🌲 Away Wild 21-10-2
2–4
Final
🦈 Home Sharks 14-16-4
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Wild at Sharks

Sharks beat Wild 4–2 at SAP Center at San Jose on March 31, 2021.

🗓 📍 SAP Center at San Jose, San Jose 🏒 2020-21 🔁 Sharks lead the season series 3–2
⚔️ Head-to-head

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🦈 SJS
Tomas Hertl
2 A
2 shots · 17:57 TOI
2nd star 🦈 SJS
Brent Burns
2 A
1 shots · 26:50 TOI
3rd star 🦈 SJS
Evander Kane
1 G
6 shots · 20:46 TOI

🚨 Scoring

6 goals · in order
2nd period
🦈 Rudolfs Balcers Go-ahead 2nd · 04:41
Assists: Tomas Hertl, Brent Burns · beat Kaapo Kahkonen
0–1
🦈 Ryan Donato PP 2nd · 09:22
Assists: Brent Burns, Mario Ferraro · beat Kaapo Kahkonen
0–2
3rd period
🌲 Kirill Kaprizov 3rd · 08:23
Assists: Carson Soucy, Ryan Hartman · beat Martin Jones
1–2
🦈 Nikolai Knyzhov 3rd · 10:58
Assists: Erik Karlsson, Tomas Hertl · beat Kaapo Kahkonen
1–3
🌲 Mats Zuccarello 3rd · 19:47
Assists: Kevin Fiala, Jared Spurgeon · beat Martin Jones
2–3
🦈 Evander Kane Empty net 3rd · 19:59
Assists: Logan Couture
2–4

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🌲Wild
L1 Kaprizov · Fiala · Hartman 19:54
L2 Johansson · Rask · Zuccarello 18:07
L3 Greenway · Bonino · Eriksson Ek 13:12
L4 Sturm · Bjugstad · Johnson 7:59
D1 Dumba · Spurgeon 23:08
D2 Brodin · Suter 21:50
D3 Cole · Soucy 13:32
🦈Sharks
L1 Kane · Couture · Labanc 20:46
L2 Balcers · Hertl · Meier 17:17
L3 Donato · Marleau · Gambrell 12:18
L4 Sorensen · Leonard · Viel 10:06
D1 Burns · Ferraro 25:36
D2 Karlsson · Knyzhov 18:30
D3 Vlasic · Simek 14:06

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🌲MIN SJS🦈
28 Shots on goal 33
0/2 Power play (goals / chances) 1/3
28 Hits 34
18 Blocked shots 16
5 Takeaways 13
8 Giveaways 9
8 Penalty minutes 6
MIN shooting 7.1% (2/28) SJS shooting 12.1% (4/33)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🌲Wild
Kaapo Kahkonen
29/32
.906 SV% · 3 GA · 57:50 TOI
🦈Sharks
Martin Jones
26/28
.929 SV% · 2 GA · 60:00 TOI

🗺 Where the goals came from

6 of 6 goals located
Rudolfs Balcers · 2nd 04:41 · 0–1 Ryan Donato · 2nd 09:22 · 0–2 Kirill Kaprizov · 3rd 08:23 · 1–2 Nikolai Knyzhov · 3rd 10:58 · 1–3 Mats Zuccarello · 3rd 19:47 · 2–3 Evander Kane · 3rd 19:59 · 2–4
MIN SJS
The net is on the right for both teams. Hover a dot for the goal.

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–0
Wild
Wild — tied after 1st: 8-3-1 (67% win rate, 12 games)
Sharks
Sharks — tied after 1st: 4-5-1 (40% win rate, 10 games)
After 2nd — 0–2
Wild
Wild — trailing by 2 goals after 2nd: 2-3 (40% win rate, 5 games)
Sharks
Sharks — leading by 2 goals after 2nd: 2-1 (67% win rate, 3 games)

⚔️ Last meetings

All →
Sharks lead the season series 3–2
Mar 292021 🌲MIN @ 🦈SJS 3–4 SO Feb 222021 🌲MIN @ 🦈SJS 6–2 Jan 242021 🦈SJS @ 🌲MIN 5–3 Jan 222021 🦈SJS @ 🌲MIN 1–4 Mar 52020 🌲MIN @ 🦈SJS 3–2
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Who won Wild vs Sharks on March 31, 2021?

Sharks won 4–2. The final score was Wild 2, Sharks 4.

Who scored for Wild?

Kirill Kaprizov, Mats Zuccarello.

Who scored for Sharks?

Evander Kane, Nikolai Knyzhov, Rudolfs Balcers, Ryan Donato.

How did the Wild goalie play?

Kaapo Kahkonen made 29 saves on 32 shots (.906 save percentage).

How did the Sharks goalie play?

Martin Jones made 26 saves on 28 shots (.929 save percentage).

Where is Wild vs Sharks played?

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

What is the Wild vs Sharks season series?

Sharks lead the season series 3–2 after 5 games.

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🧭 Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
🌲 Wild
BeforeMar 29 🌲MIN @ 🦈SJS 3–4 AfterApr 1 🌲MIN @ 🎰VGK 3–2
🦈 Sharks
BeforeMar 29 🌲MIN @ 🦈SJS 3–4 AfterApr 2 🦈SJS @ 👑LAK 3–0
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