GDT: Game 62 - Sharks @ Wild - 7PM Central / 3AM Finland - FSN

[Bazeek]

Zucker - Staal - Granlund
Parise - Koivu - Coyle
Niederreiter - Eriksson-Ek - Ennis
Foligno - Cullen - Winnik

Suter - Dumba
Seeler - Spurgeon
Reilly - Prosser

Dubnyk




Meier - Pavelski - Donskoi
Hertl - Couture - Labanc
Boedker - Tierney - Hansen
Goodrow - Fehr - Karlsson

Ryan - Burns
Vlasic - Braun
Dillon - Demelo

Jones

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The Opponent

Concluding a four-game road trip against Central Division opponents, the San Jose Sharks come to Xcel Energy Center on Sunday looking to get back in the win column after back-to-back losses against the Nashville Predators and Chicago Blackhawks.

In those two games, the Sharks have been outscored by a combined margin of 10-2, including a 3-1 loss to the Blackhawks on Friday night. San Jose won the first game of its trip, 3-2 in St. Louis on Tuesday.

Minnesota won the first meeting of the season between the clubs, scoring a 4-3 overtime victory at SAP Center on Dec. 10.

Eric Staal scored twiceas the Wild built a 3-0 lead early in the second. Brent Burns scored late in the second and early in the third, and Tomas Hertl tied the game with 5:01 left in regulation to send it to overtime, where Minnesota's Nino Niederreiter notched the winner at 3:26.

Burns leads the Sharks offensively, posting 41 assists and 51 points in 62 games played. Logan Couture is the team's leading goal scorer with 25 in 58 games. Plover, Wisconsin native Joe Pavelski has 15 goals and 46 points in 62 games.

Goaltender Martin Jones is 19-16-5 with a 2.52 goals-against average and a .917 save percentage this season. Jones has allowed two goals or fewer in each of his past six starts and in nine of his past 10 overall.

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[TheeNorthStar]

Let's go boys!

 

[Minnesota]

Just win.

 

[Wild11MN]

Streaking time!!!!!

 

[gphr513]

Just looked at the standings and realized we have the 4th most points in the conference.

 

[57special]

Are the Sharks any good? I'm sure they are still decent, at least.

 

[Bazeek]

Are the Sharks any good? I'm sure they are still decent, at least.

Better than NYR or NYI, but probably about the same as New Jersey? I'm curious to see how we do against the Pacific teams because it seems likely that we end up in that bracket for the playoffs.

 

[Bazeek]

Just looked at the standings and realized we have the 4th most points in the conference.

The standings are really odd right now. I think LA was 2 spots out of the playoffs before winning last night, then jumped to 3rd in the Pacific.

 

[57special]

Nino doesn't seem right. Kind of a wasted year, so far.

 

[Wabit]

Okay, I'm ready for some hockey. "For a Few Dollars More" just ended and it put me in a good mood.

 

[Wild11MN]

Parise-Koivu-Nino. Interesting. Unless that's not a new thing, since I've missed a bunch of games lately.

 

[Wabit]

Parise-Koivu-Nino. Interesting. Unless that's not a new thing, since I've missed a bunch of games lately.

It's new. Last game was Parise/Koivu/Coyle, and that was the first time Granny/Koivu had been separated in awhile.

 

[Wabit]

Staal almost gets #30 against Dub. =/

 

[Wabit]

When Dumba's shot is off nobody knows where it's going to end up.

 

[Wabit]

Bad pinch by Reilly (overskated the puck) leads to a breakout goal.

 

[Dr Jan Itor]

Dammit Reilly.

 

[Wild11MN]

That was a series of errors. Now Ennis had a half-open net and can't bury it.

 

[Taylor26]

good job reilly

 

[2Pair]

That's on Zucker

 

[57special]

Great step up by Reilly, followed by a poorly executed pinch a minute later that ends up in a goal. Zucker didn't distinguish himself either, but I guarantee you the coaching staff is rolling their eyes at Reilly's play.

 

[57special]

Get Reilly off the ice. He just made another stupid play that resulted in a scoring chance

 

[57special]

Winnik what are you doing?

 

[57special]

lol Zucker

 

[The Enemy Within]

Man Zucker. So freaking close!

 

[Wabit]

Bad shift by Winnik, he just looked lost.

Zucker with a chance as time was expiring.