Sharks Snap Wild’s Winning Streak
Two second period power play goals from Patrick Marleau were all the San Jose Sharks needed to hand the visiting Minnesota Wild their first loss in six games. After Marleau scored the games first two games, the Sharks took a 3-0 lead into the second intermission and held on for a 3-1 win in a hard-fought game between teams that swapped some players this offseason.
Dany Heatley and Devin Setoguchi combined for one shot in their first game back in San Jose since being dealt to the Wild before the season for Brent Burns and Martin Havlat. Playing well for their new teammates in their first game against their old team was a motivator for the Sharks. We did a little chirping out there, but it was all in fun, said San Joses Torrey Mitchell, who scored his first goal of the season in the win. We wanted to play for [Burns and Havlat], for sure. I dont know the feeling, but for those guys, whenever you play against your old team, you kind of want to shove it back in their face a little bit.
The Sharks are now 8-1-1 in their last 10 games, but are still three points behind the Dallas Stars, who have the best record in the Pacific Division and Western Conference at 11-3-0. At 8-4-3, the Wild are one point behind the Edmonton Oilers for first place in the Northwest Division.
Wild goalie Niklas Backstrom took the loss, and is now just 1-6-1 against the Sharks in his career.
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