🔥 Away Flames 21-20-5
1–2
Final / SO
🦈 Home Sharks 25-12-5
Goals 1st2nd3rdSOF
🔥 CGY 01001
🦈 SJS 00112

Flames at Sharks

Sharks beat Flames 2–1 in a shootout at SAP Center at San Jose on January 17, 2012.

🗓 📍 SAP Center at San Jose, San Jose 🏒 2011-12 🔁 Sharks lead the season series 1–0
⚔️ Head-to-head

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🦈 SJS
Torrey Mitchell
1 G
1 shots · 14:57 TOI
2nd star 🦈 SJS
Brent Burns
1 A
4 shots · 23:46 TOI
3rd star 🦈 SJS
Michal Handzus
1 A
2 shots · 15:18 TOI

🚨 Scoring

3 goals · in order
2nd period
🔥 Chris Butler Go-ahead 2nd · 12:07
Assists: Jarome Iginla, Mikael Backlund · beat Antti Niemi
1–0
3rd period
🦈 Torrey Mitchell Tying 3rd · 10:44
Assists: Michal Handzus, Brent Burns · beat Miikka Kiprusoff
1–1
Shootout
🦈 Michal Handzus Go-ahead SO · 00:00
Unassisted · beat Miikka Kiprusoff
1–2

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🔥Flames
L1 Cammalleri · Backlund · Iginla 23:01
L2 Comeau · Jokinen · Stempniak 19:47
L3 Jones · Kostopoulos · Jackman 15:41
L4 Glencross · Bouma 7:12
D1 Bouwmeester · Butler 26:53
D2 Giordano · Hannan 20:27
D3 Brodie · Sarich 15:38
D4 Babchuk 4:18
🦈Sharks
L1 Thornton · Pavelski · Wingels 24:33
L2 Marleau · Couture · Ferriero 18:26
L3 McGinn · Handzus · Mitchell 15:00
L4 Winchester · McLaren · Murray 5:45
D1 Boyle · Vlasic 27:10
D2 Burns · Murray 22:09
D3 Braun · Demers 15:41

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🔥CGY SJS🦈
28 Shots on goal 31
24 Hits 25
20 Blocked shots 26
8 Takeaways 6
5 Giveaways 16
6 Penalty minutes 2
CGY shooting 3.6% (1/28) SJS shooting 6.5% (2/31)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🔥Flames
Miikka Kiprusoff
30/31
.968 SV% · 1 GA · 65:00 TOI
🦈Sharks
Antti Niemi
27/28
.964 SV% · 1 GA · 65:00 TOI

🗺 Where the goals came from

2 of 3 goals located
Chris Butler · 2nd 12:07 · 1–0 Torrey Mitchell · 3rd 10:44 · 1–1
CGY SJS
The net is on the right for both teams. Hover a dot for the goal.

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–0
Flames
Flames — tied after 1st: 12-4-4 (60% win rate, 20 games)
Sharks
Sharks — tied after 1st: 12-3-2 (71% win rate, 17 games)
After 2nd — 1–0
Flames
Flames — leading by 1 goal after 2nd: 6-0-2 (75% win rate, 8 games)
Sharks
Sharks — trailing by 1 goal after 2nd: 0-6-1 (0% win rate, 7 games)

⚔️ Last meetings

All →
Sharks lead the season series 1–0
Mar 232011 🔥CGY @ 🦈SJS 3–6 Feb 252011 🦈SJS @ 🔥CGY 4–3 SO Nov 132010 🔥CGY @ 🦈SJS 3–4 Oct 242010 🦈SJS @ 🔥CGY 0–4 Apr 62010 🦈SJS @ 🔥CGY 2–1
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❓ CGY vs SJS, answered

Who won Flames vs Sharks on January 17, 2012?

Sharks won 2–1 in a shootout. The final score was Flames 1, Sharks 2.

Who scored for Flames?

Chris Butler.

Who scored for Sharks?

Torrey Mitchell.

How did the Flames goalie play?

Miikka Kiprusoff made 30 saves on 31 shots (.968 save percentage).

How did the Sharks goalie play?

Antti Niemi made 27 saves on 28 shots (.964 save percentage).

Where is Flames vs Sharks played?

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

What is the Flames vs Sharks season series?

Sharks lead the season series 1–0 after 1 game.

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🧭 Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
🔥 Flames
BeforeJan 14 👑LAK @ 🔥CGY 4–1 AfterJan 19 🔥CGY @ 👑LAK 2–1
🦈 Sharks
BeforeJan 15 🦈SJS @ 🪶CHI 3–4 AfterJan 19 🏛️OTT @ 🦈SJS 4–1
Also on January 17
🏛️OTT 3–2 🍁TOR ✈️WPG 1–5 😈NJD 🌲MIN 1–5 🔔PHI 🌪️CAR 1–2 🐧PIT 🏝️NYI 3–0 🦅WSH 🛢️EDM 2–4 🧥CBJ 🐯NSH 0–3 🗽NYR 🐻BOS 3–5 ⚡TBL
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