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Post Game Notes: Wild @
Sharks San Jose 3 - Minnesota 2
» Couture's goal extended his team record for
goals by a rookie in a season (27). The old mark was held by Pat Falloon, who
scored 25 goals in 1990-91.
» Jason Demers set a career high in
points with his assist on Couture's goal (22).
» Minnesota was
out-shot for the 62nd time this season. It was the second time San Jose put 50
shots on goal this season. They also plastered Nashville with 50 back on
February 15th.
» Joe Pavelski added two assists, to go along
with his career high 4 on Tuesday. Pavelski led the team with 7 shots on goal
as well.
» One of the reasons the Sharks were able to get so
many pucks on net was their dominance in the faceoff circle. San Jose won 42 of
62 draws (68%). Joe Thornton won 12 of 16 faceoffs.
» Patrick
Marleau scored his 67th career game-winning goal. Marleau is now tied for 39th
place on the NHL All-Time List.
» Marc-Edouard Vlasic was back
in the lineup after paying a visit to a Dallas hospital on Tuesday night.
Vlasic was hit in the throat with a deflected puck and was sent to the hospital
as a precaution. Vlasic had a relatively light shift load on Thursday, logging
only 17 minutes of ice time on 23 shifts. The defenseman had 2 blocked shots.
» Niclas Wallin was scratched from the game,
because of the injury he sustained in Dallas. Wallin was plastered from behind
by Jamie Langenbrunner.
» Dany Heatley served the first of his
two-game suspension for the elbow he directed at Stars knuckle-head Steve Ott.
Heatley contends that he never actually made contact with Ott's dome.
» Quote of the Day: As reported by David Pollak from the SJ Mercury News,
Heatley responded to comments that Ott made about Heatley's elbow being a cheap
shot: "I'm not going to get into a war of words with him. Obviously he's taken
his fair share of suspensions in the league. For him to all of the sudden have
a halo on his head is kind of funny."
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