National Hockey League

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Minnesota Wild 6
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San Jose Sharks 3
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Match Report

Wild clinch playoffs with 6-3 win over Sharks

— Ryan Suter scored 19 seconds in, Kirill Kaprizov scored for the fifth straight game and the Minnesota Wild clinched a playoff spot with a 6-3 victory over the San Jose Sharks on Saturday night.

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Team Stats

9
Blocked Shots
16
12
Hits
26
7
Takeaways
7
26
Shots
30
1
Power Play Goals
0
3
Power Play Opportunities
0
33.3
Power Play Percentage
0.0
0
Short Handed Goals
0
0
Shootout Goals
0
23
Faceoffs Won
31
42.6
Faceoff Win Percent
57.4
7
Giveaways
8
0
Total Penalties
3
0
Penalty Minutes
6

Top Performers

MIN

  • Kaapo Kahkonen GA 3 · SA 30 · SOS 0
  • Marcus Johansson BS 0 · HT 0 · TK 0
  • Nico Sturm BS 0 · HT 1 · TK 0
  • Joel Eriksson Ek BS 0 · HT 3 · TK 0

SJ

  • Josef Korenar GA 2 · SA 17 · SOS 0
  • Martin Jones GA 3 · SA 8 · SOS 0
  • Tomas Hertl BS 1 · HT 0 · TK 0
  • Logan Couture BS 0 · HT 3 · TK 1

Recent Plays

  1. 20:00 · 3rd
  2. 20:00 · 3rd
  3. 19:48 · 3rd
  4. 19:48 · 3rd
  5. 19:48 · 3rd
  6. 19:38 · 3rd
  7. 19:38 · 3rd
  8. 18:33 · 3rd

Head to Head

MIN wins series 5-3

Injuries

San Jose Sharks

  • Igor Chernyshov Out
  • Alexander Wennberg Out
  • Quentin Musty Injured Reserve
  • Kyle Keyser Injured Reserve

Minnesota Wild

  • Jared Spurgeon Day-To-Day
  • Filip Gustavsson Injured Reserve
  • Marcus Foligno Injured Reserve
  • Nick Foligno Injured Reserve
  • Brock Faber Injured Reserve

NHL News

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Video Buffalo Sabres vs. San Jose Sharks: Game Highlights Buffalo Sabres vs. San Jose Sharks: Game Highlights ESPN Colten Ellis makes 23 saves to lead the Sabres past the Sharks 2-0 — Colten Ellis made 23 saves in his first appearance in more than two weeks to lead the Buffalo Sabres to a 2-0 victory over the San Jose Sharks on Tuesday night. ESPN Hronek’s OT power-play goal caps the Canucks’ 6-5 comeback win over the Ducks — Filip Hronek scored a power-play goal with 11 seconds to go in overtime to cap a run of four consecutive goals by the Vancouver Canucks, who snapped a 10-game losing streak with a 6-5 comeback win over the Anaheim Ducks on Tuesday night. News Greg Wyshynski Islanders' Matthew Schaefer first on record to skate all 5 minutes of overtime Islanders star defenseman Matthew Schaefer on Tuesday night became the first skater on record to skate all five minutes of an overtime period.