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30/3/2008
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Minnesota Wild 3 , San Jose Sharks 5
Shots: 25 - 26
MIN PP: 0 of 2 (5 shots), Passing:63/82=76 %, Challenges:37/51=71 %
SJ PP: 0 of 3 (5 shots), Passing:70/73=95 %, Challenges:25/47=52 %
Attendance: 18600 of 18600 (Xcel Energy Center)
Ticket income: 822120 Match televised: No
Boxscore for the game:
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17:16 0-1 SJ Milan Michalek [38] (Christian Ehrhoff, Ilya Kovalchuk)
19:31 0-2 SJ Ilya Kovalchuk [52] (Joe Thornton, Jonathan Cheechoo)
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31:37 1-2 MIN Matt Foy [7] (Wes Walz, Pierre-Marc Bouchard)
33:35 1-3 SJ Christian Ehrhoff [7] (Peter Forsberg, Milan Michalek)
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48:11 2-3 MIN Stéphane Veilleux [27] (Marian Gaborik, Kurtis Foster)
49:03 3-3 MIN Sean Hill [8] (Chris Simon, Brian Rolston)
53:52 3-4 SJ Ilya Kovalchuk [53] (Joe Thornton, Mike Grier)
59:48 3-5 SJ Milan Michalek [39] (Jonathan Cheechoo, Ilya Kovalchuk) EN
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Penalty summary:
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10:53 MIN Matt Foy (2 min for tripping)
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23:08 MIN Sean Hill (2 min for tripping)
34:26 MIN Brian Rolston (2 min for hooking)
37:08 SJ Joe Pavelski (2 min for boarding)
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43:33 SJ Curtis Brown (2 min for high-sticking)
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Minnesota Wild scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Matt Foy 1 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 7.00 7
R Jaroslav Balastik 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 11.00 7
R Branko Radivojevic 0 0 3 1 2 0 0 -2 19.30 7
R Marian Gaborik 0 1 3 2 2 1 0 0 20.00 7
C Wes Walz 0 1 2 2 0 1 0 0 7.00 7
C Pierre-Marc Bouchard 0 1 0 1 1 6 0 0 13.20 7
C Brian Rolston 0 1 4 0 1 0 2 -1 16.40 8
C Pavol Demitra 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 -1 19.00 7
L Derek Boogaard 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 7.00 6
L Roman Voloshenko 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 13.50 5
L Chris Simon 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 -1 19.20 6
L Stéphane Veilleux 1 0 4 0 2 0 0 0 19.50 6
D Ron Hainsey 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 16.50 5
D Sean Hill 1 0 2 1 1 1 2 0 18.40 6
D Kurtis Foster 0 1 0 4 0 4 0 -2 27.20 8
D Keith Carney 0 0 0 4 0 7 0 0 13.40 8
D Brent Burns 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 -1 19.30 7
D Martin Skoula 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 -1 24.00 6
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Niklas Backstrom 5 0 21 0 0 58.30 4
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 1 0 0 -1 5.20 5
L Pat Rissmiller 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 14.50 6
R Milan Michalek 2 1 3 2 3 0 0 3 19.50 8
R Jonathan Cheechoo 0 2 3 2 1 0 0 0 19.50 7
R Mike Grier 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 -1 5.20 6
C Joe Pavelski 0 0 0 0 4 2 2 0 13.50 5
C Peter Forsberg 0 1 3 0 2 0 0 2 16.00 7
C Joe Thornton 0 2 2 3 3 0 0 1 20.40 8
C Curtis Brown 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 -1 5.20 4
L Andrew Ladd 0 0 1 6 4 6 0 0 18.00 7
L Ray Whitney 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 18.00 7
L Ilya Kovalchuk 2 2 5 3 0 0 0 1 18.40 9
D Marc-Édouard Vlasic 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 16.20 6
D Christian Ehrhoff 1 1 4 1 1 0 0 3 18.00 9
D Matt Carle 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 -1 25.30 6
D Kyle McLaren 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 16.10 6
D Craig Rivet 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 3 16.20 7
D Robyn Regehr 0 0 1 3 1 3 0 -1 27.40 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Evgeny Nabokov 3 0 22 0 0 60.00 6
G Robert Esche 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Ilya Kovalchuk
2nd star: Milan Michalek
3rd star: Christian Ehrhoff
Notes for Minnesota Wild:
-Kurtis Foster has marked a new career high in assists with 19 assists.
-Wes Walz finally ended his 13 game point drought.
Notes for San Jose Sharks:
-Ilya Kovalchuk notched his 50th assist of the season.
-Peter Forsberg scored the 900th point of his career.
-Ilya Kovalchuk has marked a new career high in goals with 53 tallies.
-Christian Ehrhoff ended his 5 game goal drought.
Other notes:
Farm game result:
Houston Aeros 6( 29) , Cleveland Barons 2(
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1-0 HOU Josh Olson (Paul Albers, Dominic Moore)
2-0 HOU Paul Albers (Éric Bélanger)
3-0 HOU Joel Ward (Dominic Moore)
3-1 CLE Josh Prudden (Riley Armstrong, Doug Murray)
3-2 CLE Josh Prudden (John Laliberte)
4-2 HOU Mark Rooneem (Éric Bélanger)
5-2 HOU Joel Ward (Dominic Moore, Paul Albers)
6-2 HOU Josh Olson (Joel Ward, Dominic Moore)
Goalies: Miroslav Kopriva - Thomas Greiss