The Minnesota Wild were defeated by the San Jose Sharks, 5 to 4, in overtime on March 10, 2009.

Final

Sharks

43-12-10

5

Wild

32-28-6

4

Team

SJS

MIN

1

2

0

2

1

3

1

3

OT

1

0

Total

5

4

Summary

Team Stats

Player Stats

1st period

SJS

MIN

Joe Thornton (EV) assisted by Travis Moen and Christian Ehrhoff

1

0

Travis Moen (SH) assisted by Patrick Marleau

2

0

2nd period

SJS

MIN

Joe Thornton (PP) unassisted

3

0

Peter Olvecky (EV) assisted by Cal Clutterbuck and Marc-Andre Bergeron

3

1

3rd period

SJS

MIN

Pierre-Marc Bouchard (EV) assisted by Kim Johnsson

3

2

Milan Michalek (EV) assisted by Ryane Clowe and Dan Boyle

4

2

Owen Nolan (EV) assisted by Marek Zidlicky and Mikko Koivu

4

3

Owen Nolan (EV) assisted by Mikko Koivu

4

OT

SJS

MIN

Christian Ehrhoff (EV) unassisted

5

4

Sharks

Wild

Goals

5

4

Shots

23

29

Penalty Minutes

6

Power-Play Goals

1

0

Power-Play Opportunities

3

Faceoff Wins

30

23

Hits

15

29

Giveaways

1

6

Takeaways

3

6

Sharks

Wild

Goalies

NAME	GS	SA	GA	Sv	Sv%	TOI
Brian Boucher (W)	1	29	4	25	.862	63:34

Skaters

NAME	G	A	+/-	PIM	S	TOI	Hits	BkS	GvA	TkA
Dan Boyle	0	1	0	0	0	26:33	0	1	1	0
Jonathan Cheechoo	0	0	0	0	3	15:35	2	2	0	1
Ryane Clowe	0	1	+1	0	0	20:50	1	0	0	0
Christian Ehrhoff	1	1	+2	0	2	23:11	0	3	0	0
Brad Lukowich	0	0	0	0	0	20:43	3	5	0	0
Patrick Marleau	0	1	0	0	0	20:59	0	1	0	0
Jamie McGinn	0	0	0	0	2	7:03	0	1	0	0
Milan Michalek	1	0	+1	0	4	21:44	0	1	0	0
Travis Moen	1	1	0	0	3	19:11	3	0	0	0
Douglas Murray	0	0	+1	0	0	19:21	0	1	0	0
Joe Pavelski	0	0	+1	0	3	21:55	1	1	0	0
Tomas Plihal	0	0	-2	0	0	9:46	2	0	0	1
Alexei Semenov	0	0	-2	0	0	14:29	0	0	0	0
Devin Setoguchi	0	0	-1	0	3	15:47	1	1	0	1
Jody Shelley	0	0	-1	2	0	4:08	0	0	0	0
Brad Staubitz	0	0	0	2	0	6:04	1	0	0	0
Joe Thornton	2	0	-1	0	2	19:55	1	1	0	0
Marc-Edouard Vlasic	0	0	-1	2	1	21:02	0	2	0	0

Goalies

NAME	GS	SA	GA	Sv	Sv%	TOI
Niklas Backstrom (O)	1	23	5	18	.783	63:34

Skaters

NAME	G	A	+/-	PIM	S	TOI	Hits	BkS	GvA	TkA
Eric Belanger	0	0	0	0	2	22:56	2	0	0	0
Marc-Andre Bergeron	0	1	+3	0	7	21:46	4	3	0	0
Pierre-Marc Bouchard	1	0	0	0	3	19:48	1	0	0	1
Andrew Brunette	0	0	0	0	0	16:59	0	1	0	0
Cal Clutterbuck	0	1	0	0	2	15:04	10	1	0	0
Dan Fritsche	0	0	-1	0	1	10:16	2	0	0	0
Colton Gillies	0	0	-1	0	0	6:55	0	1	0	0
Kim Johnsson	0	1	-1	0	2	29:55	0	2	0	1
Mikko Koivu	0	2	0	2	2	21:53	2	2	0	2
Antti Miettinen	0	0	+1	0	0	20:19	0	0	1	1
Owen Nolan	2	0	+1	0	4	17:59	0	0	0	0
Peter Olvecky	1	0	+1	0	1	9:46	1	0	0	0
Nick Schultz	0	0	0	0	0	21:30	1	2	2	1
John Scott	0	0	0	2	1	6:45	0	3	0	0
James Sheppard	0	0	-1	0	0	6:58	1	0	0	0
Martin Skoula	0	0	-2	0	0	19:31	2	0	0	0
Stephane Veilleux	0	0	0	2	2	15:07	2	0	0	0
Marek Zidlicky	0	1	+1	0	2	26:10	1	2	2	0