Sharks 3 - 0 Wild
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Sharks, Wild aim to move up in division races

Mar 6, 2007 - 4:41 PM San Jose (39-25-2) at Minnesota (36-23-7) 8:00 pm EST

ST. PAUL, Minnesota (Ticker) -- The San Jose Sharks and the Minnesota Wild both would like to have home-ice advantage in the Western Conference playoffs.

The Sharks and Wild both look to continue their postseason push when they square off Tuesday.

San Jose is third in the Pacific Division but trails Detroit (41-16-9) by 11 points for fourth place in the conference and home ice in the first round of the playoffs.

The Sharks snapped a four-game skid in impressive fashion Sunday with a 4-0 triumph over division rival Dallas.

Evgeni Nabokov made 26 saves while rookie Joe Pavelski tallied twice for San Jose.

Minnesota is eighth in the conference and owns a 10-point cushion over ninth-place Colorado. But the Wild trail the first-place Vancouver Canucks by two points in the Northwest Division.

Minnesota is 4-0-2 in its last six contests after a 4-3 shootout loss to Vancouver on Sunday. Niklas Backstrom returned after missing a week with a lower body injury and made 32 saves. He is 9-2-2 in his last 13 starts.








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    FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD TOTAL
    --- --- --- -----
    SAN JOSE 0 3 0 3
    MINNESOTA 0 0 0 0 FINAL
    GOAL SCORING:
    1ST PRD: NONE
    2ND PRD: SAN - MILAN MICHALEK 18 (JOE THORNTON, MARK SMITH) 7:57
    SAN - RYANE CLOWE 15 (STEVE BERNIER, SCOTT HANNAN) 10:38
    SAN - JONATHAN CHEECHOO 23 (MILAN MICHALEK, JOE THORNTON)
    13:48
    3RD PRD: NONE
    POWER-PLAY

    Mar 6 10:24 PM


  • NHL
    END OF THE 2ND 1ST 2ND 3RD TOTAL
    --- --- --- -----
    SAN JOSE 0 3 3
    MINNESOTA 0 0 0 END OF THE 2ND
    GOAL SCORING:
    1ST PRD: NONE
    2ND PRD: SAN - MILAN MICHALEK 18 (JOE THORNTON, MARK SMITH) 7:57
    SAN - RYANE CLOWE 15 (STEVE BERNIER, SCOTT HANNAN) 10:38
    SAN - JONATHAN CHEECHOO 23 (MILAN MICHALEK, JOE THORNTON)
    13:48
    SHOTS ON GOA

    Mar 6 9:36 PM


  • NHL
    SAN JOSE 3
    MINNESOTA 0
    2ND PRD: SAN - JONATHAN CHEECHOO 23 (MILAN MICHALEK, JOE THORNTON)
    13:48

    Sharks vs. WildMar 6 9:25 PM


  • NHL
    SAN JOSE 2
    MINNESOTA 0
    2ND PRD: SAN - RYANE CLOWE 15 (STEVE BERNIER, SCOTT HANNAN) 10:38

    Sharks vs. WildMar 6 9:21 PM


  • NHL
    SAN JOSE 1
    MINNESOTA 0
    2ND PRD: SAN - MILAN MICHALEK 18 (JOE THORNTON, MARK SMITH) 7:57

    Sharks vs. WildMar 6 9:16 PM


  • NHL
    END OF THE 1ST 1ST 2ND 3RD TOTAL
    --- --- --- -----
    SAN JOSE 0 0
    MINNESOTA 0 0 END OF THE 1ST
    GOAL SCORING:
    1ST PRD: NONE
    SHOTS ON GOAL: 1ST 2ND 3RD TOTAL
    --- --- --- -----
    SAN 15 15
    MIN 6 6
    GOALIES: SAN - EVGENI NABOKOV
    MIN - NIKLAS BACKSTROM

    Mar 6 8:43 PM

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