Sharks prove Kings' rally moot with own 3-goal surge, win series 4-1

San Jose Sharks

46-30-6 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

6

Final

3

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Los Angeles Kings

48-28-6 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

	1	2	3	T
SJ	2	1	3	6
LA	0	3	0	3

Donskoi (Sharks - RW): Goals: 2, Assists: 0
Burns (Sharks - D): Goals: 0, Assists: 3
Lecavalier (Kings - C): Goals: 0, Assists: 0

Apr 23,2016

• Associated Press

LOS ANGELES -- The Sharks had just blown a three-goal lead in a potential series-clinching playoff game. Staples Center rocked with the combined power of the Kings' rally and the looming specters of San Jose's postseason failures.
Joonas Donskoi wasn't around for any of that tawdry teal history, and the tenacious rookie scored the goal that sent the Sharks roaring into the second round.
Donskoi broke a tie with his second goal early in the third period, and the Sharks charged back to wrap up their first-round playoff series with a 6-3 victory over the Los Angeles Kings in Game 5 on Friday night.
Chris Tierney and Matt Nieto scored early goals, and Joe Pavelski got another late score for the Sharks, who stared down the ghosts of their past playoff failures against Los Angeles and advanced to the second round for just the second time since 2011.

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  It seemed as if demons of playoffs past were resurfacing for the Sharks after a 3-0 lead evaporated. But they rallied to win and closed out the Kings.

The Sharks had to overcome more than the current Kings, who looked outclassed for most of the series. San Jose has an unpleasant history against its downstate rivals, who rallied from a 3-0 series deficit to eliminate the Sharks in humiliating fashion in 2014.
"I'm sure for some guys, they felt like we exorcized some demons tonight," said San Jose coach Peter DeBoer, also a rookie in teal. "For the group in general, it was a well-earned victory. To win three games in this building is a great testament to the character of our group."
The Sharks didn't do it easily. San Jose led 3-0 early in the second period of Game 5 before the Kings scored three goals in nine electric minutes.
But after Donskoi jumped on a rebound and broke the tie with the second playoff goal of his rookie season with 16:02 to play, Pavelski added his fifth goal of the series and the Sharks cruised.
"Of course we were disappointed with what happened in the second period," said Donskoi, the 24-year-old Finn. "We tried to forget that. The game was still tied, and we had a chance to beat L.A."
Anze Kopitar, Jeff Carter and Kris Versteeg scored for the Kings, who won Game 3 in overtime in this series after eliminating the Sharks in 2013 and 2014. Their run at a third Stanley Cup title in five years ended abruptly, with losses in all three of their home playoff games.
And the Sharks left little doubt that this California rivalry is heated after four postseason series meetings in six years.
"Throughout the last couple of years, things have been said by players on that team that to me, personally; I take it as disrespectful," said Logan Couture, who had three assists. "So it was nice to stick it back to them and beat them in this series. Even this series, someone was saying on their team that they had us right where they wanted us. I wonder if they've got us where they want us right now? So it was nice to beat them."
Martin Jones made 19 saves, Brent Burns had three assists and Melker Karlsson added an empty-net goal for the Sharks, who will next face the winner of the Anaheim Ducks' series with the Nashville Predators. The clubs are even heading to Game 5 in Anaheim on Saturday.
Jonathan Quick stopped 22 shots while losing to his former backup again.
The loss was a disheartening finish for the playoff-tested Kings, who won two titles and 10 postseason series from 2012 to '14. After missing the playoffs entirely last spring, Los Angeles returned with renewed energy and reigned atop the Pacific Division for most of this season but blew the division title in its final home game before getting bounced by the Sharks.
"It's definitely disappointing (after) how hard we worked in the season to clinch a (playoff) spot as fast as we could, that we didn't make the most of it," said Milan Lucic, a free agent this summer. "We can make excuses all we want ... but we didn't play the right way when we needed to."

Nieto made it 3-0 early in the second period for San Jose. The lead could have been even bigger, but the Sharks failed to score during a 5-on-3 advantage for 1:45, and Patrick Marleau couldn't score on a penalty shot.
The Kings finally awoke when Drew Doughty's shot ricocheted off Dwight King and Kopitar midway through the second. Carter got his second goal of the series a few minutes later, and Versteeg tied it with his first playoff goal for his new team, batting home a rebound of Kyle Clifford's shot off the post.
"We didn't deserve to win this series," Kopitar said.
Game notes
The game might have been the last in the NHL career of Vincent Lecavalier, the former No. 1 pick and Richard Trophy winner who has said he will retire this summer. Lecavalier, who turned 36 years old Thursday, has been largely outstanding after a midseason trade from Philadelphia to Los Angeles, leading to speculation he might consider returning for an 18th NHL season. Lecavalier declined comment on his future. ... 2014 playoff hero Alec Martinez missed his fourth straight game of the series with an undisclosed injury.

Final

San Jose won 4-1 (Game 5 of 5)

Sharks 6

Kings 3

10:30PM,EDT,April 22,2016
STAPLES Center, Los Angeles, California

	1	2	3	T
SJ	2	1	3	6
LA	0	3	0	3

J. Donskoi (Sharks - RW): Goals: 2, Assists: 0
B. Burns (Sharks - D): Goals: 0, Assists: 3
V. Lecavalier (Kings - C): 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	Los Angeles	Anze Kopitar won faceoff against Joe Thornton in neutral zone
0:11		Stoppage - Puck in Crowd
0:11	San Jose	Joe Pavelski won faceoff against Anze Kopitar in neutral zone
0:23		Stoppage - Hand Pass
0:23	Los Angeles	Jeff Carter won faceoff against Joe Thornton in neutral zone
0:32	Los Angeles	Shot missed by Tyler Toffoli, Wide of Net(Wristshot 33 ft)
0:40	San Jose	Shot on goal by Joe Thornton saved by Jonathan Quick(Wristshot 66 ft)
0:41		Stoppage - Goalie Stopped
0:41	Los Angeles	Jeff Carter won faceoff against Logan Couture in defensive zone
1:08	San Jose	Goal scored by Joonas Donskoi(Wristshot 35 ft) assisted by Logan Couture
1:08	Los Angeles	Vincent Lecavalier won faceoff against Patrick Marleau in neutral zone
1:19	Los Angeles	Shot on goal by Vincent Lecavalier saved by Martin Jones(Backhand 10 ft)
2:09	San Jose	Roman Polak credited with hit on Trevor Lewis in defensive zone
2:12	Los Angeles	Shot missed by Kyle Clifford, Wide of Net(Slapshot 19 ft)
2:21	Los Angeles	Rob Scuderi shot blocked by Tommy Wingels
2:35	Los Angeles	Jake Muzzin shot blocked by Joe Thornton
2:36		Stoppage - Puck in Netting
2:36	San Jose	Joe Pavelski won faceoff against Anze Kopitar in defensive zone
2:45	Los Angeles	penalty to Luke Schenn 2 minutes for Interference Tomas Hertl
2:45	Los Angeles	Shorthanded - Anze Kopitar won faceoff against Joe Thornton in defensive zone
3:01	Los Angeles	penalty to Dustin Brown 2 minutes for Tripping Martin Jones
3:01	Los Angeles	Shorthanded - Anze Kopitar won faceoff against Joe Thornton in defensive zone
3:15	San Jose	Power play - Shot on goal by Logan Couture saved by Jonathan Quick(Tip-In 12 ft)
3:18	Los Angeles	Shorthanded - Giveaway by Jake Muzzin in defensive zone
3:55	San Jose	Power play - Shot on goal by Joe Thornton saved by Jonathan Quick(Wristshot 28 ft)
3:56		Stoppage - Goalie Stopped
3:56	Los Angeles	Shorthanded - Anze Kopitar won faceoff against Joe Pavelski in defensive zone
4:02	Los Angeles	Shorthanded - Giveaway by Drew Doughty in defensive zone
4:30		Stoppage - Referee or Linesman
4:30	San Jose	Power play - Joe Thornton won faceoff against Anze Kopitar in offensive zone
4:35	San Jose	Power play - Shot missed by Brent Burns, Wide of Net(Slapshot 56 ft)
4:42	San Jose	Power play - Shot missed by Logan Couture, Wide of Net(Wristshot 15 ft)
4:55	Los Angeles	Shorthanded - Giveaway by Drew Doughty in defensive zone
5:05	San Jose	Shot missed by Brent Burns, Wide of Net(Wristshot 64 ft)
5:20	Los Angeles	Jeff Carter credited with hit on Justin Braun in offensive zone
5:32	San Jose	Giveaway by Justin Braun in defensive zone
5:38	Los Angeles	Tyler Toffoli credited with hit on Tomas Hertl in neutral zone
5:54	San Jose	Shot on goal by Tommy Wingels saved by Jonathan Quick(Snap 46 ft)
6:00	San Jose	Shot on goal by Tommy Wingels saved by Jonathan Quick(Wristshot 40 ft)
6:04	Los Angeles	Luke Schenn credited with hit on Tommy Wingels in defensive zone
6:10	San Jose	Justin Braun shot blocked by Milan Lucic
6:30	Los Angeles	Jake Muzzin credited with hit on Matthew Nieto in defensive zone
6:38	San Jose	Patrick Marleau credited with hit on Jamie McBain in offensive zone
6:51	San Jose	Shot on goal by Roman Polak saved by Jonathan Quick(Wristshot 65 ft)
6:51	Los Angeles	Kris Versteeg credited with hit on Matthew Nieto in defensive zone
6:52		Stoppage - Goalie Stopped; TV timeout
6:52	Los Angeles	Anze Kopitar won faceoff against Joel Ward in defensive zone
7:19	Los Angeles	Shot on goal by Anze Kopitar saved by Martin Jones(Wristshot 72 ft)
7:45		Stoppage - Puck in Benches
7:45	Los Angeles	Jeff Carter won faceoff against Joe Thornton in offensive zone
8:11	San Jose	Shot on goal by Tomas Hertl saved by Jonathan Quick(Snap 42 ft)
8:16	San Jose	Tomas Hertl credited with hit on Jake Muzzin in offensive zone
8:20	San Jose	Tomas Hertl credited with hit on Tyler Toffoli in offensive zone
8:21	San Jose	Joe Pavelski credited with hit on Jake Muzzin in offensive zone
8:28	San Jose	Shot on goal by Marc-Edouard Vlasic saved by Jonathan Quick(Snap 22 ft)
8:50	Los Angeles	Shot missed by Jamie McBain, Wide of Net(Slapshot 62 ft)
8:54	Los Angeles	Brayden McNabb shot blocked by Roman Polak
9:12		Stoppage - Puck in Benches
9:12	Los Angeles	Trevor Lewis won faceoff against Patrick Marleau in defensive zone
9:29		Stoppage - Puck in Crowd
9:29	San Jose	Logan Couture won faceoff against Anze Kopitar in neutral zone
9:53	San Jose	Takeaway by Logan Couture in neutral zone
9:55		Stoppage - Puck in Crowd
9:55	San Jose	Joe Thornton won faceoff against Anze Kopitar in neutral zone
10:18	Los Angeles	Rob Scuderi shot blocked by Marc-Edouard Vlasic
10:20	Los Angeles	Shot missed by Dwight King, Wide of Net(Wristshot 19 ft)
10:29	Los Angeles	Shot missed by Dwight King, Wide of Net(Tip-In 15 ft)
10:30	Los Angeles	Drew Doughty credited with hit on Joe Pavelski in neutral zone
10:47	Los Angeles	Brayden McNabb credited with hit on Melker Karlsson in offensive zone
10:59	Los Angeles	Jeff Carter shot blocked by Paul Martin
11:02	Los Angeles	Brayden McNabb credited with hit on Melker Karlsson in offensive zone
11:21	San Jose	Goal scored by Chris Tierney(Snap 34 ft) assisted by Brent Burns
11:21	San Jose	Chris Tierney won faceoff against Vincent Lecavalier in neutral zone
11:36		Stoppage - Offside; TV timeout
11:36	San Jose	Logan Couture won faceoff against Vincent Lecavalier in neutral zone
12:05	Los Angeles	Tanner Pearson shot blocked by Roman Polak
12:06		Stoppage - Puck in Netting
12:06	Los Angeles	Anze Kopitar won faceoff against Joe Pavelski in offensive zone
12:09	Los Angeles	Shot on goal by Brayden McNabb saved by Martin Jones(Wristshot 47 ft)
12:10		Stoppage - Goalie Stopped
12:10	Los Angeles	Anze Kopitar won faceoff against Joe Pavelski in offensive zone
12:31	Los Angeles	Shot missed by Brayden McNabb, Wide of Net(Wristshot 40 ft)
12:57	Los Angeles	Shot on goal by Jake Muzzin saved by Martin Jones(Slapshot 61 ft)
13:01		Stoppage - Puck Frozen
13:01	San Jose	Patrick Marleau won faceoff against Kris Versteeg in defensive zone
13:38	San Jose	Shot on goal by Patrick Marleau saved by Jonathan Quick(Wristshot 45 ft)
13:46	San Jose	Joel Ward shot blocked by Jake Muzzin
13:54		Stoppage - Icing
13:54	San Jose	Joel Ward won faceoff against Jeff Carter in offensive zone
13:56	San Jose	Shot on goal by Brent Burns saved by Jonathan Quick(Snap 52 ft)
13:57		Stoppage - Goalie Stopped
13:57	Los Angeles	Vincent Lecavalier won faceoff against Joel Ward in defensive zone
14:23	San Jose	Joel Ward credited with hit on Rob Scuderi in defensive zone
14:52	Los Angeles	Marian Gaborik shot blocked by Roman Polak
15:18	San Jose	Tomas Hertl shot blocked by Luke Schenn
15:18		Stoppage - Puck in Netting; TV timeout
15:18	San Jose	Joe Thornton won faceoff against Jeff Carter in offensive zone
15:20	San Jose	Shot on goal by Paul Martin saved by Jonathan Quick(Wristshot 46 ft)
15:44		Stoppage - Offside
15:44	San Jose	Logan Couture won faceoff against Trevor Lewis in neutral zone
16:06	San Jose	Roman Polak credited with hit on Kris Versteeg in defensive zone
16:09	San Jose	Joel Ward credited with hit on Kyle Clifford in defensive zone
16:24	San Jose	Brenden Dillon credited with hit on Kris Versteeg in defensive zone
16:27	San Jose	penalty to Joel Ward 2 minutes for Tripping Trevor Lewis
16:27	San Jose	Shorthanded - Chris Tierney won faceoff against Jeff Carter in defensive zone
16:32	San Jose	Shorthanded - Giveaway by Marc-Edouard Vlasic in defensive zone
16:48	San Jose	Shorthanded - Melker Karlsson credited with hit on Anze Kopitar in defensive zone
17:29	Los Angeles	Power play - Giveaway by Jonathan Quick in defensive zone
17:34	Los Angeles	Power play - Anze Kopitar credited with hit on Matthew Nieto in defensive zone
18:11	San Jose	Shorthanded - Giveaway by Brent Burns in defensive zone
18:38	San Jose	Brenden Dillon credited with hit on Kris Versteeg in defensive zone
18:47	Los Angeles	Luke Schenn shot blocked by Logan Couture
18:49	Los Angeles	Luke Schenn shot blocked by Roman Polak
18:56	San Jose	Roman Polak credited with hit on Trevor Lewis in defensive zone
19:08	Los Angeles	Kyle Clifford credited with hit on Joel Ward in neutral zone
19:25		Stoppage - Offside
19:25	Los Angeles	Anze Kopitar won faceoff against Joe Pavelski in neutral zone
19:40	San Jose	Giveaway by Martin Jones in defensive zone
20:00		End of 1st period
2nd Period Summary
Time	Team	Detail
0:00		Start of 2nd period
0:00	Los Angeles	Anze Kopitar won faceoff against Joe Pavelski in neutral zone
0:16	Los Angeles	Shot missed by Drew Doughty, Wide of Net(Slapshot 53 ft)
0:46	Los Angeles	Giveaway by Rob Scuderi in defensive zone
1:04		Stoppage - Puck Frozen
1:04	Los Angeles	Jeff Carter won faceoff against Joel Ward in defensive zone
1:18	Los Angeles	Milan Lucic credited with hit on Marc-Edouard Vlasic in offensive zone
1:29	Los Angeles	Milan Lucic credited with hit on Joel Ward in offensive zone
1:38	Los Angeles	Shot missed by Tyler Toffoli, Wide of Net(Wristshot 57 ft)
1:45	San Jose	Shot missed by Matthew Nieto, Wide of Net(Wristshot 32 ft)
2:03	San Jose	Roman Polak shot blocked by Jamie McBain
2:10	San Jose	Shot on goal by Brenden Dillon saved by Jonathan Quick(Wristshot 49 ft)
2:15	San Jose	Melker Karlsson shot blocked by Jamie McBain
2:16		Stoppage - Puck Frozen
2:16	San Jose	Chris Tierney won faceoff against Vincent Lecavalier in offensive zone
2:25	San Jose	Brenden Dillon credited with hit on Dustin Brown in defensive zone
2:29	Los Angeles	Dustin Brown credited with hit on Chris Tierney in defensive zone
2:32	Los Angeles	Shot on goal by Vincent Lecavalier saved by Martin Jones(Backhand 11 ft)
2:35	Los Angeles	Drew Doughty shot blocked by Nick Spaling
2:40	Los Angeles	Drew Doughty shot blocked by Nick Spaling
2:43	Los Angeles	Vincent Lecavalier shot blocked by Roman Polak
2:45	Los Angeles	Shot on goal by Vincent Lecavalier saved by Martin Jones(Wristshot 17 ft)
2:46		Stoppage - Goalie Stopped
2:46	Los Angeles	Anze Kopitar won faceoff against Joe Thornton in offensive zone
2:51	Los Angeles	Shot on goal by Anze Kopitar saved by Martin Jones(Wristshot 18 ft)
3:10	Los Angeles	Giveaway by Jake Muzzin in defensive zone
3:12	San Jose	Shot missed by Joe Thornton, Wide of Net(Tip-In 27 ft)
3:16	San Jose	Joe Pavelski credited with hit on Anze Kopitar in defensive zone
3:19	Los Angeles	Jake Muzzin credited with hit on Joe Thornton in defensive zone
3:31	San Jose	Paul Martin shot blocked by Luke Schenn
3:48	Los Angeles	Takeaway by Brayden McNabb in defensive zone
4:05	San Jose	Goal scored by Matthew Nieto(Tip-In 8 ft) assisted by Joel Ward and Logan Couture
4:05	San Jose	Joe Pavelski won faceoff against Jeff Carter in neutral zone
4:17	Los Angeles	Jeff Carter credited with hit on Joe Pavelski in defensive zone
4:27	San Jose	Justin Braun credited with hit on Milan Lucic in defensive zone
4:38	San Jose	Giveaway by Joe Thornton in defensive zone
4:40	Los Angeles	Shot on goal by Rob Scuderi saved by Martin Jones(Slapshot 56 ft)
4:46	Los Angeles	Milan Lucic shot blocked by Marc-Edouard Vlasic
4:54	Los Angeles	Shot missed by Vincent Lecavalier, Wide of Net(Wristshot 19 ft)
5:31	San Jose	Shot on goal by Patrick Marleau saved by Jonathan Quick(Backhand 11 ft)
5:31	Los Angeles	Anze Kopitar won faceoff against Joel Ward in defensive zone
6:25	San Jose	Nick Spaling credited with hit on Luke Schenn in offensive zone
6:33	San Jose	Justin Braun credited with hit on Milan Lucic in defensive zone
6:40	Los Angeles	Jake Muzzin shot blocked by Justin Braun
6:54	Los Angeles	Tyler Toffoli shot blocked by Marc-Edouard Vlasic
7:00	Los Angeles	Rob Scuderi credited with hit on Patrick Marleau in defensive zone
7:05	Los Angeles	Jamie McBain credited with hit on Matthew Nieto in offensive zone
7:17	Los Angeles	Tanner Pearson credited with hit on Brenden Dillon in offensive zone
7:22		Stoppage - Icing
7:22	Los Angeles	Vincent Lecavalier won faceoff against Patrick Marleau in offensive zone
7:30	Los Angeles	Brayden McNabb shot blocked by Melker Karlsson
7:31		Stoppage - Puck in Netting; TV timeout
7:31	Los Angeles	Vincent Lecavalier won faceoff against Joe Pavelski in offensive zone
7:40	Los Angeles	Shot on goal by Tanner Pearson saved by Martin Jones(Wristshot 21 ft)
7:41		Stoppage - Goalie Stopped
7:41	Los Angeles	Anze Kopitar won faceoff against Logan Couture in offensive zone
7:44	Los Angeles	Goal scored by Anze Kopitar(Tip-In 10 ft) assisted by Dwight King and Drew Doughty
7:44	Los Angeles	Anze Kopitar won faceoff against Logan Couture in neutral zone
8:12	Los Angeles	Shot on goal by Dwight King saved by Martin Jones(Wristshot 50 ft)
8:14		Stoppage - Goalie Stopped
8:14	Los Angeles	Trevor Lewis won faceoff against Patrick Marleau in offensive zone
8:19	Los Angeles	Kyle Clifford shot blocked by Brent Burns
8:20		Stoppage - Puck in Netting
8:20	San Jose	Patrick Marleau won faceoff against Trevor Lewis in defensive zone
8:40	Los Angeles	Giveaway by Jake Muzzin in defensive zone
8:44	Los Angeles	Jake Muzzin credited with hit on Matthew Nieto in defensive zone
8:49	San Jose	Shot on goal by Brenden Dillon saved by Jonathan Quick(Slapshot 57 ft)
9:28	San Jose	Giveaway by Joe Thornton in defensive zone
9:30	Los Angeles	Shot on goal by Drew Doughty saved by Martin Jones(Slapshot 68 ft)
9:33	San Jose	Giveaway by Justin Braun in defensive zone
9:35	Los Angeles	Jeff Carter shot blocked by Justin Braun
9:36		Stoppage - Puck in Netting
9:36	San Jose	Chris Tierney won faceoff against Vincent Lecavalier in defensive zone
9:45	Los Angeles	Brayden McNabb credited with hit on Nick Spaling in offensive zone
9:53	San Jose	Shot on goal by Tommy Wingels saved by Jonathan Quick(Snap 32 ft)
9:53		Stoppage - Puck in Netting
9:53	San Jose	Chris Tierney won faceoff against Anze Kopitar in offensive zone
9:59	San Jose	Brenden Dillon shot blocked by Dwight King
10:07	San Jose	Nick Spaling credited with hit on Dwight King in offensive zone
10:12		Stoppage - Icing
10:12	Los Angeles	Anze Kopitar won faceoff against Chris Tierney in offensive zone
10:32	San Jose	Chris Tierney credited with hit on Trevor Lewis in defensive zone
10:36	Los Angeles	Shot missed by Jake Muzzin, Wide of Net(Slapshot 66 ft)
10:42	San Jose	Roman Polak credited with hit on Anze Kopitar in defensive zone
10:45	San Jose	Tommy Wingels credited with hit on Trevor Lewis in offensive zone
10:50		Stoppage - Puck in Benches; TV timeout
10:50	San Jose	Logan Couture won faceoff against Jeff Carter in neutral zone
11:22	San Jose	Giveaway by Justin Braun in defensive zone
11:26	Los Angeles	Goal scored by Jeff Carter(Wristshot 17 ft) assisted by Jake Muzzin and Tyler Toffoli
11:26	San Jose	Patrick Marleau won faceoff against Vincent Lecavalier in neutral zone
11:44	Los Angeles	Shot on goal by Tanner Pearson saved by Martin Jones(Slapshot 43 ft)
11:45		Stoppage - Goalie Stopped
11:45	San Jose	Joe Pavelski won faceoff against Anze Kopitar in defensive zone
12:02	San Jose	Shot missed by Paul Martin, Wide of Net(Wristshot 64 ft)
12:17	San Jose	Tomas Hertl credited with hit on Anze Kopitar in offensive zone
12:20	San Jose	Joe Pavelski credited with hit on Drew Doughty in offensive zone
12:29	Los Angeles	Shot on goal by Dwight King saved by Martin Jones(Snap 36 ft)
12:30		Stoppage - Goalie Stopped
12:30	San Jose	Chris Tierney won faceoff against Vincent Lecavalier in defensive zone
12:47	Los Angeles	Dustin Brown shot blocked by Brenden Dillon
13:02	San Jose	Shot missed by Tommy Wingels, Wide of Net(Tip-In 15 ft)
13:32	Los Angeles	Giveaway by Jamie McBain in defensive zone
13:35	Los Angeles	Trevor Lewis credited with hit on Logan Couture in defensive zone
13:45	San Jose	Marc-Edouard Vlasic shot blocked by Jamie McBain
13:48	Los Angeles	Kyle Clifford credited with hit on Justin Braun in defensive zone
13:54	Los Angeles	Giveaway by Jamie McBain in defensive zone
14:00	San Jose	Shot on goal by Marc-Edouard Vlasic saved by Jonathan Quick(Wristshot 58 ft)
14:01		Stoppage - Goalie Stopped; TV timeout
14:01	Los Angeles	Anze Kopitar won faceoff against Joe Pavelski in defensive zone
14:14	San Jose	Shot on goal by Marc-Edouard Vlasic saved by Jonathan Quick(Slapshot 59 ft)
14:16	San Jose	Shot on goal by Joe Pavelski saved by Jonathan Quick(Wristshot 17 ft)
14:30	San Jose	Giveaway by Joe Thornton in offensive zone
14:37	San Jose	Marc-Edouard Vlasic credited with hit on Dwight King in defensive zone
14:54	Los Angeles	Milan Lucic shot blocked by Tomas Hertl
15:02	Los Angeles	Giveaway by Luke Schenn in defensive zone
15:05	Los Angeles	Milan Lucic credited with hit on Melker Karlsson in neutral zone
15:10	Los Angeles	Giveaway by Luke Schenn in defensive zone
15:38	Los Angeles	Shot on goal by Tyler Toffoli saved by Martin Jones(Wristshot 46 ft)
15:39		Stoppage - Goalie Stopped
15:39	Los Angeles	Vincent Lecavalier won faceoff against Logan Couture in offensive zone
15:53	Los Angeles	Giveaway by Drew Doughty in defensive zone
16:07	Los Angeles	Vincent Lecavalier credited with hit on Brenden Dillon in offensive zone
16:10	San Jose	Giveaway by Marc-Edouard Vlasic in defensive zone
16:20		Stoppage - Icing
16:20	Los Angeles	Anze Kopitar won faceoff against Joel Ward in offensive zone
16:30	Los Angeles	Shot missed by Luke Schenn, Wide of Net(Snap 53 ft)
16:34	Los Angeles	Shot missed by Kyle Clifford, Goalpost(Wristshot 35 ft)
16:36	Los Angeles	Goal scored by Kris Versteeg(Wristshot 10 ft) assisted by Kyle Clifford and Jake Muzzin
16:36	San Jose	Joe Pavelski won faceoff against Anze Kopitar in neutral zone
16:46		Stoppage - Puck in Benches
16:46	San Jose	Joe Pavelski won faceoff against Anze Kopitar in neutral zone
17:26	Los Angeles	penalty to Trevor Lewis 2 minutes for Slashing Tomas Hertl
17:26	Los Angeles	Shorthanded - Vincent Lecavalier won faceoff against Joe Pavelski in defensive zone
17:43	Los Angeles	Shorthanded - Jeff Carter credited with hit on Joe Pavelski in neutral zone
17:59	San Jose	Power play - Shot on goal by Patrick Marleau saved by Jonathan Quick(Wristshot 49 ft)
18:01		Stoppage - Goalie Stopped
18:01	Los Angeles	Shorthanded - Jeff Carter won faceoff against Tomas Hertl in defensive zone
18:53	Los Angeles	Shorthanded - Vincent Lecavalier credited with hit on Melker Karlsson in defensive zone
18:55	San Jose	Power play - Shot on goal by Melker Karlsson saved by Jonathan Quick(Wristshot 48 ft)
19:02	Los Angeles	Shorthanded - Shot on goal by Vincent Lecavalier saved by Martin Jones(Snap 38 ft)
19:44	Los Angeles	Milan Lucic credited with hit on Logan Couture in neutral zone
20:00		End of 2nd period
3rd Period Summary
Time	Team	Detail
0:00		Start of 3rd period
0:00	Los Angeles	Anze Kopitar won faceoff against Joe Thornton in neutral zone
0:15	Los Angeles	Marian Gaborik credited with hit on Joe Thornton in offensive zone
0:16	Los Angeles	Anze Kopitar shot blocked by Paul Martin
0:19		Stoppage - Icing
0:19	San Jose	Joe Thornton won faceoff against Anze Kopitar in defensive zone
0:29	San Jose	Tomas Hertl credited with hit on Drew Doughty in offensive zone
0:34		Stoppage - Offside
0:34	Los Angeles	Jeff Carter won faceoff against Logan Couture in neutral zone
1:04	Los Angeles	Milan Lucic credited with hit on Marc-Edouard Vlasic in offensive zone
1:40	San Jose	Brenden Dillon credited with hit on Dustin Brown in defensive zone
1:44	Los Angeles	Tanner Pearson shot blocked by Melker Karlsson
1:45	Los Angeles	Shot on goal by Tanner Pearson saved by Martin Jones(Wristshot 9 ft)
1:47		Stoppage - Goalie Stopped
1:47	San Jose	Chris Tierney won faceoff against Trevor Lewis in defensive zone
2:05	San Jose	Paul Martin credited with hit on Kyle Clifford in defensive zone
2:39		Stoppage - Offside
2:39	Los Angeles	Anze Kopitar won faceoff against Joe Pavelski in neutral zone
2:48	Los Angeles	Dwight King credited with hit on Marc-Edouard Vlasic in offensive zone
3:12		Stoppage - Puck in Netting
3:12	Los Angeles	Jeff Carter won faceoff against Logan Couture in defensive zone
3:50	Los Angeles	Milan Lucic credited with hit on Logan Couture in offensive zone
3:58	San Jose	Goal scored by Joonas Donskoi(Wristshot 8 ft) assisted by Brent Burns and Logan Couture
3:58	Los Angeles	Vincent Lecavalier won faceoff against Patrick Marleau in neutral zone
4:14	Los Angeles	Tanner Pearson shot blocked by Brenden Dillon
4:20	Los Angeles	Vincent Lecavalier credited with hit on Brenden Dillon in offensive zone
4:46	San Jose	Marc-Edouard Vlasic credited with hit on Trevor Lewis in defensive zone
5:08	Los Angeles	Kyle Clifford credited with hit on Joe Thornton in offensive zone
5:15	San Jose	Joe Pavelski credited with hit on Brayden McNabb in offensive zone
5:23	San Jose	Shot on goal by Joe Thornton saved by Jonathan Quick(Wristshot 37 ft)
5:46	Los Angeles	Luke Schenn shot blocked by Joe Thornton
6:18	Los Angeles	Giveaway by Jonathan Quick in defensive zone
6:33	Los Angeles	Shot missed by Jeff Carter, Wide of Net(Wristshot 33 ft)
6:34		Stoppage - Puck Frozen; TV timeout
6:34	Los Angeles	Vincent Lecavalier won faceoff against Patrick Marleau in offensive zone
6:39	Los Angeles	Shot missed by Brayden McNabb, Wide of Net(Slapshot 45 ft)
6:44		Stoppage - Offside
6:44	San Jose	Patrick Marleau won faceoff against Vincent Lecavalier in neutral zone
7:18	Los Angeles	Shot missed by Vincent Lecavalier, Wide of Net(Tip-In 12 ft)
7:32	Los Angeles	Marian Gaborik credited with hit on Tommy Wingels in neutral zone
8:05	Los Angeles	Giveaway by Jake Muzzin in defensive zone
9:23	Los Angeles	Giveaway by Brayden McNabb in offensive zone
9:41	Los Angeles	Shot on goal by Jeff Carter saved by Martin Jones(Backhand 8 ft)
9:49	Los Angeles	Brayden McNabb shot blocked by Justin Braun
10:16	Los Angeles	Tyler Toffoli credited with hit on Marc-Edouard Vlasic in offensive zone
10:41	Los Angeles	Jake Muzzin shot blocked by Justin Braun
11:29	San Jose	Shot missed by Joonas Donskoi, Wide of Net(Wristshot 33 ft)
11:44	Los Angeles	Anze Kopitar credited with hit on Marc-Edouard Vlasic in offensive zone
11:50	Los Angeles	Luke Schenn shot blocked by Melker Karlsson
11:59	San Jose	Patrick Marleau shot blocked by Dwight King
12:06	Los Angeles	Giveaway by Dwight King in defensive zone
12:24	San Jose	Goal scored by Joe Pavelski(Wristshot 39 ft) assisted by Brent Burns and Paul Martin
12:24	San Jose	Joe Thornton won faceoff against Jeff Carter in neutral zone
12:45	Los Angeles	Shot on goal by Tyler Toffoli saved by Martin Jones(Snap 22 ft)
13:21	Los Angeles	Luke Schenn credited with hit on Nick Spaling in neutral zone
13:53	Los Angeles	Shot on goal by Marian Gaborik saved by Martin Jones(Wristshot 9 ft)
14:29		Stoppage - Puck in Benches; TV timeout
14:29	Los Angeles	Jeff Carter won faceoff against Chris Tierney in neutral zone
15:01	San Jose	Shot on goal by Joe Thornton saved by Jonathan Quick(Wristshot 54 ft)
15:03		Stoppage - Goalie Stopped
15:03	Los Angeles	Vincent Lecavalier won faceoff against Joe Thornton in defensive zone
15:27	San Jose	Tomas Hertl shot blocked by Dustin Brown
15:51		Stoppage - Puck in Crowd; TV timeout
15:51	Los Angeles	Anze Kopitar won faceoff against Chris Tierney in neutral zone
16:07		Stoppage - Icing
16:07	San Jose	Chris Tierney won faceoff against Anze Kopitar in defensive zone
16:10	San Jose	Giveaway by Brent Burns in defensive zone
16:41		Stoppage - Icing
16:41	Los Angeles	Jeff Carter won faceoff against Logan Couture in offensive zone
17:21	Los Angeles	Shot missed by Brayden McNabb, Wide of Net(Snap 53 ft)
17:31	Los Angeles	Shot missed by Anze Kopitar, Wide of Net(Tip-In 11 ft)
17:35	Los Angeles	Brayden McNabb shot blocked by Marc-Edouard Vlasic
17:49	Los Angeles	Milan Lucic credited with hit on Justin Braun in offensive zone
18:14	Los Angeles	Shot missed by Vincent Lecavalier, Wide of Net(Wristshot 15 ft)
18:29	San Jose	Justin Braun credited with hit on Dustin Brown in defensive zone
18:37	Los Angeles	Jake Muzzin shot blocked by Marc-Edouard Vlasic
18:41		Stoppage - Icing; Visitor Timeout
18:41	Los Angeles	Jeff Carter won faceoff against Joe Thornton in offensive zone
19:01	Los Angeles	Tanner Pearson credited with hit on Justin Braun in offensive zone
19:07	San Jose	Tomas Hertl shot blocked by Jake Muzzin
19:38	San Jose	Goal scored by Melker Karlsson(Wristshot 88 ft) assisted by Patrick Marleau
19:38	Los Angeles	Vincent Lecavalier won faceoff against Nick Spaling in neutral zone
19:50		Stoppage - Puck in Crowd
19:50	San Jose	Nick Spaling won faceoff against Vincent Lecavalier in neutral zone
20:00		End of 3rd period
20:00		End of Game

Game Information

Arena: STAPLES Center Location: Los Angeles, California	Referees: Chris Rooney, Francois St. Laurent Linesmen: Jonny Murray, Steve Barton
Attendance: 18,543 (102.3% full)

Team Statistical Comparison

Key:  San Jose   Los Angeles
Total Shots  28    22	PIM    2  6	Hits    30  39	Giveaways    11  16	Takeaways    1    1	Faceoffs Won    29  41

1st Period Summary
Time	Team	Scoring Detail	SJ	LA
1:08		Joonas Donskoi (1) Assist: Logan Couture	1	0
11:21		Chris Tierney (1) Assist: Brent Burns	2	0
Time	Team	Penalty Detail
2:45		Luke Schenn: 2 Minutes for Interference
3:01		Dustin Brown: 2 Minutes for Tripping
16:27		Joel Ward: 2 Minutes for Tripping
2nd Period Summary
Time	Team	Scoring Detail	SJ	LA
4:05		Matt Nieto (1) Assists: Joel Ward, Logan Couture	3	0
7:44		Anze Kopitar (2) Assists: Dwight King, Drew Doughty	3	1
11:26		Jeff Carter (2) Assists: Jake Muzzin, Tyler Toffoli	3	2
16:36		Kris Versteeg (1) Assists: Kyle Clifford, Jake Muzzin	3	3
Time	Team	Penalty Detail
17:26		Trevor Lewis: 2 Minutes for Slashing
3rd Period Summary
Time	Team	Scoring Detail	SJ	LA
3:58		Joonas Donskoi (2) Assists: Brent Burns, Logan Couture	4	3
12:24		Joe Pavelski (5) Assists: Brent Burns, Paul Martin	5	3
19:38		Melker Karlsson (1) Assist: Patrick Marleau	6	3
Time	Team	Penalty Detail
No penalties this period

Player Summary

San Jose Sharks Time On Ice Faceoffs Player G A +/- SOG MS BS PN PIM HT TK GV SHF TOT PP SH EV FW FL % J. Braun D 0 0 1 0 0 4 0 0 3 0 3 30 21:35 0:09 0:58 20:28 0 0 00.0 B. Burns D 0 3 2 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 2 28 23:13 4:07 1:02 18:04 0 0 00.0 L. Couture C 0 3 -1 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 26 17:54 3:14 0:32 14:08 4 7 36.4 B. Dillon D 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 4 0 0 24 13:53 0:00 0:00 13:53 0 0 00.0 J. Donskoi RW 2 0 -1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 22 14:15 1:16 0:00 12:59 0 0 00.0 T. Hertl C 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 4 0 0 26 18:28 1:02 0:00 17:26 0 1 00.0 M. Karlsson RW 1 0 2 2 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 23 14:19 1:09 1:03 12:07 0 0 00.0 P. Marleau C 0 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 22 15:06 2:51 0:00 12:15 4 6 40.0 P. Martin D 0 1 1 1 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 29 19:35 0:16 1:02 18:17 0 0 00.0 M. Nieto LW 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 21 11:01 0:00 0:25 10:36 0 0 00.0 J. Pavelski C 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 24 20:14 3:07 0:00 17:07 6 9 40.0 R. Polak D 0 0 2 1 0 5 0 0 4 0 0 21 14:54 0:00 0:00 14:54 0 0 00.0 N. Spaling C 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 20 12:37 0:00 0:32 12:05 1 1 50.0 J. Thornton C 0 0 1 4 1 2 0 0 0 0 3 25 19:59 3:00 0:00 16:59 5 9 35.7 C. Tierney C 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 19 12:08 0:00 1:03 11:05 8 3 72.7 M. Vlasic D 0 0 0 3 0 5 0 0 2 0 2 30 23:51 1:09 0:58 21:44 0 0 00.0 J. Ward RW 0 1 -1 0 0 0 1 2 2 0 0 23 14:26 0:00 0:00 14:26 1 5 16.7 T. Wingels C 0 0 1 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 17 10:32 0:00 0:25 10:07 0 0 00.0 San Jose Sharks Scratches Player Detail D. Demelo Scratched D. Zubrus Scratched M. Haley Scratched M. Tennyson Upper Body Los Angeles Kings Time On Ice Faceoffs Player G A +/- SOG MS BS PN PIM HT TK GV SHF TOT PP SH EV FW FL % D. Brown RW 0 0 -2 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 24 14:29 0:00 0:45 13:44 0 0 00.0 J. Carter C 1 0 -2 2 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 24 17:00 1:00 1:12 14:48 10 6 62.5 K. Clifford LW 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 3 0 0 16 8:48 0:00 0:00 8:48 0 0 00.0 D. Doughty D 0 1 -2 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 3 33 29:59 1:15 3:09 25:35 0 0 00.0 M. Gaborik RW 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 21 15:15 1:00 0:00 14:15 0 0 00.0 D. King LW 0 1 0 2 2 2 0 0 1 0 1 25 18:15 0:00 0:37 17:38 0 0 00.0 A. Kopitar C 1 0 1 3 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 27 23:50 1:15 2:33 20:02 19 11 63.3 V. Lecavalier C 0 0 -1 4 3 0 0 0 3 0 0 23 13:38 0:45 0:43 12:10 10 8 55.6 T. Lewis C 0 0 -2 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 18 10:22 0:00 0:00 10:22 2 3 40.0 M. Lucic LW 0 0 -1 0 0 1 0 0 7 0 0 21 16:28 1:00 0:07 15:21 0 0 00.0 J. McBain D 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 1 0 2 19 10:58 0:45 0:00 10:13 0 0 00.0 B. McNabb D 0 0 -1 1 3 0 0 0 3 1 1 24 17:22 1:00 0:00 16:22 0 0 00.0 J. Muzzin D 0 2 -1 1 1 2 0 0 3 0 4 32 26:06 1:00 3:04 22:02 0 0 00.0 T. Pearson LW 0 0 -2 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 21 12:36 0:00 0:16 12:20 0 0 00.0 L. Schenn D 0 0 -1 0 1 2 1 2 2 0 2 29 18:45 0:00 1:23 17:22 0 0 00.0 R. Scuderi D 0 0 -1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 29 17:15 0:00 1:12 16:03 0 0 00.0 T. Toffoli C 0 1 -1 2 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 23 16:35 1:00 0:19 15:16 0 0 00.0 K. Versteeg RW 1 0 -1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 16 10:00 0:00 0:00 10:00 0 1 00.0 Los Angeles Kings Scratches Player Detail A. Andreoff Scratched A. Martinez Undisclosed K. Gravel Scratched N. Shore Scratched

Goaltending Summary

San Jose Sharks Goaltending Player SA GA Saves SV% TOI PIM M. Jones 22 3 19 .864 60:00 0	Los Angeles Kings Goaltending Player SA GA Saves SV% TOI PIM J. Quick 27 5 22 .815 56:19 0

Shots On Goal

Team	1st	2nd	3rd	T
San Jose	13	10	5	28
Los Angeles	4	14	4	22

Power Play Summary

Team	PPG / PPO
San Jose	0 of 3
Los Angeles	0 of 1

* - 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.