🦈 Away Sharks 34-24-10
5–1
Final
🌲 Home Wild 32-31-7
Goals 1st2nd3rdF
🦈 SJS 1135
🌲 MIN 0101

Sharks at Wild

Sharks beat Wild 5–1 at Xcel Energy Center on March 25, 2006.

🗓 📍 Xcel Energy Center, St. Paul 🏒 2005-06 🔁 Wild lead the season series 3–1
⚔️ Head-to-head

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🦈 SJS
Jonathan Cheechoo
2 G, 1 A
6 shots · 20:31 TOI
2nd star 🦈 SJS
Joe Thornton
3 A
1 shots · 20:23 TOI
3rd star 🦈 SJS
Patrick Marleau
1 G, 1 A
2 shots · 19:12 TOI

🚨 Scoring

6 goals · in order
1st period
🦈 Jonathan Cheechoo Go-ahead 1st · 03:37
Assists: Nisse Ekman, Joe Thornton · beat Manny Fernandez
1–0
2nd period
🌲 Brian Rolston Tying 2nd · 08:32
Assists: Randy Robitaille, Nick Schultz · beat Vesa Toskala
1–1
🦈 Milan Michalek PP Go-ahead 2nd · 13:18
Assists: Patrick Marleau, Tom Preissing · beat Manny Fernandez
2–1
3rd period
🦈 Patrick Marleau PP 3rd · 05:43
Assists: Joe Thornton, Jonathan Cheechoo · beat Manny Fernandez
3–1
🦈 Jonathan Cheechoo 3rd · 11:41
Assists: Joe Thornton, Nisse Ekman · beat Manny Fernandez
4–1
🦈 Matt Carle 3rd · 19:43
Assists: Patrick Rissmiller · beat Manny Fernandez
5–1

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🦈Sharks
L1 Thornton · Marleau · Cheechoo 20:23
L2 Nieminen · Michalek · McCauley 16:58
L3 Thornton · Bernier · Ekman 11:46
L4 Rissmiller · Smith · Goc 7:34
D1 Hannan · Preissing 24:40
D2 McLaren · Ehrhoff 21:42
D3 Davison · Carle 13:36
🌲Wild
L1 Walz · Chouinard · Rolston 17:50
L2 Bouchard · Dupuis · Gaborik 15:19
L3 Veilleux · Koivu · Robitaille 12:22
L4 Westrum · Weinhandl 10:10
D1 Kuba · Zyuzin 19:56
D2 Foster · Tjarnqvist 18:06
D3 Skoula · Schultz 17:06
D4 Henry 6:32

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🦈SJS MIN🌲
23 Shots on goal 25
2/7 Power play (goals / chances) 0/6
4 Hits 11
8 Blocked shots 9
5 Takeaways 6
3 Giveaways 9
12 Penalty minutes 14
SJS shooting 21.7% (5/23) MIN shooting 4.0% (1/25)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🦈Sharks
Vesa Toskala
24/25
.960 SV% · 1 GA · 59:57 TOI
🌲Wild
Manny Fernandez
18/23
.783 SV% · 5 GA · 59:55 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 1–0
Sharks
Sharks — leading by 1 goal after 1st: 9-2 (82% win rate, 11 games)
Wild
Wild — trailing by 1 goal after 1st: 5-10-1 (31% win rate, 16 games)
After 2nd — 2–1
Sharks
Sharks — leading by 1 goal after 2nd: 12-2-1 (80% win rate, 15 games)
Wild
Wild — trailing by 1 goal after 2nd: 2-11-3 (12% win rate, 16 games)

⚔️ Last meetings

All →
Wild lead the season series 3–1
Feb 22006 🌲MIN @ 🦈SJS 3–2 SO Nov 52005 🌲MIN @ 🦈SJS 3–1 Oct 192005 🦈SJS @ 🌲MIN 1–6 Mar 92004 🌲MIN @ 🦈SJS 4–3 Jan 242004 🌲MIN @ 🦈SJS 0–4
🔮 Ask Puckey

Got a question about Sharks vs Wild?

Records, streaks, splits and player numbers, answered in seconds from real game results.

Try one

❓ SJS vs MIN, answered

Who won Sharks vs Wild on March 25, 2006?

Sharks won 5–1. The final score was Sharks 5, Wild 1.

Who scored for Sharks?

Jonathan Cheechoo (2), Matt Carle, Milan Michalek, Patrick Marleau.

Who scored for Wild?

Brian Rolston.

How did the Sharks goalie play?

Vesa Toskala made 24 saves on 25 shots (.960 save percentage).

How did the Wild goalie play?

Manny Fernandez made 18 saves on 23 shots (.783 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 real box scores.

🧭 Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
🦈 Sharks
BeforeMar 23 🦈SJS @ 🐙DET 0–4 AfterMar 26 🦈SJS @ 🪶CHI 5–4
🌲 Wild
BeforeMar 22 🌲MIN @ ⭐DAL 2–4 AfterMar 28 🌲MIN @ 🛢️EDM 3–2
Also on March 25
🍁TOR 2–6 🇨🇦MTL ⚔️BUF 4–5 🐻BOS 🏛️OTT 3–6 🔔PHI 🦅WSH 3–1 🌪️CAR 🐦ATL 1–5 🏝️NYI 🗽NYR 3–4 ⚡TBL 🧥CBJ 5–4 🐙DET 🏔️COL 3–2 🎵STL
Sharks season page Wild season page Full NHL schedule