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3/1/2008
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San Jose Sharks 5 , Minnesota Wild 0
Shots: 36 - 18
PP: 4 of 9 (18 shots), Passing:78/95=82 %, Challenges:44/53=81 %
PP: 0 of 1 (1 shots), Passing:61/77=79 %, Challenges:17/39=42 %
Attendance: 17438 of 17438 (San Jose Arena)
Ticket income: 484776 Match televised: Yes
Boxscore for the game:
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01:27 1-0
Joe Thornton [14] (Robyn Regehr, Kyle McLaren)
11:43 2-0
Joe Thornton [15] (Steve Bernier)PP
13:43 3-0
Christian Ehrhoff [1] (Shawn Horcoff)PP
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23:14 4-0
Teemu Selänne [20] (Jonathan Cheechoo, Christian Ehrhoff)PP
31:19 5-0
Joe Thornton [16] (Jonathan Cheechoo, Teemu Selänne)PP
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no scoring
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Penalty summary:
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06:51
Jochen Hecht (2 min for high-sticking)
11:27
Martin Skoula (2 min for diving)
12:54
Adam Hall (2 min for hooking)
14:46
Dominic Moore (2 min for diving)
17:25
Dominic Moore (2 min for holding the stick)
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22:23
Scott Mellanby (2 min for high-sticking)
29:39
Pavol Demitra (2 min for high-sticking)
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47:11
Kyle McLaren (2 min for roughing)
47:11
Mattias Weinhandl (2 min for roughing)
49:06
Shawn Horcoff (2 min for tripping)
54:59
Wes Walz (2 min for hooking)
58:51
Scott Mellanby (2 min for hooking)
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San Jose Sharks scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Michel Ouellet 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 8.10 7
R Mike Grier 0 0 1 3 0 4 0 0 12.50 7
R Milan Michalek 0 0 5 2 0 1 0 0 18.50 8
R Jonathan Cheechoo 0 2 6 3 0 1 0 1 20.40 9
C Jason Allison 0 0 0 2 1 2 0 0 8.10 7
C Craig Conroy 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12.50 6
C Shawn Horcoff 0 1 2 2 1 0 2 0 17.20 8
C Joe Thornton 3 0 8 0 1 0 0 1 21.10 9
L Erik Christensen 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 8.10 6
L Stéphane Veilleux 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 11.20 6
L Steve Bernier 0 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 18.50 7
L Teemu Selänne 1 1 3 0 1 0 0 1 20.20 8
D Matt Carle 0 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 20.20 7
D Christian Ehrhoff 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 24.40 8
D Kyle McLaren 0 1 0 3 0 2 2 1 20.00 7
D Scott Hannan 0 0 0 3 2 3 0 0 14.50 6
D Craig Rivet 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13.30 6
D Robyn Regehr 0 1 0 5 2 4 0 1 26.00 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Jean-Sébastien Giguère 0 0 18 0 0 60.00 10
G Evgeny Nabokov 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Minnesota Wild scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Scott Mellanby 0 0 1 0 2 0 4 0 10.10 6
R Drew Stafford 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 9.40 6
R Adam Hall 0 0 0 1 2 0 2 0 9.00 4
R Marian Gaborik 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 -1 18.20 6
C Dominic Moore 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 9.20 4
C Curtis Brown 0 0 1 1 0 3 0 0 18.20 7
C Wes Walz 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 18.20 6
C Pavol Demitra 0 0 4 0 1 1 2 -1 20.10 7
L Mattias Weinhandl 0 0 0 0 3 0 2 0 7.40 5
L Chris Kunitz 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 9.40 5
L Jochen Hecht 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 17.00 7
L Paul Kariya 0 0 5 0 2 0 0 -1 19.30 6
D Brent Burns 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 20.10 6
D Petteri Nummelin 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12.40 4
D Martin Skoula 0 0 0 0 4 0 2 -1 26.00 4
D Keith Carney 0 0 1 1 3 1 0 0 21.00 6
D Jaroslav Spacek 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 14.20 6
D Kim Johnsson 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 -1 25.50 6
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Manny Fernandez 5 0 31 0 0 60.00 6
G Niklas Backstrom 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Jean-Sébastien Giguère
2nd star: Joe Thornton
3rd star: Jonathan Cheechoo
Notes for San Jose Sharks:
-Kyle McLaren notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Joe Thornton scored his 15th goal of the season.
-Teemu Selänne scored his 20th goal of the season.
-Christian Ehrhoff notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Steve Bernier finally ended his 16 game point drought.
-Christian Ehrhoff finally ended his 37 game goal drought.
-Kyle McLaren ended his 6 game point drought.
Notes for Minnesota Wild:
-Adam Hall had his 3 game goal streak snapped.
Other notes:
Farm game result:
Cleveland Barons 8( 37) , Houston Aeros 0( 5)
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1-0 CLE Pat Rissmiller (Joe Pavelski)
2-0 CLE Graham Mink (Joe Pavelski)
3-0 CLE Joe Pavelski (Garrett Stafford, Ryane Clowe)
4-0 CLE Graham Mink (Joe Pavelski, Thomas Greiss)
5-0 CLE Riley Armstrong (Mike Iggulden)
6-0 CLE Pat Rissmiller (Graham Mink, Joe DiPenta)
7-0 CLE Riley Armstrong (Mike Iggulden)
8-0 CLE Graham Mink (Joe Pavelski)
Goalies: Thomas Greiss - Josh Harding