Edmonton Oilers vs Los Angeles Kings
Regular season · Saturday, April 6, 2002 · STAPLES Center
Game summary
The Los Angeles Kings beat the Edmonton Oilers 4–3 in overtime on Saturday, April 6, 2002 at STAPLES Center. The Kings outshot the Oilers 29–20.
Ziggy Palffy scored twice and Anson Carter scored twice. Ryan Smyth, Brad Chartrand and Philippe Boucher also scored.
Felix Potvin made 17 saves on 20 shots for the win; Tommy Salo stopped 25 of 29.
Scoring
1st period
Ryan Smyth (15)Anson Carter (31), Janne Niinimaa (38)1–019:36 EDM ·
2nd period
Ziggy Palffy (29)Adam Deadmarsh (33), Jason Allison (51)1–111:48 LAK · 
Brad Chartrand (7)Mikko Eloranta (9), Ian Laperriere (14)1–218:00 LAK
3rd period
Anson Carter (27)Mike Comrie (27), Janne Niinimaa (39)2–205:13 EDM · 
Philippe Boucher (7)Bryan Smolinski (24), Cliff Ronning (35)2–317:36 LAK- Anson Carter (28)Ryan Smyth (34), Jochen Hecht (23)3–319:49 EDM
Overtime
- Ziggy Palffy (30)Jason Allison (52), Aaron Miller (12)3–400:28 LAK
Team stats
EDMLAK
2029
49%51%
2/51/7
1410
3332
1312
1210
34
Penalties
- 10:46 into the first period
Daniel Cleary · hooking2 min - 14:07 into the first periodJason Smith · interference2 min
- 18:00 into the first period
Aaron Miller · hooking2 min - 18:33 into the first periodPhilippe Boucher · high sticking2 min
- 19:49 into the first periodMike Comrie · tripping obstruction2 min
- 4:59 into the second periodJason Smith · holding the stick2 min
- 7:34 into the second periodBrad Chartrand · high sticking2 min
- 7:34 into the second periodBrad Chartrand · high sticking2 min
- 10:48 into the second periodEric Brewer · interference2 min
- 18:03 into the second periodEthan Moreau · roughing2 min
- 4:23 into the third periodLubomir Visnovsky · holding2 min
- 13:23 into the third periodMike Grier · high sticking2 min
Season series
Edmonton Oilers
| 22Anson CarterR | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 21:23 |
| 94Ryan SmythL | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 21:26 |
| 44Janne NiinimaaD | 0 | 2 | 2 | −1 | 1 | 28:46 |
| 20Jochen HechtC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12:01 |
| 89Mike ComrieC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 20:15 |
| 7Daniel ClearyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 09:10 |
| 12Josh GreenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 08:53 |
| 15Marty ReasonerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:28 |
| 16Mike YorkL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 16:12 |
| 18Ethan MoreauL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11:28 |
| 25Mike GrierR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 15:40 |
| 26Todd MarchantC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 5 | 17:22 |
| 27Georges LaraqueR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 08:25 |
| 2Eric BrewerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24:04 |
| 19Sven ButenschonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 09:10 |
| 21Jason SmithD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | 21:47 |
| 24Steve StaiosD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 21:46 |
| 32Scott FergusonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:11 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Ty ConklinG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Tommy SaloG | L | 29 | 4 | .862 |
Los Angeles Kings
| 33Ziggy PalffyR | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 2 | 17:00 |
| 41Jason AllisonC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 2 | 22:50 |
| 7Cliff RonningC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 20:17 |
| 21Bryan SmolinskiC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 17:18 |
| 22Ian LaperriereR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 13:00 |
| 28Adam DeadmarshR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | 20:31 |
| 29Brad ChartrandR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 11:55 |
| 42Mikko ElorantaL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 12:09 |
| 3Aaron MillerD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | 23:18 |
| 43Philippe BoucherD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 21:21 |
| 9Kelly BuchbergerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 08:13 |
| 12Ken BelangerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 06:00 |
| 23Craig JohnsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 09:54 |
| 25Eric BelangerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:15 |
| 10Mathieu SchneiderD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | 23:36 |
| 14Mattias NorstromD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 21:26 |
| 17Lubomir VisnovskyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:21 |
| 44Jaroslav ModryD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 19:00 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Jamie StorrG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 39Felix PotvinG | W | 20 | 3 | .850 |