Los Angeles Kings vs Colorado Avalanche
Regular season · Saturday, March 1, 2008 · Pepsi Center
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Game summary
The Colorado Avalanche beat the Los Angeles Kings 5–2 on Saturday, March 1, 2008 at Pepsi Center. The Avalanche outshot the Kings 28–25.
Ryan Smyth scored twice. Michael Cammalleri, Ruslan Salei, Joe Sakic, Rob Blake and Andrew Brunette also scored.
Jose Theodore made 23 saves on 25 shots for the win; Dan Cloutier stopped 23 of 27.
Scoring
2nd period
Michael Cammalleri (17)Anze Kopitar (35), Lubomir Visnovsky (28)1–003:37 LAK · 
Ryan Smyth (13)Ruslan Salei (22), Jordan Leopold (6)1–104:56 COL- Ryan Smyth (14)Paul Stastny (34), Adam Foote (15)1–206:46 COL
Ruslan Salei (4)Jordan Leopold (7), Marek Svatos (11)1–310:33 COL
3rd period
Joe Sakic (9)Ian Laperriere (13), Jordan Leopold (8)1–405:30 COL
Rob Blake (6)Matt Ellis (5), Anze Kopitar (36)2–409:13 LAK
Andrew Brunette (14)Milan Hejduk (21)2–519:10 COL ·
Team stats
LAKCOL
2528
45%55%
1/30/2
68
1616
914
812
39
Penalties
- 4:04 into the first period
Brian Willsie · tripping2 min - 9:32 into the first period
Ruslan Salei · hooking2 min - 2:55 into the second periodKurt Sauer · tripping2 min
- 16:15 into the second periodJordan Leopold · closing hand on puck2 min
- 2:09 into the third periodIan Laperriere · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 2:09 into the third periodRob Blake · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 2:09 into the third periodJack Johnson · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
Season series
Los Angeles Kings
| 11Anze KopitarC | 0 | 2 | 2 | −1 | 2 | 18:33 |
| 8Matt EllisL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 15:34 |
| 13Michael CammalleriL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 4 | 20:05 |
| 4Rob BlakeD | 1 | 0 | 1 | −3 | 3 | 19:16 |
| 17Lubomir VisnovskyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 1 | 25:17 |
| 12Patrick O'SullivanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 20:02 |
| 19Kyle CalderL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | 12:37 |
| 21Brian WillsieR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 08:31 |
| 23Dustin BrownR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | 17:29 |
| 24Alex FrolovL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 19:05 |
| 26Michal HandzusC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | 13:20 |
| 27Scott ThorntonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | 10:04 |
| 29Jeff GiulianoL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | 16:15 |
| 3Jack JohnsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | 19:58 |
| 5Peter HarroldD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 21:11 |
| 25Jon KlemmD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 06:04 |
| 38Kevin DallmanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:28 |
| 42Tom PreissingD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19:22 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Erik ErsbergG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 39Dan CloutierG | L | 27 | 4 | .852 |
Colorado Avalanche
| 44Jordan LeopoldD | 0 | 3 | 3 | +3 | 0 | 13:47 |
| 94Ryan SmythL | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 3 | 12:18 |
| 24Ruslan SaleiD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +3 | 2 | 19:52 |
| 14Ian LaperriereR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 15:36 |
| 15Andrew BrunetteL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 16:15 |
| 19Joe SakicC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 3 | 20:36 |
| 23Milan HejdukR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 2 | 21:01 |
| 26Paul StastnyC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | 21:01 |
| 40Marek SvatosR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 06:56 |
| 52Adam FooteD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 21:35 |
| 27Scott ParkerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 02:14 |
| 28Ben GuiteR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 15:47 |
| 39Tyler ArnasonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:33 |
| 54David JonesR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 14:55 |
| 55Cody McLeodL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 15:00 |
| 4John-Michael LilesD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 19:33 |
| 22Scott HannanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 22:30 |
| 34Kurt SauerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19:49 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Peter BudajG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 60Jose TheodoreG | W | 25 | 2 | .920 |