Columbus Blue Jackets vs Los Angeles Kings
Regular season · Saturday, December 7, 2002 · STAPLES Center
Game summary
The Columbus Blue Jackets beat the Los Angeles Kings 4–2 on Saturday, December 7, 2002 at STAPLES Center. The Kings outshot the Blue Jackets 30–25.
Goals came from Ziggy Palffy, Rick Nash, Ray Whitney, Adam Deadmarsh, Derrick Walser and Tyler Wright.
Marc Denis made 28 saves on 30 shots for the win; Felix Potvin stopped 21 of 24.
Scoring
1st period
Ziggy Palffy (7)Jason Allison (9)0–102:51 LAK
Rick Nash (6)Ray Whitney (17), Geoff Sanderson (10)1–117:15 CBJ ·
2nd period
Ray Whitney (10)David Vyborny (8), Luke Richardson (7)2–119:17 CBJ
Adam Deadmarsh (10)Jason Allison (10), Ziggy Palffy (11)2–219:39 LAK
3rd period
Derrick Walser (4)Andrew Cassels (21), Ray Whitney (18)3–203:00 CBJ · 
Tyler Wright (9)Andrew Cassels (22)4–219:41 CBJ ·
Team stats
CBJLAK
2530
33%67%
2/70/6
1214
15
00
00
00
Penalties
- 0:36 into the first period
Mikko Eloranta · interference goalkeeper2 min - 6:32 into the first period
Duvie Westcott · tripping2 min - 7:22 into the first periodAdam Deadmarsh · roughing2 min
- 13:46 into the first periodGrant Marshall · slashing2 min
- 15:58 into the first periodErik Rasmussen · roughing2 min
- 3:20 into the second periodMichael Cammalleri · high sticking2 min
- 6:29 into the second periodLuke Richardson · cross checking2 min
- 6:29 into the second periodMatt Davidson · holding2 min
- 11:43 into the second periodJason Allison · interference2 min
- 1:32 into the third periodSteve Heinze · hooking2 min
- 7:16 into the third periodDerek Armstrong · interference goalkeeper2 min
- 9:43 into the third periodTomi Kallio · holding the stick2 min
- 15:17 into the third periodMatt Davidson · roughing2 min
Season series
Columbus Blue Jackets
| 14Ray WhitneyL | 1 | 2 | 3 | +1 | 3 | 24:24 |
| 25Andrew CasselsC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 0 | 23:37 |
| 8Geoff SandersonL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 17:58 |
| 9David VybornyR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 16:37 |
| 28Tyler WrightC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 18:20 |
| 61Rick NashL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 10:52 |
| 22Luke RichardsonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 26:38 |
| 23Derrick WalserD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 09:44 |
| 16Mike SillingerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 07:31 |
| 17Tomi KallioR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:42 |
| 20Lasse PirjetaL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:38 |
| 29Grant MarshallR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | 09:57 |
| 41Matt DavidsonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:12 |
| 45Jody ShelleyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 05:56 |
| 3Jaroslav SpacekD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 24:28 |
| 7Scott LachanceD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19:29 |
| 42Duvie WestcottD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20:53 |
| 44Rostislav KleslaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:41 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Marc DenisG | W | 30 | 2 | .933 |
| 35Jean-Francois LabbeG | 0 | 0 | – |
Los Angeles Kings
| 33Ziggy PalffyR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 4 | 22:11 |
| 41Jason AllisonC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 2 | 19:52 |
| 28Adam DeadmarshR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 20:31 |
| 9Erik RasmussenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 07:58 |
| 13Michael CammalleriL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14:34 |
| 21Bryan SmolinskiC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | 14:47 |
| 22Ian LaperriereR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11:58 |
| 24Alex FrolovL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:36 |
| 25Eric BelangerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 13:23 |
| 32Derek ArmstrongC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:00 |
| 42Mikko ElorantaL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 05:51 |
| 57Steve HeinzeR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 10:03 |
| 3Aaron MillerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 19:01 |
| 10Mathieu SchneiderD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 26:27 |
| 14Mattias NorstromD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 20:26 |
| 36Dmitry YushkevichD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 21:00 |
| 38Chris McalpineD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 08:46 |
| 44Jaroslav ModryD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 22:37 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Jamie StorrG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 39Felix PotvinG | L | 24 | 3 | .875 |