San Jose Sharks vs Los Angeles Kings
Regular season · Thursday, April 3, 2008 · STAPLES Center
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Game summary
The Los Angeles Kings beat the San Jose Sharks 4–2 on Thursday, April 3, 2008 at STAPLES Center. The Sharks outshot the Kings 34–27.
Anze Kopitar scored twice. Joe Thornton, Brian Willsie, Raitis Ivanans and Joe Pavelski also scored.
Erik Ersberg made 32 saves on 34 shots for the win; Evgeni Nabokov stopped 23 of 26.
Scoring
1st period
Joe Thornton (29)Tom Cavanagh (1), Jeremy Roenick (19)1–000:36 SJS
2nd period
Brian Willsie (3)Michael Cammalleri (28)1–102:14 LAK
Raitis Ivanans (6)Alex Frolov (44), Derek Armstrong (27)1–210:29 LAK
3rd period
Joe Pavelski (19)Patrick Marleau (28), Joe Thornton (67)2–203:03 SJS · 
Anze Kopitar (31)Dustin Brown (26), Scott Thornton (3)2–314:22 LAK- Anze Kopitar (32)Dustin Brown (27)2–419:56 LAK ·
Team stats
SJSLAK
3427
49%51%
1/10/3
612
2124
67
1710
55
Penalties
- 1:17 into the first period
Patrick Marleau · tripping2 min - 8:38 into the first periodCurtis Brown · roughing2 min
- 3:53 into the second periodAlexei Semenov · high sticking2 min
- 2:27 into the third period
Alex Frolov · hooking2 min - 15:39 into the third periodPatrick O'Sullivan · misconduct10 min
Season series
San Jose Sharks
| 19Joe ThorntonC | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 19:43 |
| 8Joe PavelskiC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 5 | 14:53 |
| 12Patrick MarleauC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | 16:44 |
| 27Jeremy RoenickC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 2 | 13:53 |
| 47Tom CavanaghR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 13:54 |
| 9Milan MichalekL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 16:23 |
| 17Torrey MitchellC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 14:50 |
| 25Mike GrierR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 14:54 |
| 29Ryane CloweL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | 14:14 |
| 34Patrick RissmillerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | 13:05 |
| 37Curtis BrownC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | 13:19 |
| 45Jody ShelleyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | 11:38 |
| 3Douglas MurrayD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 23:20 |
| 4Kyle McLarenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 1 | 15:20 |
| 18Matt CarleD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 14:36 |
| 21Alexei SemenovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 18:01 |
| 44Marc-Edouard VlasicD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 20:18 |
| 51Brian CampbellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 26:13 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20Evgeni NabokovG | L | 26 | 3 | .885 |
| 33Brian BoucherG | 0 | 0 | – |
Los Angeles Kings
| 11Anze KopitarC | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 3 | 18:32 |
| 23Dustin BrownR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 1 | 18:26 |
| 7Derek ArmstrongC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 3 | 16:43 |
| 13Michael CammalleriL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 16:24 |
| 21Brian WillsieR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 11:35 |
| 24Alex FrolovL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14:07 |
| 27Scott ThorntonL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | 11:21 |
| 41Raitis IvanansL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 09:00 |
| 8Matt EllisL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:54 |
| 12Patrick O'SullivanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14:12 |
| 26Michal HandzusC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 18:54 |
| 29Jeff GiulianoL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:16 |
| 4Rob BlakeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 21:39 |
| 5Peter HarroldD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 0 | 16:36 |
| 17Lubomir VisnovskyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 3 | 23:21 |
| 25Jon KlemmD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18:30 |
| 38Kevin DallmanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | 18:32 |
| 42Tom PreissingD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 21:22 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Erik ErsbergG | W | 34 | 2 | .941 |
| 46Daniel TaylorG | 0 | 0 | – |