San Jose Sharks at Minnesota Wild

Wed, Dec 29, 2010 · Xcel Energy Center · 2010–11 Regular Season

San Jose Sharks

3 – 5

Final

Minnesota Wild

The Minnesota Wild beat the San Jose Sharks 5–3 on Wed, Dec 29, 2010 at Xcel Energy Center. Kyle Brodziak scored twice. Niklas Backstrom made 29 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 32–24.

Linescore

Team	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
SJS	1	2	0	3	32
MIN	1	1	3	5	24

Scoring summary

Per	Time	Team	Str	Goal	Assists	Score
1st	07:08	MIN	PP	Kyle Brodziak (1) · wrist	Martin Havlat (1), Pierre-Marc Bouchard (1)	0–1
1st	11:49	SJS	PP	Joe Thornton (1) · wrist	Ryane Clowe (1), Dan Boyle (1)	1–1
2nd	02:57	SJS	EV	Devin Setoguchi (1) · wrist	Ryane Clowe (2), Logan Couture (1)	2–1
2nd	12:27	MIN	EV	Mikko Koivu (1) · wrist	Andrew Brunette (1), Antti Miettinen (1)	2–2
2nd	15:01	SJS	PP	Patrick Marleau (1) · wrist	Joe Thornton (1), Dany Heatley (1)	3–2
3rd	05:14	MIN	EV	Chuck Kobasew (1) · wrist	Nick Schultz (1), John Madden (1)	3–3
3rd	09:15	MIN	EV	Brent Burns (1) · wrist	Unassisted	3–4
3rd	10:35	MIN	EV	Kyle Brodziak (2) · wrist	Martin Havlat (2), Brent Burns (1)	3–5

Penalties

Per	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min
1st	05:12	SJS	Joe Thornton	high sticking	2
1st	09:45	SJS	Jamie McGinn	hooking	2
1st	10:09	MIN	Brent Burns	interference	2
1st	10:57	MIN	Matt Cullen	high sticking	2
1st	19:39	SJS	Jason Demers	holding	2
2nd	14:31	MIN	Martin Havlat	hooking	2
2nd	20:00	SJS	Niclas Wallin	high sticking double minor	4
3rd	15:06	MIN	Bench	too many men on the ice	2

Shot map

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

Expected goals: SJS 3.66 · MIN 3.15 · xG% SJS 53.8

San Jose Sharks

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
19	Joe Thornton	C	1	1	2	-1	2	1	0	0	35.3	19:51	26
29	Ryane Clowe	L	0	2	2	-1	0	7	3	0		19:39	22
22	Dan Boyle	D	0	1	1	0	0	5	1	2		28:39	27
12	Patrick Marleau	C	1	0	1	-1	0	4	0	0	40.0	22:55	28
15	Dany Heatley	L	0	1	1	-1	0	1	1	0		20:12	26
39	Logan Couture	C	0	1	1	-1	0	1	1	0	75.0	19:35	27
16	Devin Setoguchi	R	1	0	1	-1	0	2	2	0		16:11	21
60	Jason Demers	D	0	0	0	-2	2	3	1	1		20:52	24
44	Marc-Edouard Vlasic	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	1		20:05	25
3	Douglas Murray	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2		19:57	23
40	Kent Huskins	D	0	0	0	-2	0	1	1	0		15:24	21
7	Niclas Wallin	D	0	0	0	-1	4	1	1	1		13:50	22
21	Scott Nichol	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	60.0	11:51	19
78	Benn Ferriero	R	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	0		11:26	17
64	Jamie McGinn	L	0	0	0	-1	2	0	1	1		10:19	15
10	Jamal Mayers	R	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		8:37	14
72	Brandon Mashinter	L	0	0	0	-1	0	0	3	1		7:17	13
57	Tommy Wingels	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		5:28	7

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
30	Antero Niittymaki	L	24	19	5	.792	57:56

Minnesota Wild

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
8	Brent Burns	D	1	1	2	+2	2	2	2	1		24:28	32
24	Martin Havlat	R	0	2	2	+1	2	4	0	0		18:45	21
21	Kyle Brodziak	C	2	0	2	0	0	2	0	3	78.6	18:30	27
9	Mikko Koivu	C	1	0	1	+1	0	6	2	0	28.6	21:54	29
15	Andrew Brunette	L	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	2		18:55	25
20	Antti Miettinen	R	0	1	1	+1	0	1	1	0		18:45	26
55	Nick Schultz	D	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	3		17:44	23
96	Pierre-Marc Bouchard	C	0	1	1	+1	0	1	1	1		15:50	18
11	John Madden	C	0	1	1	+1	0	1	1	3	46.2	13:58	19
12	Chuck Kobasew	R	1	0	1	+2	0	2	0	0		11:09	14
5	Greg Zanon	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	6		19:15	23
25	Cam Barker	D	0	0	0	+1	0	0	2	1		18:28	26
6	Marco Scandella	D	0	0	0	+2	0	1	1	1		18:05	25
7	Matt Cullen	C	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	50.0	14:55	23
3	Marek Zidlicky	D	0	0	0	+1	0	1	1	2		13:43	19
22	Cal Clutterbuck	R	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		13:28	18
23	Eric Nystrom	L	0	0	0	+1	0	1	1	0		12:26	17
16	Brad Staubitz	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		3:56	6

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
32	Niklas Backstrom	W	32	29	3	.906	59:36