ST. PAUL, Minn. -- Zach Parise and Jason Pominville returned from the mumps, Eric Staal found his scoring touch and the Minnesota Wild finally were able to put their new-look lineup together.
Staal scored twice and Devan Dubnyk made 20 saves as Minnesota held on for a 3-1 win over the San Jose Sharks on Sunday.
Pominville assisted on Parise's 15th goal to open the scoring as the Wild won for the third time in four games. Parise and Pominville each returned after missing three games, and Minnesota had its full lineup on the ice for the first time since trading for Martin Hanzal and Ryan White.
"Big, strong guys, tough to play against," Staal said of the retooled lineup. "When we have that going over the boards every shift, four lines that can play solid defensively, it's going to make us difficult to beat. Good win for us to stay with it tonight. We've just got to keep improving, getting better, grabbing roles and being excited about winning like this."
The Wild (90 points) moved back ahead of idle Chicago (89 points) for first place in the Central Division and Western Conference.
Melker Karlsson scored for San Jose, which had won three in a row and had an eight-game point streak snapped. Martin Jones stopped 25 of 27 shots.
"There wasn't a lot of space and I thought it was a hard-fought game," Sharks coach Peter DeBoer said. "It's the kind of night where you need a power-play goal or something. You've got to win the special teams battles to win that game and we didn't."
San Jose was 0 for 3 on the power play and is 4 of 32 with the man advantage (12.5 percent) over its past 12 games.
Leading the conference standings at the time, Minnesota made a move to fortify its lines by acquiring Hanzal and White from Arizona on Feb. 26. The next day, prior to a game against the Los Angeles Kings, the team announced Parise and Pominville had been diagnosed with the mumps.
Parise scored 11 minutes in when he deftly deflected a pass from Pominville between his legs and the legs of Jones.
"From mumps to mumps, yeah," Pominville said. "Everyone was laughing in the room after. I didn't think about it `til we got in the room."
Staal had gone 18 games with just one goal, an empty-net tally against Nashville five games ago. He gave the Wild a two-goal lead after Matt Dumba collected a loose puck in the corner and made a spinning pass right to Staal's stick in the right circle.
Staal added another empty-netter for his fourth two-goal game of the season.
"Sometimes it's got to go and then go slowly and then the next thing you know ...," Minnesota coach Bruce Boudreau said. "The good ones keep at it and it breaks through. The ones that are not as mentally tough get frustrated and it ends up going down to the bottom again."
The Wild thought they scored another goal, but Chris Stewart's shot from the left side ended up in Jones' jersey as the goaltender fell backward into the net. A video review showed the puck got caught in the jersey and stuck by his neck but never crossed the line.
"I felt it hit me, but yeah, I wasn't sure what happened," Jones said.
Game notes
Minnesota D Christian Folin left in the first period and didn't return after slamming hard into the end boards. Folin skated off gingerly with a trainer and went immediately to the locker room. San Jose forward Kevin Labanc was called for boarding. ... Sharks forward Jannik Hansen missed another game as he waits on clearance for a visa after being acquired Feb. 28 in a trade with Vancouver. ... Sharks D David Schlemko sat out with a lower-body injury after being injured in the team's previous game. Dylan DeMelo took Schlemko's spot in the lineup. ... Wild assistant coach Scott Stevens also returned after missing three games with symptoms of the mumps.
UP NEXT
Sharks: Finish their brief road trip in Winnipeg on Monday.
Wild: Host the St. Louis Blues on Tuesday.




Final
Series (Game 2 of 3)

Sharks 1

(38-19-7, 83 pts)

Wild 3

(42-15-6, 90 pts)





6:00PM,EST,March 5,2017
Xcel Energy Center, Saint Paul,Minnesota

1 2 3 T
SJ 1 0 01
MIN 2 0 13
E. Staal (Wild - C): Goals: 2, Assists: 0
Z. Parise (Wild - LW): Goals: 1, Assists: 0
J. Spurgeon (Wild - D): Goals: 0, Assists: 0



Play-by-play data may not reflect changes made after the game has ended.
Period: All | 1 | 2 | 3

1st Period Summary

Time Team Detail
0:00
Start of 1st period
0:00 San Jose Joe Thornton won faceoff in neutral zone
0:29 Minnesota Shot missed by Martin Hanzal
0:52 San Jose Shot on goal by Brent Burns saved by Devan Dubnyk
0:59
Stoppage - Icing
0:59 Minnesota Martin Hanzal won faceoff in defensive zone
1:29 Minnesota Shot on goal by Jason Zucker saved by Martin Jones
1:37 Minnesota Mikko Koivu shot blocked by Logan Couture
2:11 Minnesota Giveaway by Devan Dubnyk in defensive zone
2:21 San Jose Tomas Hertl shot blocked by Eric Staal
2:22
Stoppage - Puck in Netting
2:22 San Jose Chris Tierney won faceoff in offensive zone
2:27 San Jose Brent Burns shot blocked by Erik Haula
3:07 Minnesota Takeaway by Erik Haula in offensive zone
3:11 Minnesota Shot on goal by Erik Haula saved by Martin Jones
3:12 Minnesota Shot on goal by Ryan White saved by Martin Jones
3:13 Minnesota Shot on goal by Ryan White saved by Martin Jones
4:26
Stoppage - Puck in Benches
4:26 San Jose Logan Couture won faceoff in neutral zone
4:46 Minnesota Takeaway by Mikael Granlund in offensive zone
5:01 San Jose Logan Couture shot blocked by Christian Folin
5:29 Minnesota Zach Parise credited with hit on Marcus Sorensen in neutral zone
5:40 San Jose Shot on goal by Tomas Hertl saved by Devan Dubnyk
6:00 Minnesota Shot on goal by Ryan Suter saved by Martin Jones
6:12
Stoppage - Icing
6:12 Minnesota Jason Pominville won faceoff in offensive zone
6:16 Minnesota Mathew Dumba shot blocked by Micheal Haley
6:56 Minnesota Shot on goal by Jason Pominville saved by Martin Jones
7:08 San Jose Shot on goal by Joe Pavelski saved by Devan Dubnyk
7:09
Stoppage - Goalie Stopped - TV timeout
7:09 San Jose Joe Pavelski won faceoff in offensive zone
7:32 Minnesota Shot on goal by Charlie Coyle saved by Martin Jones
7:36 Minnesota Takeaway by Nino Niederreiter in neutral zone
7:48 San Jose Joe Thornton credited with hit on Jared Spurgeon in defensive zone
8:14 San Jose Shot on goal by Mikkel Boedker saved by Devan Dubnyk
8:40 San Jose Shot missed by Tomas Hertl
9:05
Stoppage - Puck in Benches
9:05 Minnesota Eric Staal won faceoff in neutral zone
9:22 Minnesota Christian Folin shot blocked by Micheal Haley
9:29 Minnesota Jonas Brodin shot blocked by Melker Karlsson
9:32 Minnesota Takeaway by Jonas Brodin in offensive zone
9:49 San Jose Penalty to Kevin Labanc 2 minutes for Boarding Christian Folin
9:49 Minnesota Power play - Eric Staal won faceoff in offensive zone
10:00
Stoppage - Puck in Netting
10:00 San Jose Shorthanded - Tomas Hertl won faceoff in defensive zone
10:13 Minnesota Power play - Giveaway by Devan Dubnyk in defensive zone
10:31 Minnesota Power play - Shot missed by Zach Parise
10:52 Minnesota Power play - Zach Parise credited with hit on Brent Burns in offensive zone
11:06 Minnesota Power Play Goal Scored by Zach Parise assisted by Jason Pominville and Ryan Suter
11:06 San Jose Logan Couture won faceoff in neutral zone
11:41 San Jose Shot on goal by Patrick Marleau saved by Devan Dubnyk
12:20
Stoppage - Offside - TV timeout
12:20 Minnesota Chris Stewart won faceoff in offensive zone
12:34 San Jose Tomas Hertl credited with hit on Ryan Suter in offensive zone
12:43 Minnesota Shot on goal by Chris Stewart saved by Martin Jones
12:45
Stoppage - Referee or Linesman - Video Review
12:45 Minnesota Erik Haula won faceoff in offensive zone
12:59 San Jose Justin Braun credited with hit on Ryan White in defensive zone
13:34 Minnesota Charlie Coyle credited with hit on Dylan DeMelo in offensive zone
13:51 Minnesota Shot on goal by Martin Hanzal saved by Martin Jones
13:54 San Jose Dylan DeMelo credited with hit on Martin Hanzal in defensive zone
15:24 Minnesota Goal scored by Eric Staal assisted by Mathew Dumba
15:24 San Jose Chris Tierney won faceoff in neutral zone
15:47 Minnesota Penalty to Marco Scandella 2 minutes for High-sticking Melker Karlsson
15:47
Stoppage - TV timeout
15:47 San Jose Power play - Joe Pavelski won faceoff in offensive zone
16:07 Minnesota Shorthanded - Mikko Koivu credited with hit on Patrick Marleau in defensive zone
16:08 San Jose Power play - Shot on goal by Brent Burns saved by Devan Dubnyk
16:26 San Jose Power play - Shot on goal by Brent Burns saved by Devan Dubnyk
16:27
Stoppage - Goalie Stopped
16:27 Minnesota Shorthanded - Martin Hanzal won faceoff in defensive zone
17:36 San Jose Power play - Shot on goal by Joel Ward saved by Devan Dubnyk
17:43 Minnesota Shorthanded - Jared Spurgeon credited with hit on Dylan DeMelo in defensive zone
17:54 Minnesota Shot on goal by Marco Scandella saved by Martin Jones
18:26 San Jose Goal scored by Melker Karlsson assisted by Justin Braun and Micheal Haley
18:26 San Jose Logan Couture won faceoff in neutral zone
18:32
Stoppage - Puck in Benches
18:32 Minnesota Martin Hanzal won faceoff in neutral zone
18:41
Stoppage - Puck in Netting
18:41 Minnesota Martin Hanzal won faceoff in neutral zone
18:56 San Jose Shot missed by Joel Ward
19:02 San Jose Shot missed by Tomas Hertl
19:11 Minnesota Takeaway by Jared Spurgeon in defensive zone
19:53 San Jose Penalty to Joe Pavelski 4 minutes for Hi Stick - double minor Jonas Brodin
19:53 San Jose Shorthanded - Joel Ward won faceoff in defensive zone
20:00
End of 1st period

2nd Period Summary

Time Team Detail
0:00
Start of 2nd period
0:00 San Jose Shorthanded - Chris Tierney won faceoff in neutral zone
0:08
Stoppage - Puck Frozen
0:08 San Jose Shorthanded - Tomas Hertl won faceoff in offensive zone
0:46 Minnesota Power play - Shot missed by Nino Niederreiter
1:15 Minnesota Power play - Shot missed by Nino Niederreiter
1:23 Minnesota Power play - Jared Spurgeon shot blocked by Tomas Hertl
1:32 Minnesota Power play - Shot missed by Nino Niederreiter
1:36 Minnesota Power play - Shot missed by Jonas Brodin
2:10 Minnesota Power play - Ryan Suter shot blocked by Paul Martin
3:20 San Jose Shorthanded - Brenden Dillon credited with hit on Charlie Coyle in defensive zone
3:45 Minnesota Power play - Shot on goal by Martin Hanzal saved by Martin Jones
3:46
Stoppage - Goalie Stopped
3:46 San Jose Shorthanded - Joe Thornton won faceoff in defensive zone
3:52 Minnesota Power play - Ryan White credited with hit on Marc-Edouard Vlasic in offensive zone
4:25 Minnesota Shot on goal by Jason Pominville saved by Martin Jones
4:38 Minnesota Ryan White credited with hit on Patrick Marleau in defensive zone
6:53 Minnesota Shot on goal by Zach Parise saved by Martin Jones
6:55 Minnesota Shot on goal by Chris Stewart saved by Martin Jones
6:56
Stoppage - Goalie Stopped - TV timeout
6:56 Minnesota Martin Hanzal won faceoff in offensive zone
7:01 Minnesota Shot missed by Martin Hanzal
7:15 San Jose Takeaway by Joe Thornton in defensive zone
7:26 San Jose Paul Martin shot blocked by Mathew Dumba
7:28 San Jose Shot on goal by Kevin Labanc saved by Devan Dubnyk
8:15 Minnesota Takeaway by Mikko Koivu in defensive zone
8:20 Minnesota Shot on goal by Mikko Koivu saved by Martin Jones
9:08 San Jose Dylan DeMelo shot blocked by Zach Parise
9:41 Minnesota Penalty to Zach Parise 2 minutes for Boarding Dylan DeMelo
9:41 San Jose Power play - Joe Pavelski won faceoff in offensive zone
10:08 San Jose Power play - Shot on goal by Brent Burns saved by Devan Dubnyk
10:14 San Jose Power play - Shot on goal by Logan Couture saved by Devan Dubnyk
10:18 Minnesota Shorthanded - Shot on goal by Martin Hanzal saved by Martin Jones
10:52 Minnesota Shorthanded - Takeaway by Jason Pominville in offensive zone
11:06 Minnesota Shorthanded - Takeaway by Jason Zucker in defensive zone
11:15 San Jose Power play - Takeaway by Marc-Edouard Vlasic in offensive zone
11:58 San Jose Chris Tierney shot blocked by Mathew Dumba
12:16 San Jose Shot on goal by Chris Tierney saved by Devan Dubnyk
12:47 San Jose Shot on goal by Brent Burns saved by Devan Dubnyk
12:48
Stoppage - Goalie Stopped - TV timeout
12:48 Minnesota Martin Hanzal won faceoff in defensive zone
12:55 San Jose Shot missed by Brent Burns
13:02 San Jose Shot on goal by Brent Burns saved by Devan Dubnyk
13:58 Minnesota Shot on goal by Chris Stewart saved by Martin Jones
14:00
Stoppage - Goalie Stopped
14:00 Minnesota Eric Staal won faceoff in offensive zone
14:11 Minnesota Marco Scandella shot blocked by Joel Ward
14:24 Minnesota Mathew Dumba credited with hit on Marcus Sorensen in defensive zone
14:42 Minnesota Penalty to Mathew Dumba 2 minutes for Holding Tomas Hertl
14:42 San Jose Power play - Joe Pavelski won faceoff in offensive zone
14:49 San Jose Power play - Patrick Marleau shot blocked by Jared Spurgeon
14:58 San Jose Power play - Shot on goal by Patrick Marleau saved by Devan Dubnyk
16:05 Minnesota Shorthanded - Giveaway by Marco Scandella in defensive zone
16:39 Minnesota Shorthanded - Mikael Granlund shot blocked by Joel Ward
16:52
Stoppage - Offside
16:52 Minnesota Erik Haula won faceoff in neutral zone
17:00 Minnesota Erik Haula shot blocked by Justin Braun
17:10
Stoppage - Offside
17:10 San Jose Chris Tierney won faceoff in neutral zone
17:35 Minnesota Shot on goal by Mathew Dumba saved by Martin Jones
17:37
Stoppage - Goalie Stopped
17:37 Minnesota Mikko Koivu won faceoff in offensive zone
17:43 Minnesota Mikko Koivu shot blocked by Logan Couture
17:53 San Jose Mikkel Boedker credited with hit on Mathew Dumba in offensive zone
18:01 Minnesota Shot on goal by Jason Zucker saved by Martin Jones
18:53 Minnesota Nino Niederreiter shot blocked by Brent Burns
19:19 San Jose Penalty to Marcus Sorensen 2 minutes for High-sticking Nino Niederreiter
19:19 San Jose Shorthanded - Tomas Hertl won faceoff in defensive zone
19:34 Minnesota Power play - Jason Pominville shot blocked by Joel Ward
19:41 Minnesota Power play - Ryan Suter shot blocked by Tomas Hertl
20:00
End of 2nd period

3rd Period Summary

Time Team Detail
0:00
Start of 3rd period
0:00 Minnesota Power play - Mikko Koivu won faceoff in neutral zone
0:58
Stoppage - Offside
0:58 San Jose Shorthanded - Chris Tierney won faceoff in neutral zone
1:15 Minnesota Power play - Jason Pominville shot blocked by Paul Martin
2:09 Minnesota Mathew Dumba shot blocked by Joe Thornton
3:25
Stoppage - Offside
3:25 San Jose Chris Tierney won faceoff in neutral zone
3:49 Minnesota Chris Stewart shot blocked by Justin Braun
4:13 San Jose Shot on goal by Logan Couture saved by Devan Dubnyk
4:20 San Jose Brent Burns shot blocked by Mikael Granlund
4:24 Minnesota Shot on goal by Mikael Granlund saved by Martin Jones
4:39 Minnesota Mathew Dumba shot blocked by Patrick Marleau
5:10
Stoppage - Icing
5:10 San Jose Tomas Hertl won faceoff in offensive zone
5:27 San Jose Shot on goal by Brenden Dillon saved by Devan Dubnyk
5:40 San Jose Shot on goal by Marcus Sorensen saved by Devan Dubnyk
6:39
Stoppage - Icing
6:39 San Jose Logan Couture won faceoff in defensive zone
6:44
Stoppage - High Stick - TV timeout
6:44 Minnesota Mikko Koivu won faceoff in neutral zone
7:37
Stoppage - Icing
7:37 San Jose Joe Thornton won faceoff in defensive zone
7:58 Minnesota Shot on goal by Nino Niederreiter saved by Martin Jones
7:59
Stoppage - Goalie Stopped
7:59 Minnesota Eric Staal won faceoff in offensive zone
8:41 San Jose Takeaway by Tomas Hertl in defensive zone
9:14 San Jose Micheal Haley shot blocked by Erik Haula
9:55 Minnesota Shot missed by Jason Zucker
10:02
Stoppage - Puck in Crowd - TV timeout
10:02 San Jose Joe Thornton won faceoff in neutral zone
10:30 Minnesota Nino Niederreiter shot blocked by Marc-Edouard Vlasic
11:13 San Jose Shot missed by Tomas Hertl
11:19 Minnesota Zach Parise credited with hit on Brenden Dillon in defensive zone
11:25 San Jose Shot on goal by Melker Karlsson saved by Devan Dubnyk
11:26
Stoppage - Goalie Stopped
11:26 San Jose Logan Couture won faceoff in offensive zone
11:38 Minnesota Shot on goal by Jason Zucker saved by Martin Jones
11:48 San Jose Takeaway by Paul Martin in defensive zone
12:49 Minnesota Takeaway by Erik Haula in offensive zone
12:54 Minnesota Shot on goal by Erik Haula saved by Martin Jones
14:29 Minnesota Shot missed by Mikael Granlund
15:44 Minnesota Shot on goal by Nino Niederreiter saved by Martin Jones
16:12
Stoppage - Offside - TV timeout
16:12 San Jose Logan Couture won faceoff in neutral zone
16:22 Minnesota Shot on goal by Jason Zucker saved by Martin Jones
16:51 Minnesota Jason Zucker shot blocked by Brent Burns
16:52
Stoppage - Puck in Netting
16:52 San Jose Joe Pavelski won faceoff in defensive zone
17:46 Minnesota Giveaway by Ryan Suter in defensive zone
17:52 San Jose Shot missed by Joel Ward
17:57 San Jose Shot on goal by Chris Tierney saved by Devan Dubnyk
17:58
Stoppage - Goalie Stopped
17:58 San Jose Joe Thornton won faceoff in offensive zone
18:11 Minnesota Goal scored by Eric Staal assisted by Martin Hanzal
18:11 Minnesota Erik Haula won faceoff in neutral zone
18:17
Stoppage - Puck in Crowd
18:17 Minnesota Erik Haula won faceoff in neutral zone
18:35
Stoppage - Icing
18:35 Minnesota Erik Haula won faceoff in defensive zone
19:05 San Jose Joe Pavelski credited with hit on Marco Scandella in offensive zone
19:14 Minnesota Shot missed by Eric Staal
19:43 San Jose Joel Ward shot blocked by Eric Staal
19:59 Minnesota Eric Staal shot blocked by Brent Burns
20:00
End of 3rd period
20:00
End of Game





Player Summary

San Jose SharksTime On IceFaceoffs
Player G A +/- SOG MS BS PN PIM HT TK GV SHF TOT PP SH EV FW FL %
M. Boedker LW000100001001913:371:020:3312:020000.0
J. Braun D 011002001002820:570:065:3515:160000.0
B. Burns D 00-2613000002724:443:121:5419:380000.0
L. Couture C 00-1202000002216:142:560:0513:136460.0
D. DeMelo D 000000001002616:122:110:0713:540000.0
B. Dillon D 001100001002214:510:060:5713:480000.0
M. Haley C 01100200000149:490:000:009:490000.0
T. Hertl C 00-2132001102820:302:434:5312:544450.0
M. Karlsson RW101201000002413:150:062:1210:570000.0
K. Labanc RW000100120001913:302:020:0711:210000.0
P. Marleau C 000201000002015:502:560:0012:540000.0
P. Martin D 00-1002000102217:560:001:3516:210000.0
J. Pavelski C 00-1100141002317:153:430:0013:325271.4
M. Sorensen RW00-110012000148:040:000:008:040000.0
J. Thornton C 00-1001001102316:412:560:0713:385271.4
C. Tierney C 001200000002614:380:212:1212:056842.9
M. Vlasic D 00-1001000102821:372:424:2614:290000.0
J. Ward RW00-1123000002518:412:584:2511:1810100.0
San Jose Sharks Scratches
PlayerDetail
D. SchlemkoLower Body Injury
J. DonskoiUpper Body
J. HansenVisa Problems
J. RyanScratched
Minnesota WildTime On IceFaceoffs
Player G A +/- SOG MS BS PN PIM HT TK GV SHF TOT PP SH EV FW FL %
J. Brodin D 00-1010000102419:242:442:1914:210000.0
C. Coyle C 001100001002014:000:590:0013:010000.0
M. Dumba D 010102121002319:090:070:4818:140000.0
C. Folin D 0000010000032:060:000:002:060000.0
M. Granlund C 00-1111000102217:292:321:3513:220000.0
M. Hanzal C 011320000002515:240:591:4312:426746.2
E. Haula LW000202000201711:160:072:288:415271.4
M. Koivu C 00-1100001102417:302:391:4913:0231121.4
N. Niederreiter RW000230000102115:342:320:0013:020000.0
Z. Parise LW101211123002516:563:390:5812:190000.0
J. Pominville RW010200000101912:483:350:598:141150.0
M. Scandella D 001100120012922:390:071:4720:450000.0
J. Spurgeon D 001001001102724:423:423:3317:270000.0
E. Staal C 202212000002818:033:391:5312:314544.4
C. Stewart RW001300000002213:041:400:0011:241150.0
R. Suter D 011100000013128:414:263:3320:420000.0
R. White C 00020000200129:000:070:008:530000.0
J. Zucker LW00-1410000101816:152:510:3512:490000.0
Minnesota Wild Scratches
PlayerDetail
J. SchroederScratched
N. ProsserScratched
T. GraovacScratched

Goaltending Summary

San Jose Sharks Goaltending
Player SA GA Saves SV% TOI PIM
M. Jones27225.92658:220
Minnesota Wild Goaltending
Player SA GA Saves SV% TOI PIM
D. Dubnyk21120.95260:000

* - A player receives a "plus" if he is on the ice when his Club scores an even-strength or shorthand goal. He receives a "minus" if he is on the ice for an even-strength or shorthand goal scored by the opposing Club. The difference in these numbers is considered the player's plus-minus statistic.