🦈 Away Sharks 47-25-6 before this game
1–3
Final
🌲 Home Wild 28-33-17 before this game
Scoring 1st2nd3rdF
SJS 0011
MIN 1113

Sharks at Wild

Wild beat Sharks 3–1 at Xcel Energy Center on April 8, 2002.

🗓 Mon, Apr 8, 2002 · 19:00 CDT 📍 Xcel Energy Center, St. Paul 🏒 2001-02 🔁 Wild lead the season series 3–1 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🌲 MIN
Sergei Zholtok
1 G, 1 A
1 shots · 19:48 TOI · +2
2nd star 🌲 MIN
Richard Park
1 G, 1 A
1 shots · 15:17 TOI · +2
3rd star 🌲 MIN
Pascal Dupuis
1 G
3 shots · 13:51 TOI

🚨 Scoring

4 goals · in order
1st period
🌲 Pascal Dupuis PP Go-ahead 1st · 07:52
Assists: Nick Schultz, Tony Virta · beat Evgeni Nabokov
0–1
2nd period
🌲 Richard Park 2nd · 06:42
Assists: Sergei Zholtok · beat Evgeni Nabokov
0–2
3rd period
🦈 Patrick Marleau 3rd · 02:11
Assists: Scott Thornton, Scott Hannan · beat Manny Fernandez
1–2
🌲 Sergei Zholtok Empty net 3rd · 19:15
Assists: Antti Laaksonen, Richard Park
1–3

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🦈SJS MIN🌲
19 Shots on goal 23
0/2 Power play (goals / chances) 1/4
23 Hits 8
6 Blocked shots 14
1 Takeaways 9
10 Giveaways 18
8 Penalty minutes 4
SJS shooting 5.3% (1/19) MIN shooting 13.0% (3/23)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🦈Sharks
Evgeni Nabokov
20/22
.909 SV% · 2 GA · 59:43 TOI
🌲Wild
Manny Fernandez
18/19
.947 SV% · 1 GA · 60:00 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–1
Sharks
Sharks: no games found in this situation this year.
Wild
Wild: no games found in this situation this year.
After 2nd — 0–2
Sharks
Sharks: no games found in this situation this year.
Wild
Wild: no games found in this situation this year.

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🦈Sharks
L1 Ricci · Damphousse · Nolan 19:41
L2 Thornton · Sturm · Selanne 16:15
L3 Graves · Marleau · Harvey 12:12
L4 Korolyuk · Smith · Bradley 9:05
D1 Suter · Rathje 22:20
D2 Jillson · Hannan 19:24
D3 Ragnarsson · Stuart 17:44
🌲Wild
L1 Laaksonen · Zholtok · Gaborik 16:33
L2 Brunette · Walz · Park 15:17
L3 Domenichelli · Gavey · Virta 14:20
L4 Johnson · Dowd · Dupuis 13:00
D1 Kuba · Schultz 21:17
D2 Marshall · Mitchell 19:35
D3 Benysek · Cullen 16:00

⚔️ Last meetings

Wild lead the season series 3–1 Full head-to-head →
Nov 21, 2001
🌲MIN @ 🦈SJS
2–0 · Wild won
Oct 16, 2001
🦈SJS @ 🌲MIN
3–3 (OT) · Sharks won
Oct 6, 2001
🌲MIN @ 🦈SJS
0–0 (OT) · Wild won
Apr 2, 2001
🌲MIN @ 🦈SJS
2–4 · Sharks won
Feb 18, 2001
🦈SJS @ 🌲MIN
1–3 · Wild won

❓ SJS vs MIN, answered

Who won Sharks vs Wild on April 8, 2002?

Wild won 3–1.

What was the final score of Sharks vs Wild?

The final score was Sharks 1, Wild 3.

Who scored for Sharks?

Patrick Marleau.

Who scored for Wild?

Pascal Dupuis, Richard Park, Sergei Zholtok.

How did the Sharks goalie play?

Evgeni Nabokov made 20 saves on 22 shots (.909 save percentage).

How did the Wild goalie play?

Manny Fernandez made 18 saves on 19 shots (.947 save percentage).

Where is Sharks vs Wild played?

At Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul, the Wild home rink.

What is the Sharks vs Wild season series?

Wild lead the season series 3–1 after 4 games.

Have a different question? Ask the Oracle — it answers from this season's box scores.

🧭 Around this game

Each team's schedule either side of it
🦈Sharks
Previous game · Apr 6
🐙DET @ 🦈SJS
3–6 · SJS won
Next game · Apr 10
🦈SJS @ 🧥CBJ
5–3 · SJS won
🌲Wild
Previous game · Apr 5
🌲MIN @ 🐋VAN
4–5 · VAN won
Next game · Apr 10
🌲MIN @ ⭐DAL
4–4 · MIN won
Also on April 8, 2002
🌪️CAR @ 🏝️NYI
2–1 final
🐧PIT @ 🗽NYR
2–3 final
🐆FLA @ 🔔PHI
4–4 final
🧥CBJ @ 🍁TOR
1–4 final
⭐DAL @ 👑LAK
0–3 final
Sharks season page Wild season page Head-to-head record Full NHL schedule