Nashville Predators vs Los Angeles Kings

Regular season · Monday, March 16, 2009 · STAPLES Center

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4–3

Final

SOG 30–29

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Game summary

The Nashville Predators beat the Los Angeles Kings 4-3 on Monday, March 16, 2009 at STAPLES Center. The Predators outshot the Kings 30-29.

Goals came from Anze Kopitar, Shea Weber, Joel Ward, Teddy Purcell, Steve Sullivan, Michal Handzus and Ryan Jones.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
NSH	1	2	1	4	30
LAK	1	1	1	3	29

Scoring

1st period

Anze Kopitar (25)Dustin Brown (29)0–114:42 LAK
Shea Weber (19)J-P Dumont (40), Joel Ward (15)1–119:45 NSH

2nd period

Joel Ward (12)J-P Dumont (41), David Legwand (21)2–101:24 NSH · PPG
Teddy Purcell (4)Michal Handzus (21), Alex Frolov (27)2–216:25 LAK · PPG
Steve Sullivan (8)Martin Erat (27), Ryan Suter (33)3–218:10 NSH

3rd period

Michal Handzus (15)Wayne Simmonds (10), Kyle Calder (16)3–309:53 LAK
Ryan Jones (7)Dan Hamhuis (20), Jordin Tootoo (11)4–317:42 NSH

Team stats

NSHLAK

30Shots on goal29

47%Faceoff %53%

1/4Power play1/4

8Penalty minutes8

30Hits26

12Blocked shots11

12Giveaways13

5Takeaways0

Penalties

1st 01:16Shea Weber · tripping2 min
1st 04:54Jerred Smithson · roughing2 min
1st 06:27Kyle Calder · hooking2 min
2nd 00:25Wayne Simmonds · hooking2 min
2nd 11:41Jarret Stoll · delaying game puck over glass2 min
2nd 14:40Ville Koistinen · hooking2 min
3rd 05:39Jack Johnson · interference2 min
3rd 18:29Steve Sullivan · interference2 min

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