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20/2/2009
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San Jose Sharks 5 , Columbus Blue Jackets 4
Shots: 35 - 29
PP: 1 of 7 (22 shots), Passing:66/76=86 %, Challenges:33/45=71 %
PP: 0 of 6 (9 shots), Passing:73/84=86 %, Challenges:40/44=88 %
Attendance: 17438 of 17438 (San Jose Arena)
Ticket income: 484776 Match televised: Yes
Boxscore for the game:
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06:36 0-1
Rostislav Klesla [8] (Derick Brassard)
07:03 0-2
Derick Brassard [12] (Kristian Huselius)
13:14 1-2
Zdeno Chara [16] (Evgeny Malkin)
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21:59 2-2
Pavol Demitra [28] (Jonathan Cheechoo, Devin Setoguchi)PP
27:39 2-3
Andrei Kostitsyn [17] (Dany Heatley, Brian Campbell)
31:16 3-3
Jarret Stoll [29] (Evgeny Malkin)
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41:08 3-4
Andrei Kostitsyn [18] (Dany Heatley)
41:26 4-4
Mike Grier [7] (Ryane Clowe, Tomas Plihal)
48:46 5-4
Joe Thornton [32] (Evgeny Malkin, Jarret Stoll)
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Penalty summary:
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01:56
Jonathan Cheechoo (2 min for tripping)
11:14
Dany Heatley (2 min for elbowing)
17:14
Ryane Clowe (2 min for boarding)
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20:44
Raffi Torres (2 min for slashing)
24:13
Dany Heatley (2 min for cross-checking)
27:57
Peter Mueller (2 min for diving)
31:28
Dany Heatley (2 min for high-sticking)
36:41
R.J. Umberger (2 min for slashing)
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41:33
Joe Thornton (2 min for roughing)
41:33
Rostislav Klesla (2 min for roughing)
41:42
Jarret Stoll (2 min for high-sticking)
44:38
Kristopher Letang (2 min for high-sticking)
46:42
Peter Mueller (2 min for tripping)
49:09
Michael Peca (2 min for roughing)
49:09
Zdeno Chara (2 min for roughing)
50:01
Joni Pitkänen (2 min for tripping)
57:39
Evgeny Malkin (2 min for hooking)
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San Jose Sharks scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Mike Grier 1 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 18.30 7
R Steve Bernier 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -1 7.30 6
R Pavol Demitra 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 -2 14.10 7
R Jarret Stoll 1 1 5 1 0 0 2 3 15.40 9
C Tomas Plihal 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 10.00 6
C Curtis Brown 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 -1 7.30 5
C Devin Setoguchi 0 1 5 0 0 0 0 -2 14.40 6
C Evgeny Malkin 0 3 2 1 0 0 2 3 19.20 9
L Ryane Clowe 0 1 0 2 4 1 2 0 18.30 5
L Vyacheslav Kozlov 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 -1 7.30 5
L Jonathan Cheechoo 0 1 4 0 0 0 2 -2 14.50 7
L Joe Thornton 1 0 5 1 0 0 2 3 19.10 8
D Keith Yandle 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 -2 9.30 4
D Mattias Öhlund 0 0 3 2 1 0 0 0 28.40 8
D Joni Pitkänen 0 0 3 3 0 0 2 2 21.50 7
D Kyle McLaren 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 -2 10.30 6
D Kristopher Letang 0 0 2 5 0 0 2 -2 20.40 8
D Zdeno Chara 1 0 3 2 2 1 2 4 28.50 9
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Kari Lehtonen 4 0 25 0 0 60.00 6
G Tyson Sexsmith 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Columbus Blue Jackets scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Michael Peca 0 0 2 2 0 2 2 0 14.30 8
R Raffi Torres 0 0 1 1 0 1 2 0 9.30 7
R David Vyborny 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 9.10 7
R Dany Heatley 0 2 4 3 0 0 6 0 20.50 8
C Dave Bolland 0 0 0 3 1 1 0 -2 13.10 7
C R.J. Umberger 0 0 0 2 1 1 2 -2 17.20 6
C Derick Brassard 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 2 13.40 8
C Peter Mueller 0 0 1 2 0 0 4 0 21.50 7
L Mike York 0 0 1 2 0 2 0 0 7.10 5
L Fredrik Modin 0 0 2 1 1 4 0 0 9.30 5
L Kristian Huselius 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 2 8.10 6
L Andrei Kostitsyn 2 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 21.50 9
D Fedor Tyutin 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 -2 15.50 5
D Rostislav Klesla 1 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 15.50 8
D Dick Tärnström 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 28.50 7
D Christian Bäckman 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 14.20 6
D Mathieu Carle 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 15.50 7
D Brian Campbell 0 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 29.20 6
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Pascal Leclaire 5 0 30 0 0 58.20 6
G Steve Mason 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Evgeny Malkin
2nd star: Jarret Stoll
3rd star: Andrei Kostitsyn
Notes for San Jose Sharks:
-Jonathan Cheechoo notched his 30th assist of the season.
-Jarret Stoll has marked a new career high in points with 79 points.
-Mike Grier finally ended his 15 game goal drought.
-Joni Pitkänen had his 4 game point streak snapped.
-Zdeno Chara finally ended his 11 game goal drought.
Notes for Columbus Blue Jackets:
-Derick Brassard ended his 5 game goal drought.
-Rostislav Klesla ended his 8 game goal drought.
Other notes:
Farm game result:
Cleveland Barons 0( 12) , Syracuse Crunch 6( 37)
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0-1
Ole-Kristian Tollefsen (Jiri Novotny, Michael Blunden)
0-2
Jiri Novotny (Michael Blunden)
0-3
Andy Canzanello (Derek MacKenzie)
0-4
Derek Armstrong (Alexander Svitov, Ole-Kristian Tollefsen)
0-5
Jason Chimera (Alexander Svitov)
0-6
Jiri Novotny (Jaroslav Balastik)
Goalies: Taylor Dakers - Fredrik Norrena