Sharks @ Wild – Fear the Fin’s Post Game Thread

Go wild on these here boards… um, er, go sharks on these… ah dammit.

NERD NOTES (from one who didn’t catch the final 30 minutes of the game; analysis emphatically NOT given)

Shots on goal = 23-29, Minnesota

Faceoff wins = 30-23, San Jose

Leaders in TOI = Kim Johnsson, 29:55; Dan Boyle, 26:33, Marek Zidlicky, 26:10

Least TOI = Jody Shelley, 4:08 (hey, our area code!); Brad Staubitz, 6:04

Most shots on goal = Marc-Andre Bergeron, 7; Owen Nolan, 4; Milan Michalek, 4

Leader in plus / minus = Marc-Andre Bergeron, +3

Minus-twos = Tomas Plihal, Alexei Semenov, Martin Skoula

Number of Joe Thornton shots on goal = 2

Number of Joe Thornton goals = 2

Joe Thornton’s plus/minus = -1

Last time Travis Moen had a point = January 28 vs. Chicago (1 goal; also one goal previous night against Phoenix)

Number of hooking penalties for Minnesota = 3

Number of total penalties for Minnesota = 3

Number of officially unassisted goals tonight = 3 (all San Jose)

Symmetry = Joe Thornton and Owen Nolan each hit their 19th and 20th goals of the season, though Nolan hit #400 on his career count (not to mention #401)

Hits = 6-6 first period, 5-11 Minnesota in second period, 4-10 Minnesota in the third period, for a total of 15-27, Minnesota

Giveaways = 1-6, Minnesota (Dan Boyle, Zidlicky x2, Schultz x2, Backstrom, and Miettinen… two of Minnesota’s giveaways turn into goals for San Jose)

Takeaways = 3-6, Minnesota (Cheechoo, Plihal, and Setoguchi; Miettinen, Johnsson, Schultz, Bouchard, Koivu x2… Koivu’s last takeaway leads to Owen Nolan’s game-tying goal)

Blocked shots = 17-20, San Jose (i.e. San Jose blocked 20 of Minnesota’s shots)

San Jose’s record over Minnesota this season = 2-0-2

Minnesota’s record over San Jose this season = 2-1-1