National Hockey League
BOXSCORE | RECAP
San Jose 3, Minnesota 2
When: 7:00 PM ET, Monday, December 31, 2007
Where: Xcel Energy Center, Saint Paul, Minnesota
Referees: Greg Kimmerly, Dan O'Rourke
Linesmen: Brad Lazarowich, Jay Sharrers
Attendance: 18568
Final Scoring Summary
 
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San Jose 1113
Minnesota 0022
Scoring/Penalty Summary
1st Period
Scoring
17:38 - Sharks Steve Bernier (EV) Assists: Joe Thornton , Milan Michalek
Penalties
2:46 - Wild Dominic Moore (2) Cross checking
 19:43 - Sharks Christian Ehrhoff (2) Holding
2nd Period
Scoring
18:21 - Sharks Kyle McLaren (EV) Assists: Milan Michalek , Joe Thornton
Penalties
15:11 - Sharks Jonathan Cheechoo (2) Roughing
3rd Period
Scoring
3:37 - Wild Dominic Moore (EV) Assists: Stephane Veilleux , Kim Johnsson
15:22 - Wild Mark Parrish (EV) Assists: Marian Gaborik , Eric Belanger
15:32 - Sharks Jonathan Cheechoo (EV) Assists: Douglas Murray , Torrey Mitchell
Penalties
9:09 - Sharks Matt Carle (2) Hooking
San Jose Sharks
Player POS G A P +/- PIM SOG SHF TOI EV PP SH PP SH HT BS FW FL FO%
Evgeni Nabokov G 0 0 0 0 0 60:00 52:02 2:00 5:58 0 0 - - - - -
Dimitri Patzold G 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0:00 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Douglas Murray D 0 1 1 +2 0 0 30 19:01 17:35 0:05 1:21 0 0 - - - - -
Kyle McLaren D 1 0 1 -1 0 1 28 20:03 16:27 0:00 3:36 0 0 - - - - -
Joe Pavelski C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 17 10:28 9:53 0:11 0:24 0 0 - - 1 3 25
Milan Michalek RW 0 2 2 +2 0 4 23 16:57 16:23 0:34 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Christian Ehrhoff D 0 0 0 -1 2 3 34 21:05 18:41 1:12 1:12 0 0 - - - - -
Marcel Goc C 0 0 0 E 0 1 18 13:56 13:56 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Patrick Marleau C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 21 15:38 14:57 0:41 0:00 0 0 - - 4 3 57
Jonathan Cheechoo RW 1 0 1 +1 2 2 18 12:36 11:10 1:26 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Torrey Mitchell C 0 1 1 +1 0 1 22 15:43 10:26 1:26 3:51 0 0 - - 8 6 57
Matt Carle D 0 0 0 +1 2 0 20 15:39 14:51 0:48 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Joe Thornton C 0 2 2 +2 0 4 23 17:45 17:11 0:34 0:00 0 0 - - 5 7 42
Mike Grier RW 0 0 0 -1 0 2 26 19:03 15:07 0:00 3:56 0 0 - - - - -
Steve Bernier RW 1 0 1 +2 0 1 23 16:17 15:54 0:23 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Jeremy Roenick C 0 0 0 -1 0 0 16 10:57 9:31 1:26 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Pat Rissmiller C 0 0 0 E 0 1 20 12:54 10:47 0:00 2:07 0 0 - - 0 2 0
Curtis Brown C 0 0 0 -1 0 2 17 12:04 10:26 0:00 1:38 0 0 - - 1 0 100
Marc-Edouard Vlasic D 0 0 0 E 0 1 30 22:45 19:20 0:00 3:25 0 0 - - - - -
Craig Rivet D 0 0 0 +1 0 0 30 21:11 17:35 1:14 2:22 0 0 - - - - -
Minnesota Wild
Player POS G A P +/- PIM SOG SHF TOI EV PP SH PP SH HT BS FW FL FO%
Josh Harding G 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0:00 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Niklas Backstrom G 0 0 0 0 0 59:16 51:18 5:58 2:00 0 0 - - - - -
Kim Johnsson D 0 1 1 +1 0 0 32 23:33 20:27 2:17 0:49 0 0 - - - - -
Sean Hill D 0 0 0 +1 0 0 19 12:29 12:29 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Brent Burns D 0 0 0 -2 0 0 31 22:53 18:01 3:41 1:11 0 0 - - - - -
Marian Gaborik RW 0 1 1 +1 0 3 24 14:28 12:24 2:04 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Brian Rolston RW 0 0 0 -1 0 3 24 20:32 16:16 4:00 0:16 0 0 - - - - -
James Sheppard C 0 0 0 E 0 0 11 8:03 8:03 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - 1 3 25
Todd Fedoruk LW 0 0 0 E 0 0 12 8:23 8:23 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Dominic Moore C 1 0 1 -1 2 1 23 15:34 15:34 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - 4 4 50
Stephane Veilleux LW 0 1 1 -1 0 1 22 16:25 15:30 0:00 0:55 0 0 - - 0 1 0
Mark Parrish RW 1 0 1 +1 0 2 21 13:17 9:14 3:14 0:49 0 0 - - - - -
Eric Belanger C 0 1 1 +1 0 0 25 14:43 11:33 2:40 0:30 0 0 - - 7 6 54
Petteri Nummelin D 0 0 0 E 0 1 25 19:10 17:04 2:06 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Aaron Voros LW 0 0 0 E 0 1 19 12:44 10:06 2:38 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Pavol Demitra LW 0 0 0 -1 0 0 25 21:02 17:05 3:18 0:39 0 0 - - 9 5 64
Martin Skoula D 0 0 0 -2 0 1 25 17:07 15:56 0:00 1:11 0 0 - - - - -
Nick Schultz D 0 0 0 E 0 4 29 20:56 20:07 0:00 0:49 0 0 - - - - -
Branko Radivojevic RW 0 0 0 -1 0 0 22 16:28 15:37 0:00 0:51 0 0 - - - - -
Pierre-Marc Bouchard C 0 0 0 -1 0 4 25 20:57 17:05 3:52 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Goaltending
San Jose
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Evgeni Nabokov W (46-21-8) 21 19 2 .905 0 60:00
Minnesota
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Niklas Backstrom L (33-13-8) 25 22 3 .880 0 59:16