Antti Niemi made 27 saves in the San Jose Sharks' 3-2 win versus the Vancouver Canucks on Monday night. Niemi was nine minutes away from notching his 16th win in regulation, but Vancouver capitalized on one of its six power-play chances to tie the game, so he had to get it done in the skills competition. The netminder now has a 2.34 goals-against average and .917 percentage and because he plays on such a talented team, should remain a very valuable No. 1-caliber guy all season.