Jose Sharks 4–3 on Sun, Feb 26, 2012 at Xcel Energy Center. Niklas Backstrom made 25 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 28–26.

Linescore

Team	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
SJS	2	0	1	3	28
MIN	1	1	2	4	26

Scoring summary

Per	Time	Team	Str	Goal	Assists	Score
1st	01:22	SJS	EV	Tommy Wingels (1) · wrist	Jamie McGinn (1), Patrick Marleau (1)	1–0
1st	03:21	SJS	EV	Joe Thornton (1) · wrist	Torrey Mitchell (1), Brent Burns (1)	2–0
1st	09:13	MIN	EV	Cal Clutterbuck (1) · wrist	Unassisted	2–1
2nd	01:43	MIN	PP	Nick Schultz (1) · slap	Kyle Brodziak (1)	2–2
3rd	08:45	SJS	PP	Brent Burns (1) · slap	Joe Thornton (1), Patrick Marleau (2)	3–2
3rd	14:33	MIN	EV	Matt Cullen (1) · tip-in	Marco Scandella (1)	3–3
3rd	15:47	MIN	EV	Jed Ortmeyer (1) · tip-in	Jared Spurgeon (1)	3–4

Penalties

Per	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min
1st	14:09	SJS	Patrick Marleau	high sticking	2
1st	19:22	SJS	Jamie McGinn	roughing	2
2nd	01:39	SJS	Benn Ferriero	hooking	2
2nd	08:44	MIN	Kyle Brodziak	interference goalkeeper	2
2nd	16:30	SJS	Marc-Edouard Vlasic	holding	2
2nd	19:17	MIN	Greg Zanon	slashing	2
3rd	07:34	MIN	Warren Peters	holding	2

Shot map

Goal● Shot on goal○ MissedSize = expected goals (xG)

Expected goals: SJS 1.80 · MIN 1.42 · xG% SJS 55.9

San Jose Sharks

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
12	Patrick Marleau	C	0	2	2	-1	2	3	0	0	41.2	23:07	30
19	Joe Thornton	C	1	1	2	+1	0	3	1	0	73.3	22:47	28
88	Brent Burns	D	1	1	2	+1	0	3	2	1		21:59	30
17	Torrey Mitchell	C	0	1	1	+1	0	1	0	1	100.0	15:39	25
64	Jamie McGinn	L	0	1	1	-1	2	0	3	0		15:15	23
57	Tommy Wingels	C	1	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	33.3	14:22	20
22	Dan Boyle	D	0	0	0	-1	0	3	0	3		28:47	30
44	Marc-Edouard Vlasic	D	0	0	0	-1	2	1	2	4		23:20	27
8	Joe Pavelski	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	66.7	23:01	30
29	Ryane Clowe	L	0	0	0	-1	0	3	2	0		18:01	24
60	Jason Demers	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		15:45	22
5	Colin White	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	4		13:37	21
61	Justin Braun	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	1		13:12	20
39	Logan Couture	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	85.7	12:15	17
69	Andrew Desjardins	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	60.0	10:36	15
78	Benn Ferriero	R	0	0	0	-1	2	3	0	0		9:42	15
10	Brad Winchester	L	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	0		9:30	17
2	Jim Vandermeer	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0		4:21	7

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
1	Thomas Greiss	L	26	22	4	.846	58:40

Minnesota Wild

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
46	Jared Spurgeon	D	0	1	1	+2	0	1	0	2		25:25	34
6	Marco Scandella	D	0	1	1	+2	0	2	0	4		23:34	32
21	Kyle Brodziak	C	0	1	1	0	2	1	1	0	34.8	21:48	29
55	Nick Schultz	D	1	0	1	-1	0	3	3	2		20:54	33
7	Matt Cullen	C	1	0	1	+1	0	3	1	1	38.9	18:12	26
22	Cal Clutterbuck	R	1	0	1	+1	0	3	1	0	100.0	16:47	23
41	Jed Ortmeyer	R	1	0	1	+1	0	1	3	1		9:22	18
15	Dany Heatley	L	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0		23:00	23
10	Devin Setoguchi	R	0	0	0	+1	0	2	0	0		19:57	22
5	Greg Zanon	D	0	0	0	-1	2	0	3	2		17:28	29
44	Justin Falk	D	0	0	0	-1	0	2	2	0		17:16	24
20	Kurtis Foster	D	0	0	0	+1	0	0	1	1		15:27	22
14	Darroll Powe	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1	3	2		12:32	18
17	Nick Palmieri	R	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		11:44	16
43	Warren Peters	C	0	0	0	+1	2	0	1	1	37.5	11:15	18
26	Erik Christensen	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	33.3	10:30	15
25	Nick Johnson	R	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	0		10:08	13
19	Stephane Veilleux	L	0	0	0	+1	0	1	2	0		9:30	17

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
32	Niklas Backstrom	W	28	25	3	.893	60:00