🎵 Away Blues 1-1 in series
4–3
Final
STL leads 4–1
🦈 Home Sharks 1-1 in series
Scoring 1st2nd3rdF
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Blues at Sharks — First Round Game 3

Blues, First Round Game 3, beat Sharks 4–3 at SAP Center at San Jose on April 16, 2012.

🗓 Mon, Apr 16, 2012 · 21:00 CDT 📍 SAP Center at San Jose, San Jose 🏒 2011-12 playoffs View the series → Head-to-head history →

🏒 First Round — Best of 7

SJS vs STL · STL leads 4–1 Full series →
Game 1
3–2
OT · SJS
Game 2
0–3
Final · STL
Game 3
4–3
Final · STL
Game 4
2–1
Final · STL
Game 5
1–3
Final · STL

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🎵 STL
Andy McDonald
1 G, 3 A
3 shots · 17:40 TOI
2nd star 🎵 STL
Carlo Colaiacovo
3 A
1 shots · 20:12 TOI
3rd star 🦈 SJS
Joe Thornton
3 A
3 shots · 19:28 TOI

🚨 Scoring

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

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🎵STL SJS🦈
27 Shots on goal 29
3/4 Power play (goals / chances) 1/4
26 Hits 38
20 Blocked shots 8
5 Takeaways 11
9 Giveaways 14
10 Penalty minutes 10
STL shooting 14.8% (4/27) SJS shooting 10.3% (3/29)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🎵Blues
Brian Elliott
26/29
.897 SV% · 3 GA · 60:00 TOI
🦈Sharks
Antti Niemi
23/27
.852 SV% · 4 GA · 58:59 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–0
Blues
Blues — tied after 1st: 50-22-12 (60% win rate, 84 games)
Sharks
Sharks — tied after 1st: 44-30-10 (52% win rate, 84 games)
After 2nd — 0–0
Blues
Blues — tied after 2nd: 50-22-12 (60% win rate, 84 games)
Sharks
Sharks — tied after 2nd: 44-30-10 (52% win rate, 84 games)

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🎵Blues
L1 Steen · Berglund · Backes 19:06
L2 Perron · McDonald · Oshie 17:34
L3 Sobotka · Nichol · Langenbrunner 11:09
L4 Arnott · Crombeen · Stewart 10:07
D1 Pietrangelo · Colaiacovo 21:54
D2 Polak · Jackman 19:12
D3 Russell · Shattenkirk 17:40
🦈Sharks
L1 Pavelski · Thornton · Marleau 19:28
L2 Clowe · Couture · Havlat 18:13
L3 Desjardins · Wingels · Moore 11:40
L4 Winnik · Galiardi · Mitchell 9:49
D1 Boyle · Burns 24:57
D2 Vlasic · Braun 18:48
D3 Murray · White 14:07

⚔️ Last meetings

Full head-to-head →
Apr 14, 2012
🦈SJS @ 🎵STL
0–3 · Blues won
Apr 12, 2012
🦈SJS @ 🎵STL
3–2 (OT) · Sharks won
Mar 3, 2012
🎵STL @ 🦈SJS
3–1 · Blues won
Feb 12, 2012
🦈SJS @ 🎵STL
0–3 · Blues won
Dec 10, 2011
🦈SJS @ 🎵STL
0–1 · Blues won

❓ STL vs SJS, answered

Who won Blues vs Sharks on April 16, 2012?

Blues won 4–3.

What was the final score of Blues vs Sharks?

The final score was Blues 4, Sharks 3.

How did the Blues goalie play?

Brian Elliott made 26 saves on 29 shots (.897 save percentage).

How did the Sharks goalie play?

Antti Niemi made 23 saves on 27 shots (.852 save percentage).

Where is Blues 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
🎵Blues
Previous game · Apr 14
🦈SJS @ 🎵STL
0–3 · STL won
Next game · Apr 19
🎵STL @ 🦈SJS
2–1 · STL won
🦈Sharks
Previous game · Apr 14
🦈SJS @ 🎵STL
0–3 · STL won
Next game · Apr 19
🎵STL @ 🦈SJS
2–1 · STL won
Also on April 16, 2012
🗽NYR @ 🏛️OTT
1–0 final
🐻BOS @ 🦅WSH
4–3 final
Blues season page Sharks season page Head-to-head record Full NHL schedule