TEAM GUIDE

SAN JOSE SHARKS
ST. LOUIS BLUES
TEAM INFORMATION
Home Ice (Cap., Built).................SAP Center at San Jose (17,562, 1993)
Mailing Address................................................525 West Santa Clara St.
San Jose, CA 95113
Telephone.......................................................................... 408.287.7070
Fax .................................................................................... 408.999.5797
Website...............................................................................sjsharks.com
Twitter.......................................................................... @SanJoseSharks
Founded.....................................................................................1991-92
Stanley Cup Titles.............................................................................None
Colors....................................Deep Pacific Teal, Burnt Orange and Black
DIRECTORY
General Manager ................................................................ Doug Wilson
Head Coach......................................................................... Peter DeBoer
Assistant Coach................................................................ Bob Boughner
Assistant Coach.....................................................................Steve Spott
Assistant Coach/Goaltending Coach............................... Johan Hedberg
TEAM INFORMATION
Home Ice (Cap., Built)...........................Scottrade Center (19,150, 1994)
Mailing Address..........................................................1401 Clark Avenue
St. Louis, MO 63103
Telephone.......................................................................... 314.622.2500
Fax .................................................................................... 314.622.2582
Website.........................................................................stlouisblues.com
Twitter............................................................................. @StLouisBlues
Founded.....................................................................................1967-68
Stanley Cup Titles.............................................................................None
Colors............................................................ White, Navy, Blue and Gold
DIRECTORY
Chairman/Governor............................................................Tom Stillman
President of Hockey Ops/GM/Alt. Governor................... Doug Armstrong
President & CEO of Business Ops/ Alt. Gov................. Chris Zimmerman
Head Coach....................................................................... Ken Hitchcock
Associate Coach........................................................................Mike Yeo
Assistant Coach................................................................... Ray Bennett
Assistant Coach.................................................................... Rick Wilson
Goaltending Coach.................................................................... Jim Corsi
WILD vs. SAN JOSE SHARKS
2015-16 Wild Record: 1-2-0 (0-1-0 at Xcel Energy Center, 1-1-0 at San Jose)
All-Time Wild Record: 22-27-7 (13-10-4 at Xcel Energy Center, 9-17-3 at San Jose)
Scoring By Period Shots By Period Power Penalties/ Game-Winning Goaltender
Date Opp. 1 2 3 OT F 1 2 3 OT T Plays Minutes Goal (Saves-Shots) Attn.
MIN 0 0 2 – 2 8 8 14 – 30 0-1 2-4 Parise (2) Kuemper (25-25)
12/12 SJ 0 0 0 – 0 6 9 10 – 25 0-2 1-2 Jones (28-29) 16,766
MIN 2 0 1 – 3 10 8 10 – 28 1-3 3-6 Kuemper (29-33)
1/23 SJ 1 2 1 – 4 9 14 10 – 33 1-3 3-6 Pavelski (8) Jones (25-28) 16,956
SJ 1 1 1 – 3 5 9 6 – 20 1-3 4-11 Couture (4) Reimer (29-29)
4/5 MIN 0 0 0 – 0 5 12 12 – 29 0-3 4-11 Dubnyk (17-20) *19,061
Scoring By Period Shots By Period Power Penalties/ Goaltenders
TOTALS 1 2 3 OT F 1 2 3 OT T Plays (%) Minutes (Record, Saves-Shots)
SJ 2 3 2 – 7 20 32 26 – 78 2-8 (25.0) 8-19 Jones (1-1-0, 53-57); Reimer (1-0-0, 29-29)
MIN 2 0 3 – 5 23 28 36 – 87 1-7 (14.3) 9-21 Kuemper (1-1-0, 54-58); Dubnyk (0-1-0, 17-20)
SERIES NOTES
2015-16: The Wild went 1-2-0 in three season meetings against San Jose…Minnesota earned a 2-0 shutout victory in its first contest at SAP Center (12/12),
fell 4-3 in the second meeting in San Jose (1/23) and lost 3-0 in the third contest at Xcel Energy Center (4/5)…LW Zach Parise (1-1=2), D Marco Scandella
(0-2=2) and D Jared Spurgeon (0-2=2) each led the Wild with two points…C Charlie Coyle and C Mikko Koivu netted a goal apiece…G Darcy Kuemper
went 1-1-0 with a 2.02 GAA, a .931 SV% and one shutout in two starts…G Devan Dubnyk stopped 17-of-20 shots to earn the loss in the third meeting…C
Joe Pavelski (1-2=3), C Logan Couture (1-2=3), RW Joonas Donskoi (1-2=3) and C Joe Thornton (0-3=3) each led San Jose with three points…D Brenden
Dillon (0-2=2), LW Patrick Marleau (2-0=2) and RW Joel Ward (1-1=2) totaled two points apiece…G Martin Jones went 1-1-0 with a 2.02 GAA and a .930
SV% in two starts…G James Reimer earned the win in the final contest, stopping all 29 shots faced.
WILD LEADERS: Koivu leads the Wild with 18 points (8-10=18) in 35 games vs. the Sharks…D Ryan Suter owns 17 points (2-15=17) in 39 contests…Parise
has 13 points (6-7=13) in 17 games…RW Chris Stewart owns 12 points (3-9=12) in 25 matches…C Eric Staal has 10 points (5-5=10) in 14 games.
WILD GOALIES: Dubnyk is 5-8-2 with a 3.07 GAA and a .908 SV% in 15 starts against San Jose…Kuemper is 2-2-2 with a 2.66 GAA, a .903 SV% and one
shutout in seven games (six starts).
SHARKS LEADERS: Thornton owns 39 points (11-28=39) in 41 contests vs. the Wild…Marleau has 37 points (20-17=37) in 56 games…Pavelski has 28
points (14-14=28) in 32 matches…Couture owns 14 points (7-7=14) in 20 games.
SHARKS GOALIES: Jones is 2-1-0 with a 1.38 GAA, a .947 SV% and one shutout in four games (three starts) against Minnesota…G Aaron Dell has not
faced the Wild.
CONNECTIONS: Coyle was selected by San Jose in the first round (28th overall) of the 2010 NHL Entry Draft…D Brent Burns was drafted by Minnesota in the
first round (20th overall) of the 2003 NHL Entry Draft and tallied 183 points (55-128=183) and 325 PIM in 453 games (2003-11) with the Wild…D Justin
Braun is a Minneapolis native…D Paul Martin is from Minneapolis and played at the University of Minnesota (2000-03)…Ward made his NHL debut with
Minnesota appearing in 11 games (2006-07).
FAST FACTS: Minnesota is 7-6-2 in the last 15 games against San Jose…The Wild is 7-1-1 in its last nine contests against San Jose at Xcel Energy Center…
Minnesota is 2-10-1 at SAP Center in the last 13 games after going 7-7-2 in the first 16 contests in San Jose.
2016-2017 MATCHUPS
WILD vs. ST. LOUIS BLUES
2015-16 Wild Record: 2-2-1 (1-1-0 at Xcel Energy Center, 1-1-1 at St. Louis)
All-Time Wild Record: 27-21-13 (17-8-6 at Xcel Energy Center, 10-13-7 at St. Louis)
Scoring By Period Shots By Period Power Penalties/ Game-Winning Goaltender
Date Opp. 1 2 3 OT F 1 2 3 OT T Plays Minutes Goal (Saves-Shots) Attn.
STL 0 1 1 – 2 7 12 13 – 32 1-3 5-10 Allen (16-19)
10/10 MIN 1 2 0 – 3 10 8 1 – 19 1-3 4-10 Coyle (1) Dubnyk (30-32) *19,096
MIN 2 0 0 0 2 7 9 10 5 31 0-5 5-13 Dubnyk (23-26)
10/31 STL 2 0 0 1 3 7 8 8 3 26 0-1 8-19 Backes (1) Allen (29-31) 17,728
MIN 0 1 2 – 3 10 10 9 – 29 0-1 4-8 Haula (1) Dubnyk (33-34)
12/31 STL 0 1 0 – 1 10 13 11 – 34 1-3 2-4 Allen (26-28) *19,194
MIN 0 1 0 – 1 7 24 8 – 39 1-7 7-14 Dubnyk (20-24)
2/6 STL 0 3 1 – 4 9 8 7 – 24 3-6 8-16 Lehtera (3) Elliott (38-39) *19,318
STL 2 1 1 – 4 11 15 9 – 35 0-1 4-8 Berglund (4) Allen (30-32)
3/6 MIN 0 0 2 – 2 8 12 12 – 32 0-4 1-2 DUBNYK (13-16); Kuemper (18-18) *19,040
Scoring By Period Shots By Period Power Penalties/ Goaltenders
TOTALS 1 2 3 OT F 1 2 3 OT T Plays (%) Minutes (Record, Saves-Shots)
STL 4 6 3 1 14 44 56 48 3 151 5-14 (35.7) 27-57 Allen (2-2-0, 101-110); Elliott (1-0-0, 38-39)
MIN 3 4 4 0 11 42 63 40 5 150 2-20 (10.0) 21-47 Dubnyk (2-2-1, 119-132)
Kuemper (0-0-0, 18-18)
SERIES NOTES
2015-16: Minnesota went 2-2-1 against St. Louis last season…The Wild won the first contest 3-2 in its Home Opener (10/10) before playing the next three games at
Scottrade Center earning a 3-2 overtime loss (10/31), a 3-1 victory (12/21) and a 4-1 loss (2/6)…Minnesota fell 4-2 in the final meeting of the season in Saint Paul
(3/6)…C Charlie Coyle led the Wild with five points (2-3=5)…D Ryan Suter notched four points (1-3=4)…LW Thomas Vanek (1-2=3), C Erik Haula (2-1=3) and LW
Zach Parise (1-2=3) each owned three points…RW Nino Niederreiter (1-1=2) and D Matt Dumba (2-0=2) had two points apiece…G Devan Dubnyk went 2-2-1 with
a 2.85 GAA and a .902 SV% in five starts…D Darcy Kuemper stopped all 18 shots faced in 27:55 of relief in the fifth contest…LW Alexander Steen (2-3=5) led the
Blues with five points…C Paul Stastny had four points (1-2=4)…RW Vladimir Tarasenko (2-1=3), C David Backes (2-1=3), C Robby Fabbri (1-2=3), C Jori Lehtera
(2-1=3) and D Kevin Shattenkirk (1-2=3) tallied three points each…G Jake Allen went 2-2-0 with a 2.24 GAA and a .918 SV% in four starts…G Brian Elliott went
1-0-0 with a 1.00 GAA and a .974 SV% in one start.
WILD LEADERS: C Mikko Koivu leads the Wild with 28 points (7-21=28) in 41 games against St. Louis…Suter has 28 points (3-25=27) in 58 matches…RW Chris
Stewart has 16 points (9-7=16) in 16 games…Parise owns 14 points (10-4=14) in 20 contests…Coyle has 11 points (2-9=11) in 16 games…RW Jason Pominville
owns 10 points (4-6=10) in 21 matches.
WILD GOALIES: Dubnyk is 4-10-1 with a 3.68 GAA and a .877 SV% in 15 career starts vs. the Blues…Kuemper is 0-1-0 with a 3.38 GAA and a .882 SV% in three games
(one start).
BLUES LEADERS: Stastny leads the Blues with 35 points (12-23=35) in 54 contests against Minnesota…Steen has 20 points (5-15=20) in 27 contests…C Patrik Berglund
has 15 points (8-7=15) in 29 matchups…LW David Perron owns 14 points (8-6=14) in 20 games…RW Scottie Upshall has 14 points (8-6=14) in 24 contests.
BLUES GOALIES: Allen is 3-2-0 with a 2.28 GAA and a .919 SV% in six games (five starts) vs. the Wild…G Carter Hutton is 2-0-1 with a 1.98 GAA and a .936 SV% in
three career starts.
CONNECTIONS: Wild Assistant Coach Scott Stevens played one season with St. Louis, collecting 49 points (5-44=49) and 150 PIM in 78 games (1990-91)…Stewart
skated in 211 games with the Blues in parts of four seasons, recording 115 points (63-52=115) and 276 PIM (2010-14)…Blues Associate Coach Mike Yeo served as
the Wild’s Head Coach for parts of five seasons (2011-16), posting a 173-132-44 record and led Minnesota to the Stanley Cup Playoffs three consecutive seasons…
Blues Assistant Coach Rick Wilson served as an assistant coach for the Wild for six seasons (2010-16)…C Kyle Brodziak played six seasons with Minnesota (2009-15),
totaling 169 points (72-97=169) in 446 games.
FAST FACTS: The Wild has earned points in eight of its last 12 contests against the Blues (5-4-3)…Minnesota is 4-5-3 in the last 12 games in St. Louis, including five
extra session contests while posting points in five of its last six games against the Blues in Saint Paul (3-1-2)…The Wild topped the Blues in the first round of the 2015
Stanley Cup Playoffs, clinching the series victory with a Game 6 win in Saint Paul – marking the first time in franchise history Minnesota won a playoff series on home ice.
2016-2017 MATCHUPS
Thur. 1/5 SAP Center at San Jose 9:30 P.M.
Sun. 3/5 Xcel Energy Center 5:00 P.M.
Tue. 3/21 Xcel Energy Center 7:30 P.M.
Thur. 10/13 Scottrade Center 7:00 P.M.
Sat. 11/26 Scottrade Center 7:00 P.M.
Sun. 12/11 Xcel Energy Center 5:00 P.M.
Thur. 1/26 Xcel Energy Center 7:00 P.M.
Tue. 3/7 Xcel Energy Center 7:00 P.M.
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