Nashville Predators vs Los Angeles Kings

Regular season · Thursday, February 1, 2001 · STAPLES Center

6–4

26–27

Game summary

The Nashville Predators beat the Los Angeles Kings 6–4 on Thursday, February 1, 2001 at STAPLES Center. The Kings outshot the Predators 27–26.

Tom Fitzgerald scored twice and Luc Robitaille scored twice. Eric Belanger, Bryan Smolinski, Bill Houlder, Greg Classen, Rob Valicevic and Greg Johnson also scored.

Mike Dunham made 23 saves on 27 shots for the win; Jamie Storr stopped 20 of 25.

Goals
NSH	1	1	4	6	26
LAK	1	3	0	4	27

Scoring

1st period

Tom Fitzgerald (6)Bill Houlder (9)1–007:02 NSH ·
Luc Robitaille (24)Eric Belanger (11), Ian Laperriere (6)1–115:16 LAK

2nd period

Eric Belanger (7)Ian Laperriere (7)1–201:01 LAK
Bryan Smolinski (17)Ziggy Palffy (34), Jozef Stumpel (26)1–301:40 LAK
Luc Robitaille (25)Ziggy Palffy (35), Jozef Stumpel (27)1–404:53 LAK ·
Bill Houlder (4)Rob Valicevic (4), Greg Classen (4)2–414:24 NSH

3rd period

Greg Classen (2)Cliff Ronning (29), Drake Berehowsky (16)3–405:46 NSH ·
Rob Valicevic (7)Mark Eaton (3), Denis Arkhipov (6)4–406:58 NSH ·
Greg Johnson (9)Patric Kjellberg (19), Tom Fitzgerald (9)5–414:11 NSH
Tom Fitzgerald (7)Unassisted6–419:30 NSH ·

Team stats

NSHLAK

2627

41%59%

2/41/3

2332

1015

1617

Penalties

6:13 into the first periodMarian Cisar · tripping2 min
9:03 into the first periodKelly Buchberger · interference2 min
16:59 into the first periodCale Hulse · interference2 min
3:48 into the second periodMarian Cisar · roughing2 min
7:58 into the second periodMathieu Schneider · interference2 min
4:12 into the third periodKelly Buchberger · slashing2 min
5:16 into the third periodRob Blake · slashing2 min

Season series

Nashville Predators

Nashville Predators skaters

21Tom FitzgeraldR	2	1	3	+2	3	0	0	0	67	15:44
9Greg ClassenC	1	1	2	−1	1	3	2	0	46	13:13
12Rob ValicevicR	1	1	2	+1	2	5	0	0	–	19:14
23Bill HoulderD	1	1	2	+2	2	0	0	0	–	22:32
7Cliff RonningC	0	1	1	0	4	0	0	0	33	17:07
10Patric KjellbergL	0	1	1	+2	1	0	0	0	100	20:16
22Greg JohnsonC	1	0	1	+1	2	0	0	0	50	18:28
25Denis ArkhipovC	0	1	1	+1	2	0	1	0	25	12:34
4Mark EatonD	0	1	1	0	1	2	1	0	–	14:08
15Drake BerehowskyD	0	1	1	+1	1	0	2	0	–	20:37
11David LegwandC	0	0	0	−2	1	0	1	0	22	15:49
17Scott HartnellL	0	0	0	0	2	3	0	0	–	11:34
39Marian CisarL	0	0	0	−1	2	4	0	4	–	18:44
43Vitali YachmenevR	0	0	0	−2	0	1	1	0	–	07:54
3Karlis SkrastinsD	0	0	0	−1	1	1	2	0	–	17:58
32Cale HulseD	0	0	0	+1	0	2	0	2	–	21:12
33Marc MoroD	0	0	0	+1	0	2	0	0	–	04:08
44Kimmo TimonenD	0	0	0	−1	1	0	0	0	–	23:46

Nashville Predators goalies
Goalie
1Mike DunhamG	W	27	23	4	.852	60:00
29Tomas VokounG		0	0	0	–	00:00

Los Angeles Kings

Los Angeles Kings skaters

15Jozef StumpelL	0	2	2	−1	0	2	0	0	58	19:36
20Luc RobitailleL	2	0	2	0	4	1	0	0	–	18:10
22Ian LaperriereR	0	2	2	+2	0	2	0	0	–	13:14
25Eric BelangerC	1	1	2	+2	2	4	0	0	56	14:12
33Ziggy PalffyR	0	2	2	−2	3	0	0	0	–	19:16
21Bryan SmolinskiC	1	0	1	−1	5	2	1	0	50	19:34
7Nelson EmersonR	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	–	09:38
9Kelly BuchbergerR	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	4	100	13:22
19Bob CorkumC	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	56	12:39
27Glen MurrayR	0	0	0	−1	0	0	1	0	–	17:45
28Steve ReinprechtC	0	0	0	−1	1	0	0	0	67	09:43
32Stu GrimsonL	0	0	0	−1	0	1	0	0	–	06:00
4Rob BlakeD	0	0	0	−4	2	5	0	2	–	20:59
5Aki BergD	0	0	0	+1	2	3	1	0	–	17:19
10Mathieu SchneiderD	0	0	0	−2	3	2	3	2	–	22:29
14Mattias NorstromD	0	0	0	−1	0	2	2	0	–	20:23
17Lubomir VisnovskyD	0	0	0	+1	2	2	1	0	–	18:41
44Jaroslav ModryD	0	0	0	+2	1	1	3	0	–	20:22

Los Angeles Kings goalies
Goalie
1Jamie StorrG	L	25	20	5	.800	59:03
31Steve PassmoreG		0	0	0	–	00:00