National Hockey League
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Minnesota 5, San Jose 3
Wednesday, December 29, 2010 8:00 PM
When: 8:00 PM ET, Wednesday, December 29, 2010
Where: Xcel Energy Center, Saint Paul, Minnesota
Referees: Eric Furlatt, Steve Kozari
Linesmen: Mike Cvik, Andy McElman
Attendance: 19131
Final Scoring Summary
 
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San Jose 1203
Minnesota 1135
Scoring/Penalty Summary
1st Period
Scoring
7:08 - Wild Kyle Brodziak (PP) Assists: Martin Havlat , Pierre-Marc Bouchard
11:49 - Sharks Joe Thornton (PP) Assists: Ryane Clowe , Dan Boyle
Penalties
5:12 - Sharks Joe Thornton (2) High sticking
 9:45 - Sharks Jamie McGinn (2) Hooking
 10:09 - Wild Brent Burns (2) Interference
 10:57 - Wild Matt Cullen (2) High sticking
 19:39 - Sharks Jason Demers (2) Holding
2nd Period
Scoring
2:57 - Sharks Devin Setoguchi (EV) Assists: Ryane Clowe , Logan Couture
12:27 - Wild Mikko Koivu (EV) Assists: Andrew Brunette , Antti Miettinen
15:01 - Sharks Patrick Marleau (PP) Assists: Joe Thornton , Dany Heatley
Penalties
14:31 - Wild Martin Havlat (2) Hooking
 20:00 - Sharks Niclas Wallin (4) High sticking
3rd Period
Scoring
5:14 - Wild Chuck Kobasew (EV) Assists: Nick Schultz , John Madden
9:15 - Wild Brent Burns (EV) Unassisted
10:35 - Wild Kyle Brodziak (EV) Assists: Martin Havlat , Brent Burns
Penalties
15:06 - Wild Bench (2) Too many men on ice
San Jose Sharks
Player POS G A P +/- PIM SOG TOI
Antero Niittymaki G 0 0 0 0 0 57:56
Antti Niemi G 0 0 0 0 0 0:00
Douglas Murray D 0 0 0 E 0 0 19:57
Niclas Wallin D 0 0 0 -1 4 1 13:50
Jamal Mayers RW 0 0 0 E 0 2 8:37
Patrick Marleau LW 1 0 1 -1 0 4 22:55
Dany Heatley RW 0 1 1 -1 0 1 20:12
Devin Setoguchi RW 1 0 1 -1 0 2 16:11
Joe Thornton C 1 1 2 -1 2 1 19:51
Scott Nichol C 0 0 0 E 0 2 11:51
Dan Boyle D 0 1 1 E 0 5 28:39
Ryane Clowe LW 0 2 2 -1 0 7 19:39
Logan Couture C 0 1 1 -1 0 1 19:35
Kent Huskins D 0 0 0 -2 0 1 15:24
Marc-Edouard Vlasic D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 20:05
Tommy Wingels C 0 0 0 E 0 0 5:28
Jason Demers D 0 0 0 -2 2 3 20:52
Jamie McGinn LW 0 0 0 -1 2 0 10:19
Brandon Mashinter LW 0 0 0 -1 0 0 7:17
Benn Ferriero RW 0 0 0 -1 0 1 11:26
Minnesota Wild
Player POS G A P +/- PIM SOG TOI
Niklas Backstrom G 0 0 0 0 0 59:33
Jose Theodore G 0 0 0 0 0 0:00
Marek Zidlicky D 0 0 0 +1 0 1 13:43
Greg Zanon D 0 0 0 E 0 0 19:15
Marco Scandella D 0 0 0 +2 0 1 18:05
Matt Cullen C 0 0 0 E 2 1 14:55
Brent Burns D 1 1 2 +2 2 2 24:28
Mikko Koivu C 1 0 1 +1 0 6 21:54
John Madden C 0 1 1 +1 0 1 13:58
Chuck Kobasew RW 1 0 1 +2 0 2 11:09
Andrew Brunette LW 0 1 1 +1 0 0 18:55
Brad Staubitz RW 0 0 0 E 0 0 3:56
Antti Miettinen RW 0 1 1 +1 0 1 18:45
Kyle Brodziak C 2 0 2 E 0 2 18:30
Cal Clutterbuck RW 0 0 0 E 0 1 13:28
Eric Nystrom LW 0 0 0 +1 0 1 12:26
Martin Havlat RW 0 2 2 +1 2 4 18:48
Cam Barker D 0 0 0 +1 0 0 18:28
Nick Schultz D 0 1 1 E 0 0 17:44
Pierre-Marc Bouchard C 0 1 1 +1 0 1 15:50
Goaltending
San Jose
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Antero Niittymaki L (12-7-3) 24 19 5 .792 0 57:56
Minnesota
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Niklas Backstrom W (22-23-5) 32 29 3 .906 0 59:33