San Jose Sharks vs Los Angeles Kings

Regular season · Thursday, March 18, 2004 · STAPLES Center

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5–3

Final

SOG 23–31

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Game summary

The San Jose Sharks beat the Los Angeles Kings 5-3 on Thursday, March 18, 2004 at STAPLES Center. The Kings outshot the Sharks 31-23.

Curtis Brown scored twice and Jonathan Cheechoo scored twice. Esa Pirnes, Alexander Korolyuk, Lubomir Visnovsky and Derek Armstrong also scored.

Evgeni Nabokov made 28 saves on 31 shots for the win; Roman Cechmanek stopped 11 of 15.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
SJS	2	2	1	5	23
LAK	2	1	0	3	31

Scoring

1st period

Esa Pirnes (3)Unassisted0–101:30 LAK · SHG
Alexander Korolyuk (15)Nisse Ekman (26), Alyn McCauley (21)1–103:04 SJS · PPG
Curtis Brown (10)Kyle McLaren (21), Brad Stuart (27)2–106:43 SJS
Lubomir Visnovsky (8)Trent Klatt (24), Jozef Stumpel (29)2–217:20 LAK · PPG

2nd period

Jonathan Cheechoo (24)Patrick Marleau (24)3–201:05 SJS · PPG
Jonathan Cheechoo (25)Tom Preissing (14)4–215:39 SJS · PPG
Derek Armstrong (14)Lubomir Visnovsky (20), Jaroslav Modry (26)4–316:17 LAK · PPG

3rd period

Curtis Brown (11)Alyn McCauley (22)5–318:54 SJS · EN

Team stats

SJSLAK

23Shots on goal31

49%Faceoff %51%

3/6Power play2/7

16Penalty minutes14

15Hits29

20Blocked shots9

15Giveaways15

2Takeaways4

Penalties

1st 01:10Trent Klatt · interference obstruction2 min
1st 10:52Ian Laperriere · high sticking2 min
1st 10:52Scott Thornton · roughing2 min
1st 13:40Evgeni Nabokov · roughing2 min
1st 16:39Kyle McLaren · high sticking2 min
1st 18:57Sean Avery · roughing2 min
2nd 00:06Jozef Stumpel · hooking2 min
2nd 12:56Jason Marshall · roughing2 min
2nd 15:09Ian Laperriere · hooking obstruction2 min
2nd 15:54Mike Rathje · hooking2 min
3rd 01:08Derek Armstrong · hooking obstruction2 min
3rd 03:34Scott Thornton · holding obstruction2 min
3rd 07:25Luc Robitaille · high sticking2 min
3rd 11:26Nisse Ekman · high sticking2 min
3rd 14:40Scott Hannan · holding2 min

Season series

San Jose Sharks

San Jose Sharks skaters

10Alyn McCauleyC	0	2	2	+1	0	0	2	0	41	17:11
14Jonathan CheechooR	2	0	2	-1	7	0	0	0	–	18:08
37Curtis BrownC	2	0	2	+2	4	1	2	0	59	21:31
12Patrick MarleauC	0	1	1	-1	2	0	2	0	50	18:02
28Nisse EkmanR	0	1	1	+1	0	0	1	2	–	15:11
94Alexander KorolyukL	1	0	1	+1	3	0	3	0	100	17:57
4Kyle McLarenD	0	1	1	+2	0	2	5	2	–	25:32
7Brad StuartD	0	1	1	0	1	0	2	0	–	22:08
42Tom PreissingD	0	1	1	0	2	0	1	0	–	17:57
13Todd HarveyR	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	–	07:40
16Mark SmithC	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	50	03:12
17Scott ThorntonL	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	4	–	16:17
23Niko DimitrakosR	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	0	–	09:40
25Vincent DamphousseC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	40	18:22
27Scott ParkerR	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	–	02:48
2Mike RathjeD	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	2	–	19:18
6Jason MarshallD	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	–	12:48
22Scott HannanD	0	0	0	+1	2	2	0	2	–	22:11

San Jose Sharks goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
20Evgeni NabokovG	W	31	28	3	.903	60:00
31Nolan SchaeferG		0	0	0	–	–

Los Angeles Kings

Los Angeles Kings skaters

17Lubomir VisnovskyD	1	1	2	-1	3	0	0	0	–	22:55
7Derek ArmstrongC	1	0	1	0	4	1	0	2	38	16:03
12Esa PirnesC	1	0	1	+1	2	3	2	0	50	11:25
15Jozef StumpelL	0	1	1	+1	0	2	0	2	64	15:50
26Trent KlattR	0	1	1	-1	2	3	0	2	50	12:39
44Jaroslav ModryD	0	1	1	0	4	2	0	0	–	24:15
8Jeff CowanL	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	–	07:23
11Anson CarterR	0	0	0	-1	1	0	0	0	50	14:14
19Sean AveryL	0	0	0	-1	5	3	0	2	–	13:32
20Luc RobitailleL	0	0	0	-1	1	0	0	2	–	16:23
22Ian LaperriereR	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	4	40	18:01
24Alex FrolovL	0	0	0	-1	1	2	0	0	–	18:27
25Eric BelangerC	0	0	0	-2	2	0	0	0	73	17:09
62Scott BarneyC	0	0	0	-1	1	2	0	0	–	08:53
3Aaron MillerD	0	0	0	0	1	3	1	0	–	18:41
10Nathan DempseyD	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	–	18:44
14Mattias NorstromD	0	0	0	+1	0	1	6	0	–	20:15
42Tim GleasonD	0	0	0	-1	1	2	0	0	–	14:59

Los Angeles Kings goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
32Roman CechmanekG	L	15	11	4	.733	39:57
35Cristobal HuetG		7	7	0	1.000	18:50