Wild 3 - 4 Sharks
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Wild attmept to solve red-hot Sharks

Mar 19, 2008 - 1:04 PM Minnesota (39-26-8) at San Jose (43-21-9) 10:30 pm EDT

SAN JOSE, California (Ticker) - The Minnesota Wild aim to end a six-game losing streak to the San Jose Sharks in a matchup of division leaders on Wednesday.

Minnesota, which has lost all three meetings with San Jose this season, is currently two points ahead of Calgary (37-26-10), Vancouver (37-26-10) and Colorado (39-29-9) in the competitive Northwest.

This is the opener of a four-game road trip for the Wild, who play their last eight games vs. division opponents.

Niklas Backstrom stopped 29 shots, while Brent Burns and Branko Radivojevic each tallied in a 3-1 win over Colorado on Monday. Minnesota rebounded from a five-game skid (0-2-3) by winning two straight by a combined score of 5-1.

However, it will face a stern challenge against San Jose goaltender Evgeni Nabokov.

Nabokov, who took a rare rest in Tuesday's 2-1 win over Los Angeles, has a 1.15 goal-against average with one shutout during the Sharks' six-game winning streak over Minnesota.

San Jose, which is 11-0-1 in its last 12 games, leads Anaheim (41-25-8) by three points in the Pacific Division. Joe Thornton and Patrick Rissmiller tallied in a 2-1 win over Los Angeles on Tuesday.








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    FINAL IN SHOOTOUT 1ST 2ND 3RD OT TOTAL
    --- --- --- --- -----
    MINNESOTA 0 1 2 0 (1) 3
    SAN JOSE 1 1 1 0 (2) 4 FINAL IN SHOOTOUT
    GOAL SCORING:
    1ST PRD: SAN - JEREMY ROENICK 12 (PATRICK MARLEAU, CURTIS BROWN)
    17:54
    2ND PRD: MIN - STEPHANE VEILLEUX 11 (KURTIS FOSTER, BRANKO
    RADIVOJEVIC) 0:49
    SAN - CURTIS BROWN 2 (JEREMY R

    Wild 3, Sharks 4  Final - 2OTMar 20 1:24 AM


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    END OF OT 1ST 2ND 3RD OT TOTAL
    --- --- --- --- -----
    MINNESOTA 0 1 2 0 3
    SAN JOSE 1 1 1 0 3 END OF OT
    GOAL SCORING:
    1ST PRD: SAN - JEREMY ROENICK 12 (PATRICK MARLEAU, CURTIS BROWN)
    17:54
    2ND PRD: MIN - STEPHANE VEILLEUX 11 (KURTIS FOSTER, BRANKO
    RADIVOJEVIC) 0:49
    SAN - CURTIS BROWN 2 (JEREMY ROENICK,

    Mar 20 1:21 AM
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    Wild 3, Sharks 3  OT - 1:37Mar 20 1:16 AM
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    Wild 3, Sharks 3  OT - 4:39Mar 20 1:11 AM


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    END OF THE 3RD GOING INTO OT
    1ST 2ND 3RD TOTAL
    --- --- --- -----
    MINNESOTA 0 1 2 3
    SAN JOSE 1 1 1 3 GOING INTO OT
    GOAL SCORING:
    1ST PRD: SAN - JEREMY ROENICK 12 (PATRICK MARLEAU, CURTIS BROWN)
    17:54
    2ND PRD: MIN - STEPHANE VEILLEUX 11 (KURTIS FOSTER, BRANKO
    RADIVOJEVIC) 0:49
    SAN - CURTIS BROWN 2 (JEREMY ROENICK, JODY SHELLEY) 3:28
    3RD

    Mar 20 1:09 AM


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    MINNESOTA 3
    SAN JOSE 3
    3RD PRD: MIN - (PP) MARIAN GABORIK 38 (BRIAN ROLSTON, MIKKO KOIVU)
    19:31 (WITH EXTRA ATTACKER)

    Wild 3, Sharks 3  3rd - 0:29Mar 20 1:08 AM
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    Wild 3, Sharks 3  3rd - 0:29Mar 20 1:08 AM


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    MINNESOTA 2
    SAN JOSE 3
    3RD PRD: SAN - JOE PAVELSKI 17 (MILAN MICHALEK) 17:58

    Wild 2, Sharks 3  3rd - 2:02Mar 20 1:02 AM
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    Wild 2, Sharks 2  3rd - 3:40Mar 20 12:58 AM


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    MINNESOTA 2
    SAN JOSE 2
    3RD PRD: MIN - (PP) MARIAN GABORIK 37 (BRENT BURNS, BRIAN ROLSTON)
    5:49

    Wild 2, Sharks 2  3rd - 14:11Mar 20 12:40 AM


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    END OF THE 2ND 1ST 2ND 3RD TOTAL
    --- --- --- -----
    MINNESOTA 0 1 1
    SAN JOSE 1 1 2 END OF THE 2ND
    GOAL SCORING:
    1ST PRD: SAN - JEREMY ROENICK 12 (PATRICK MARLEAU, CURTIS BROWN)
    17:54
    2ND PRD: MIN - STEPHANE VEILLEUX 11 (KURTIS FOSTER, BRANKO
    RADIVOJEVIC) 0:49
    SAN - CURTIS BROWN 2 (JEREMY ROENICK, JODY SHELLEY) 3:28
    SHOTS

    Mar 20 12:12 AM


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    MINNESOTA 1
    SAN JOSE 2
    2ND PRD: SAN - CURTIS BROWN 2 (JEREMY ROENICK, JODY SHELLEY) 3:28

    Wild 1, Sharks 2  2nd - 16:32Mar 19 11:35 PM


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    MINNESOTA 1
    SAN JOSE 1
    2ND PRD: MIN - STEPHANE VEILLEUX 11 (KURTIS FOSTER, BRANKO
    RADIVOJEVIC) 0:49

    Wild 1, Sharks 1  2nd - 19:11Mar 19 11:33 PM


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    END OF THE 1ST 1ST 2ND 3RD TOTAL
    --- --- --- -----
    MINNESOTA 0 0
    SAN JOSE 1 1 END OF THE 1ST
    GOAL SCORING:
    1ST PRD: SAN - JEREMY ROENICK 12 (PATRICK MARLEAU, CURTIS BROWN)
    17:54
    SHOTS ON GOAL: 1ST 2ND 3RD TOTAL
    --- --- --- -----
    MIN 7 7
    SAN 7 7
    GOALIES: MIN - NIKLAS BAC

    Mar 19 11:12 PM


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    MINNESOTA 0
    SAN JOSE 1
    1ST PRD: SAN - JEREMY ROENICK 12 (PATRICK MARLEAU, CURTIS BROWN) 17:54

    Wild 0, Sharks 1  1st - 2:06Mar 19 11:10 PM

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