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4/1/2008
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Minnesota Wild 6 , San Jose Sharks 2
Shots: 31 - 18
PP: 1 of 5 (8 shots), Passing:74/87=85 %, Challenges:42/53=77 %
PP: 0 of 2 (2 shots), Passing:63/79=79 %, Challenges:27/37=71 %
Attendance: 14914 of 18064 (Xcel Energy Center)
Ticket income: 693501 Match televised: No
Boxscore for the game:
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no scoring
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25:36 1-0
Éric Bélanger [10] (Oleg Saprykin, Martin Skoula)PP
28:04 2-0
Antti Miettinen [12] (Andrew Brunette, Marc-André Bergeron)
33:31 3-0
Marc-André Bergeron [5] (Andrew Brunette, Stéphane Veilleux)
37:47 3-1
Joe Pavelski [4] (Tomas Plihal, Curtis Brown)
39:47 3-2
Mike Grier [6] (Christian Ehrhoff, Kyle McLaren)
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40:27 4-2
Marian Gaborik [15] (Andrew Brunette, Pierre-Marc Bouchard)
42:33 5-2
Mark Parrish [13] (Marek Zidlicky, Antti Miettinen)
48:43 6-2
Andrew Brunette [18] (Stéphane Veilleux, Marc-André Bergeron)
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Penalty summary:
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08:26
Colton Gillies (2 min for high-sticking)
09:46
Marian Gaborik (2 min for hooking)
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24:16
Dan Boyle (2 min for roughing)
28:48
Graham Mink (2 min for hooking)
34:18
Graham Mink (2 min for roughing)
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44:57
Mike Grier (2 min for hooking)
54:01
Ryane Clowe (2 min for roughing)
54:01
Pierre-Marc Bouchard (2 min for roughing)
58:23
Dan Boyle (2 min for hooking)
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Minnesota Wild scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Owen Nolan 0 0 2 1 0 2 0 -1 10.30 7
R Branko Radivojevic 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 11.40 7
R Mark Parrish 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 16.40 8
R Marian Gaborik 1 0 4 2 0 0 2 3 21.00 9
C Colton Gillies 0 0 1 1 1 0 2 -1 8.30 5
C Éric Bélanger 1 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 13.00 7
C Mikko Koivu 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 1 16.00 8
C Pierre-Marc Bouchard 0 1 2 0 1 0 2 3 20.40 7
L Stéphane Veilleux 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 -1 8.30 5
L Oleg Saprykin 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 0 13.00 7
L Antti Miettinen 1 1 2 0 1 0 0 1 15.50 7
L Andrew Brunette 1 3 6 1 2 0 0 3 20.40 10
D Kurtis Foster 0 0 0 2 2 2 0 0 15.20 6
D Martin Skoula 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 18.20 6
D Marc-André Bergeron 1 2 3 1 0 0 0 3 20.20 9
D Brent Burns 0 0 1 2 0 2 0 -1 15.20 7
D Marek Zidlicky 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 1 22.50 8
D Kim Johnsson 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 27.50 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Niklas Backstrom 2 0 16 0 0 60.00 6
G Josh Harding 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
San Jose Sharks scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Devin Setoguchi 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 8.20 5
R Graham Mink 0 0 1 0 1 0 4 -1 11.40 6
R Mike Grier 1 0 2 3 0 1 2 -2 18.10 8
R Jonathan Cheechoo 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 18.00 6
C Tomas Plihal 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 8.20 6
C Curtis Brown 0 1 1 0 1 2 0 -1 11.40 6
C Patrick Marleau 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -2 16.40 6
C Joe Thornton 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 20.30 7
L Joe Pavelski 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 10.50 7
L Ryane Clowe 0 0 0 2 1 2 2 -1 11.10 5
L Marcel Goc 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 -2 14.30 6
L Milan Michalek 0 0 2 3 0 2 0 0 20.40 8
D Marc-Édouard Vlasic 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 -1 13.10 6
D Kyle McLaren 0 1 2 3 1 1 0 -1 24.20 7
D Dan Boyle 0 0 1 2 0 1 4 -1 22.00 6
D Brad Lukowich 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 -1 12.00 5
D Christian Ehrhoff 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 -1 18.40 7
D Rob Blake 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 -1 29.50 6
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Evgeny Nabokov 6 0 25 0 0 60.00 4
G Brian Boucher 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Andrew Brunette
2nd star: Marc-André Bergeron
3rd star: Antti Miettinen
Notes for Minnesota Wild:
-Éric Bélanger scored his 10th goal of the season.
-Antti Miettinen has marked a new career high in goals with 12 tallies.
-Marian Gaborik scored his 15th goal of the season.
-Stéphane Veilleux finally ended his 10 game point drought.
-Marc-André Bergeron finally ended his 11 game goal drought.
Notes for San Jose Sharks:
-Christian Ehrhoff notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Jonathan Cheechoo had his 4 game point streak snapped.
-Milan Michalek had his 3 game goal streak snapped.
-Milan Michalek had his 4 game point streak snapped.
-Christian Ehrhoff finally ended his 11 game point drought.
Other notes:
Farm game result:
Houston Aeros 6( 39) , Worcester Sharks 0( 15)
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1-0 HOU Francis Lemieux (Matt Foy)
2-0 HOU Joel Ward (Peter Olvecky, André Lakos)
3-0 HOU Josh Olson (Mike Madill, Serge Payer)
4-0 HOU Serge Payer (Joey Tetarenko)
5-0 HOU Mark Rooneem
6-0 HOU Peter Olvecky (Marco Rosa)
Goalies: Nolan Schaefer - Thomas Greiss