(1) San Jose (7) Edmonton

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29/4/2002
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San Jose Sharks 5 , Edmonton Oilers 1
Shots: 31 - 20
PP: 1 of 3 (4 shots), Passing:89/103=86 %, Challenges:29/45=63 %
PP: 0 of 3 (6 shots), Passing:62/81=76 %, Challenges:27/32=81 %
Attendance: 17438 of 17438 (San Jose Arena)
Ticket income: 824817 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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08:32 1-0 Claude Lemieux [2] (Gary Suter, Eric Desjardins)
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28:48 2-0 Claude Lemieux [3] (Gary Suter, Eric Desjardins)
30:41 3-0 Steve Rucchin [3] (Ron Francis, Marco Sturm)
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44:42 4-0 Ray Whitney [3] (Bryan McCabe, Denis Gauthier)
46:22 5-0 Ron Francis [5] (Vincent Damphousse, Ray Whitney)PP
49:47 5-1 Andy Delmore [1] (Sami Kapanen, Todd Marchant)
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Penalty summary:
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01:37 Tom Poti (2 min for tripping)
13:12 Mike Rathje (2 min for hooking)
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23:32 Bryan McCabe (2 min for tripping)
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41:16 Rob Valicevic (2 min for cross-checking)
45:14 Brian Campbell (2 min for hooking)
47:48 Bryan McCabe (2 min for high-sticking)
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San Jose Sharks scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Raffi Torres 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 7.00 7
R Claude Lemieux 2 0 3 2 2 0 0 2 12.10 9
R Marco Sturm 0 1 3 0 2 0 0 1 15.00 7
R Ray Whitney 1 1 2 1 2 0 0 1 19.50 8
C Todd Harvey 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7.00 4
C Mike Ricci 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 15.10 8
C Ron Francis 1 1 3 0 1 0 0 1 20.00 7
C Craig Conroy 0 0 2 1 3 0 0 0 20.00 5
L Mark Smith 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 7.00 6
L Steve Begin 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 2 16.00 7
L Steve Rucchin 1 0 4 0 1 0 0 1 15.20 7
L Vincent Damphousse 0 1 3 0 2 0 0 1 19.30 6
D Gary Suter 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 13.00 7
D Eric Desjardins 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 21.00 7
D Sandis Ozolinsh 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 24.00 7
D Denis Gauthier 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 13.20 7
D Mike Rathje 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 21.00 6
D Bryan McCabe 0 1 2 3 1 2 4 1 27.40 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Evgeni Nabokov 1 0 19 0 0 60.00 9
G Guy Hebert 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Edmonton Oilers scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Rob Ray 0 0 0 4 1 4 0 0 12.00 8
R Rob Valicevic 0 0 1 2 0 0 2 -2 13.30 7
R Theoren Fleury 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 -1 14.50 8
R Shawn Horcoff 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 13.50 7
C Josh Green 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 12.00 6
C Randy Robitaille 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 -2 13.30 6
C Pierre Turgeon 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 -1 15.20 6
C Todd Marchant 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 19.00 7
L Fernando Pisani 0 0 1 2 0 2 0 0 12.10 7
L Cliff Ronning 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 -2 17.20 6
L Jason Chimera 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -1 12.10 6
L Sami Kapanen 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 18.20 6
D Andy Delmore 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 -1 17.20 6
D Bret Hedican 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 -1 19.10 6
D Brian Campbell 0 0 2 1 0 0 2 -1 23.30 6
D Eric Brewer 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 -2 19.20 7
D Tom Poti 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 16.50 6
D Janne Niinimaa 0 0 1 4 1 5 0 -1 23.50 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Roman Cechmanek 5 0 26 0 0 60.00 5
G Fred Brathwaite 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Claude Lemieux
2nd star: Ray Whitney
3rd star: Ron Francis

Notes for San Jose Sharks:

Notes for Edmonton Oilers:
-Andy Delmore finally ended his 13 game goal drought.

Other notes:

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1/5/2002
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San Jose Sharks 6 , Edmonton Oilers 3
Shots: 28 - 22
PP: 0 of 2 (4 shots), Passing:75/90=83 %, Challenges:26/38=66 %
PP: 0 of 1 (2 shots), Passing:67/81=82 %, Challenges:33/43=75 %
Attendance: 17438 of 17438 (San Jose Arena)
Ticket income: 824817 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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02:35 1-0 Claude Lemieux [4] (Steve Begin )
05:26 1-1 Eric Brewer [3] (Tom Poti)
11:46 2-1 Marco Sturm [5] (Mike Rathje, Bryan McCabe)
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30:07 2-2 Theoren Fleury [5] (Pierre Turgeon, Bret Hedican)
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41:31 3-2 Ron Francis [6] (Marco Sturm, Ray Whitney)
46:28 4-2 Steve Rucchin [4] (Ron Francis)
50:37 4-3 Brian Campbell [1])
52:37 5-3 Denis Gauthier [1] (Steve Begin , Mike Ricci)
53:32 6-3 Steve Rucchin [5] (Marco Sturm, Mike Rathje)
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Penalty summary:
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21:44 Theoren Fleury (2 min for holding the stick)
24:46 Mike Ricci (2 min for high-sticking)
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47:44 Theoren Fleury (2 min for elbowing)
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San Jose Sharks scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Raffi Torres 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 7.00 5
R Claude Lemieux 1 0 2 1 1 1 0 1 14.20 7
R Marco Sturm 1 2 2 0 1 0 0 3 19.20 8
R Ray Whitney 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 -1 17.20 7
C Todd Harvey 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 7.00 5
C Mike Ricci 0 1 2 3 1 0 2 1 15.20 7
C Ron Francis 1 1 4 0 2 0 0 3 20.50 8
C Craig Conroy 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 -1 16.50 6
L Mark Smith 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7.00 6
L Steve Begin 0 2 1 2 0 2 0 1 16.20 7
L Steve Rucchin 2 0 3 1 0 1 0 3 19.20 9
L Vincent Damphousse 0 0 3 0 3 0 0 -1 17.20 6
D Gary Suter 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 16.50 7
D Eric Desjardins 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 3 20.30 7
D Sandis Ozolinsh 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 -1 24.00 7
D Denis Gauthier 1 0 1 2 0 1 0 1 14.20 8
D Mike Rathje 0 2 2 2 0 1 0 3 19.50 9
D Bryan McCabe 0 1 1 2 1 2 0 -1 24.30 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Evgeni Nabokov 3 0 19 0 0 60.00 6
G Guy Hebert 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Edmonton Oilers scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Rob Ray 0 0 1 3 3 3 0 -1 11.00 7
R Rob Valicevic 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 -1 10.30 6
R Theoren Fleury 1 0 2 2 0 0 4 -1 17.00 8
R Shawn Horcoff 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 18.50 7
C Josh Green 0 0 1 2 1 2 0 -1 11.00 6
C Randy Robitaille 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 -1 10.30 6
C Pierre Turgeon 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 -1 18.00 7
C Todd Marchant 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 19.10 7
L Fernando Pisani 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 -1 12.20 7
L Cliff Ronning 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 -1 12.30 7
L Jason Chimera 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 -1 16.00 7
L Sami Kapanen 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 19.10 6
D Andy Delmore 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 -1 10.30 5
D Bret Hedican 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 -1 21.20 6
D Brian Campbell 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 -1 26.50 8
D Eric Brewer 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 -1 16.00 7
D Tom Poti 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 -1 16.50 7
D Janne Niinimaa 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 -1 28.30 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Roman Cechmanek 6 0 22 0 0 60.00 4
G Fred Brathwaite 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Marco Sturm
2nd star: Steve Rucchin
3rd star: Ron Francis

Notes for San Jose Sharks:

Notes for Edmonton Oilers:
-Brian Campbell finally ended his 30 game goal drought.

Other notes:

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3/5/2002
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Edmonton Oilers 3 , San Jose Sharks 6
Shots: 29 - 27
PP: 0 of 4 (7 shots), Passing:62/72=86 %, Challenges:24/32=72 %
PP: 0 of 2 (3 shots), Passing:80/94=85 %, Challenges:33/43=75 %
Attendance: 17100 of 17100 (Skyreach Center)
Ticket income: 817380 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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02:21 1-0 Cliff Ronning [3])
13:41 2-0 Cliff Ronning [4] (Randy Robitaille)
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27:25 2-1 Vincent Damphousse [4] (Craig Conroy, Todd Harvey)
30:13 2-2 Claude Lemieux [5] (Mike Ricci, Steve Begin )
33:26 2-3 Mike Rathje [1] (Steve Rucchin, Eric Desjardins)
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46:06 2-4 Mike Ricci [2] (Claude Lemieux, Gary Suter)
47:15 2-5 Ray Whitney [4] (Craig Conroy, Sandis Ozolinsh)
51:31 3-5 Shawn Horcoff [1] (Eric Brewer, Cliff Ronning)
57:24 3-6 Marco Sturm [6] (Gary Suter)
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Penalty summary:
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07:01 Vincent Damphousse (2 min for diving)
17:29 Cliff Ronning (2 min for roughing)
19:55 Ray Whitney (2 min for high-sticking)
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35:08 Claude Lemieux (2 min for hooking)
39:37 Vincent Damphousse (2 min for high-sticking)
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55:29 Eric Brewer (2 min for hooking)
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Edmonton Oilers scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Rob Valicevic 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 7.00 6
R Shawn Horcoff 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 19.00 8
R Theoren Fleury 0 0 3 2 0 2 0 -2 17.00 8
R Fernando Pisani 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 -1 16.00 6
C Josh Green 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 -1 7.00 7
C Randy Robitaille 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 15.20 7
C Pierre Turgeon 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 -2 16.20 7
C Todd Marchant 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 19.40 6
L Rob Ray 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 -1 8.10 5
L Cliff Ronning 2 1 2 0 0 0 2 1 18.30 8
L Jason Chimera 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 -2 12.10 5
L Sami Kapanen 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 19.30 6
D Andy Delmore 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 18.40 7
D Bret Hedican 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 -2 14.50 6
D Brian Campbell 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 -1 24.50 6
D Eric Brewer 0 1 1 2 0 1 2 1 18.30 8
D Tom Poti 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 -4 17.00 6
D Janne Niinimaa 0 0 5 4 1 4 0 -1 26.10 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Roman Cechmanek 6 0 21 0 0 60.00 4
G Fred Brathwaite 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

San Jose Sharks scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Raffi Torres 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 6.40 6
R Claude Lemieux 1 1 2 0 1 0 2 1 14.20 8
R Marco Sturm 1 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 15.10 6
R Ray Whitney 1 0 2 0 1 0 2 2 14.40 7
C Todd Harvey 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 6.40 6
C Mike Ricci 1 1 2 2 0 0 0 1 18.20 8
C Ron Francis 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 -1 18.30 8
C Craig Conroy 0 2 1 2 1 0 0 3 20.30 8
L Mark Smith 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 6.40 7
L Steve Begin 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 19.30 7
L Steve Rucchin 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 15.10 8
L Vincent Damphousse 1 0 5 1 1 0 4 2 14.40 8
D Gary Suter 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 18.00 7
D Eric Desjardins 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 21.50 7
D Sandis Ozolinsh 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 19.10 7
D Denis Gauthier 0 0 2 4 0 3 0 1 19.00 8
D Mike Rathje 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 -1 17.40 7
D Bryan McCabe 0 0 2 1 2 1 0 2 24.20 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Evgeni Nabokov 3 0 26 0 0 60.00 7
G Guy Hebert 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Claude Lemieux
2nd star: Mike Ricci
3rd star: Cliff Ronning

Notes for Edmonton Oilers:
-Shawn Horcoff finally ended his 15 game goal drought.

Notes for San Jose Sharks:
-Mike Ricci ended his 6 game goal drought.
-Ron Francis had his 4 game goal streak snapped.
-Ron Francis had his 8 game point streak snapped.
-Steve Rucchin had his 3 game goal streak snapped.
-Bryan McCabe had his 4 game point streak snapped.

Other notes:

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5/5/2002
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Edmonton Oilers 2 , San Jose Sharks 3
Shots: 19 - 32
PP: 0 of 5 (7 shots), Passing:54/62=87 %, Challenges:32/40=78 %
PP: 0 of 1 (1 shots), Passing:80/93=86 %, Challenges:50/61=80 %
Attendance: 17100 of 17100 (Skyreach Center)
Ticket income: 817380 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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02:48 0-1 Claude Lemieux [6] (Mike Ricci, Ron Francis)
10:45 1-1 Josh Green [2] (Rob Valicevic, Rob Ray)
12:45 1-2 Steve Begin [2] (Denis Gauthier, Mike Rathje)
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24:36 2-2 Randy Robitaille [2] (Shawn Horcoff, Theoren Fleury)
31:09 2-3 Craig Conroy [2] (Mike Ricci, Evgeni Nabokov)
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no scoring
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Penalty summary:
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04:37 Theoren Fleury (2 min for tripping)
07:09 Sandis Ozolinsh (2 min for tripping)
17:25 Bryan McCabe (2 min for cross-checking)
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28:55 Ron Francis (2 min for tripping)
36:22 Claude Lemieux (2 min for slashing)
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59:52 Mike Ricci (2 min for elbowing)
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Edmonton Oilers scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Rob Valicevic 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 6.20 7
R Shawn Horcoff 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 -1 16.50 7
R Theoren Fleury 0 1 0 2 1 0 2 -1 21.10 7
R Fernando Pisani 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 13.40 6
C Josh Green 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 6.20 7
C Randy Robitaille 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 13.50 8
C Pierre Turgeon 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 -1 21.20 6
C Todd Marchant 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 -1 18.30 6
L Rob Ray 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 7.20 6
L Cliff Ronning 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 16.20 7
L Jason Chimera 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 -1 17.00 7
L Sami Kapanen 0 0 3 1 1 0 0 -1 19.20 7
D Andy Delmore 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 -1 16.10 5
D Bret Hedican 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 21.00 6
D Brian Campbell 0 0 0 2 0 4 0 0 22.50 7
D Eric Brewer 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 14.40 6
D Tom Poti 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 -2 21.10 7
D Janne Niinimaa 0 0 1 5 0 5 0 1 24.10 9
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Roman Cechmanek 3 0 29 0 0 59.50 8
G Fred Brathwaite 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

San Jose Sharks scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Raffi Torres 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 8.00 6
R Claude Lemieux 1 0 1 1 1 0 2 1 9.00 7
R Marco Sturm 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 13.40 7
R Ray Whitney 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 -1 19.30 8
C Todd Harvey 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 8.00 4
C Mike Ricci 0 2 4 2 0 1 2 2 15.20 8
C Ron Francis 0 1 2 1 1 0 2 0 17.30 7
C Craig Conroy 1 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 22.30 9
L Mark Smith 0 0 1 1 1 2 0 0 8.00 6
L Steve Begin 1 0 2 1 2 0 0 1 15.30 8
L Steve Rucchin 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 13.40 6
L Vincent Damphousse 0 0 4 0 2 0 0 -1 19.30 7
D Gary Suter 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 10.50 6
D Eric Desjardins 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 22.00 7
D Sandis Ozolinsh 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 -1 23.50 6
D Denis Gauthier 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 12.40 7
D Mike Rathje 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 1 22.10 7
D Bryan McCabe 0 0 1 4 1 4 2 -1 28.30 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Evgeni Nabokov 2 1 17 0 0 60.00 6
G Guy Hebert 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Mike Ricci
2nd star: Craig Conroy
3rd star: Claude Lemieux

Notes for Edmonton Oilers:
-Rob Ray ended his 5 game point drought.

Notes for San Jose Sharks:
-Marco Sturm had his 5 game point streak snapped.
-Craig Conroy ended his 6 game goal drought.
-Steve Rucchin had his 6 game point streak snapped.

Other notes: