🪶 Away Blackhawks 0-0 in series
2–1
Final
CHI leads 4–0
🦈 Home Sharks 0-0 in series
Scoring 1st2nd3rdF
CHI 0002
SJS 0001

Blackhawks at Sharks — Conference Finals Game 1

Blackhawks, Conference Finals Game 1, beat Sharks 2–1 at SAP Center at San Jose on May 16, 2010.

🗓 Sun, May 16, 2010 · 14:00 CDT 📍 SAP Center at San Jose, San Jose 🏒 2009-10 playoffs View the series → Head-to-head history →

🏒 Conference Finals — Best of 7

CHI vs SJS · CHI leads 4–0 Full series →
Game 1
2–1
Final · CHI
Game 2
4–2
Final · CHI
Game 3
2–3
OT · CHI
Game 4
2–4
Final · CHI

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🪶 CHI
Patrick Sharp
1 G
5 shots · 16:02 TOI
2nd star 🪶 CHI
Dustin Byfuglien
1 G
3 shots · 15:36 TOI
3rd star 🪶 CHI
Patrick Kane
1 A
5 shots · 16:30 TOI
4rd star 🪶 CHI
Antti Niemi
44 saves
0.978 SV% · 1 GA

🚨 Scoring

Goal-by-goal detail has not synced for this game yet.

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🪶CHI SJS🦈
40 Shots on goal 45
0/0 Power play (goals / chances) 1/5
32 Hits 30
19 Blocked shots 23
11 Takeaways 12
9 Giveaways 20
10 Penalty minutes 0
CHI shooting 5.0% (2/40) SJS shooting 2.2% (1/45)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🪶Blackhawks
Antti Niemi
44/45
.978 SV% · 1 GA · 60:00 TOI
🦈Sharks
Evgeni Nabokov
38/40
.950 SV% · 2 GA · 58:48 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–0
Blackhawks
Blackhawks — tied after 1st: 60-26-8 (64% win rate, 94 games)
Sharks
Sharks — tied after 1st: 59-22-12 (63% win rate, 93 games)
After 2nd — 0–0
Blackhawks
Blackhawks — tied after 2nd: 60-26-8 (64% win rate, 94 games)
Sharks
Sharks — tied after 2nd: 59-22-12 (63% win rate, 93 games)

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🪶Blackhawks
L1 Toews · Bolland · Hossa 18:50
L2 Sharp · Kane · Versteeg 16:02
L3 Ladd · Madden · Brouwer 13:22
L4 Eager · Burish 6:04
D1 Keith · Seabrook 25:36
D2 Hjalmarsson · Sopel 21:44
D3 Campbell · Byfuglien 16:42
D4 Hendry 7:39
🦈Sharks
L1 Heatley · Clowe · Marleau 22:37
L2 Pavelski · Thornton · Setoguchi 22:20
L3 Malhotra · Mitchell · Couture 10:01
L4 McGinn · Nichol 8:08
D1 Boyle · Blake 23:27
D2 Murray · Vlasic 18:16
D3 Huskins · Wallin 12:00
D4 Demers 8:32

⚔️ Last meetings

Full head-to-head →
Jan 28, 2010
🪶CHI @ 🦈SJS
4–3 (OT) · Blackhawks won
Dec 22, 2009
🦈SJS @ 🪶CHI
3–2 · Sharks won
Nov 25, 2009
🪶CHI @ 🦈SJS
7–2 · Blackhawks won
Nov 15, 2009
🦈SJS @ 🪶CHI
3–4 (OT) · Blackhawks won
Mar 25, 2009
🦈SJS @ 🪶CHI
5–6 (SO) · Blackhawks won

❓ CHI vs SJS, answered

Who won Blackhawks vs Sharks on May 16, 2010?

Blackhawks won 2–1.

What was the final score of Blackhawks vs Sharks?

The final score was Blackhawks 2, Sharks 1.

How did the Blackhawks goalie play?

Antti Niemi made 44 saves on 45 shots (.978 save percentage).

How did the Sharks goalie play?

Evgeni Nabokov made 38 saves on 40 shots (.950 save percentage).

Where is Blackhawks vs Sharks played?

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

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
🪶Blackhawks
Previous game · May 11
🪶CHI @ 🐋VAN
5–1 · CHI won
Next game · May 18
🪶CHI @ 🦈SJS
4–2 · CHI won
🦈Sharks
Previous game · May 8
🐙DET @ 🦈SJS
1–2 · SJS won
Next game · May 18
🪶CHI @ 🦈SJS
4–2 · CHI won
Also on May 16, 2010
🇨🇦MTL @ 🔔PHI
0–6 final
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