🦆 Away Ducks 17-10-7 before this game
1–4
Final
🦈 Home Sharks 15-15-4 before this game
Scoring 1st2nd3rdF
ANA 0101
SJS 0314

Ducks at Sharks

Sharks beat Ducks 4–1 at SAP Center at San Jose on December 26, 2002.

🗓 Thu, Dec 26, 2002 · 21:30 CST 📍 SAP Center at San Jose, San Jose 🏒 2002-03 🔁 Sharks lead the season series 2–0 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🦈 SJS
Owen Nolan
2 G
4 shots · 16:07 TOI · +1
2nd star 🦈 SJS
Patrick Marleau
2 A
3 shots · 18:05 TOI · +2
3rd star 🦈 SJS
Dan Mcgillis
2 A
2 shots · 24:27 TOI · +3

🚨 Scoring

5 goals · in order
2nd period
🦈 Owen Nolan Go-ahead 2nd · 02:16
Assists: Patrick Marleau, Dan Mcgillis · beat Jean-Sebastien Giguere
0–1
🦈 Owen Nolan 2nd · 10:58
Assists: Vincent Damphousse, Adam Graves · beat Jean-Sebastien Giguere
0–2
🦆 Matt Cullen 2nd · 18:11
Assists: Dan Bylsma, Jason Krog · beat Evgeni Nabokov
1–2
🦈 Marco Sturm 2nd · 18:35
Unassisted · beat Jean-Sebastien Giguere
1–3
3rd period
🦈 Teemu Selanne 3rd · 17:20
Assists: Patrick Marleau, Dan Mcgillis · beat Jean-Sebastien Giguere
1–4

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🦆ANA SJS🦈
21 Shots on goal 28
1 Hits 6
4 Penalty minutes 6
ANA shooting 4.8% (1/21) SJS shooting 14.3% (4/28)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🦆Ducks
Jean-Sebastien Giguere
24/28
.857 SV% · 4 GA · 60:00 TOI
🦈Sharks
Evgeni Nabokov
20/21
.952 SV% · 1 GA · 60:00 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–0
Ducks
Ducks — tied after 1st: 17-10-7 (50% win rate, 34 games)
Sharks
Sharks — tied after 1st: 15-15-4 (44% win rate, 34 games)
After 2nd — 1–3
Ducks
Ducks: no games found in this situation this year.
Sharks
Sharks: no games found in this situation this year.

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🦆Ducks
L1 Kariya · Rucchin · McDonald 19:39
L2 Kjellberg · Oates · Cullen 16:26
L3 Leclerc · Krog · Sykora 14:28
L4 Bylsma · Brown · Chistov 8:41
D1 Salei · Havelid 22:04
D2 Carney · Sauer 20:14
D3 Olausson · Vishnevski 15:03
🦈Sharks
L1 Marleau · Ricci · Selanne 18:05
L2 Sturm · Thornton · Nolan 15:54
L3 Graves · Damphousse · Sundstrom 13:38
L4 Smith · Cheechoo · Harvey 10:46
D1 Mcgillis · Rathje 23:42
D2 Hannan · Stuart 21:34
D3 Marchment · Heins 14:44

⚔️ Last meetings

Sharks lead the season series 2–0 Full head-to-head →
Nov 3, 2002
🦈SJS @ 🦆ANA
4–3 · Sharks won
Apr 2, 2002
🦆ANA @ 🦈SJS
1–3 · Sharks won
Dec 26, 2001
🦆ANA @ 🦈SJS
2–1 · Ducks won
Nov 30, 2001
🦈SJS @ 🦆ANA
5–2 · Sharks won
Nov 14, 2001
🦈SJS @ 🦆ANA
4–2 · Sharks won

❓ ANA vs SJS, answered

Who won Ducks vs Sharks on December 26, 2002?

Sharks won 4–1.

What was the final score of Ducks vs Sharks?

The final score was Ducks 1, Sharks 4.

Who scored for Ducks?

Matt Cullen.

Who scored for Sharks?

Owen Nolan (2), Marco Sturm, Teemu Selanne.

How did the Ducks goalie play?

Jean-Sebastien Giguere made 24 saves on 28 shots (.857 save percentage).

How did the Sharks goalie play?

Evgeni Nabokov made 20 saves on 21 shots (.952 save percentage).

Where is Ducks vs Sharks played?

At SAP Center at San Jose in San Jose, the Sharks home rink.

What is the Ducks vs Sharks season series?

Sharks lead the season series 2–0 after 2 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
🦆Ducks
Previous game · Dec 22
🌵PHX @ 🦆ANA
0–4 · ANA won
Next game · Dec 28
🦆ANA @ 🐋VAN
3–7 · VAN won
🦈Sharks
Previous game · Dec 23
🦈SJS @ 🐻BOS
2–5 · BOS won
Next game · Dec 28
🪶CHI @ 🦈SJS
3–3 · CHI won
Also on December 26, 2002
🏛️OTT @ ⚔️BUF
3–2 final
🐧PIT @ 🗽NYR
6–1 final
🧥CBJ @ 🐙DET
2–4 final
🏔️COL @ 🎵STL
2–3 final
⭐DAL @ 🐯NSH
1–3 final
🌲MIN @ 🪶CHI
2–2 final
🐋VAN @ 🛢️EDM
4–2 final
🌵PHX @ 👑LAK
3–4 final
Ducks season page Sharks season page Head-to-head record Full NHL schedule