Minnesota Wild vs Los Angeles Kings
Regular season · Thursday, October 8, 2009 · STAPLES Center
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Game summary
The Los Angeles Kings beat the Minnesota Wild 6–3 on Thursday, October 8, 2009 at STAPLES Center. The Wild outshot the Kings 29–23.
Ryan Smyth scored twice. Justin Williams, Anze Kopitar, Martin Havlat, Michal Handzus, Nick Schultz, Kim Johnsson and Teddy Purcell also scored.
Jonathan Quick made 26 saves on 29 shots for the win; Josh Harding stopped 17 of 23.
Scoring
1st period
Ryan Smyth (1)Jack Johnson (1), Rob Scuderi (1)0–101:07 LAK
Justin Williams (1)Drew Doughty (1), Anze Kopitar (1)0–203:18 LAK
Anze Kopitar (1)Ryan Smyth (1), Justin Williams (1)0–310:31 LAK
2nd period
Martin Havlat (1)Andrew Brunette (1), Mikko Koivu (1)1–306:30 MIN · 
Michal Handzus (1)Alex Frolov (1), Wayne Simmonds (1)1–411:02 LAK
Nick Schultz (1)Eric Belanger (1), Owen Nolan (1)2–415:05 MIN ·
3rd period
Kim Johnsson (1)Antti Miettinen (1), Benoit Pouliot (1)3–406:24 MIN
Teddy Purcell (1)Jarret Stoll (1), Dustin Brown (1)3–510:26 LAK- Ryan Smyth (2)Anze Kopitar (2), Justin Williams (2)3–611:02 LAK ·
Team stats
MINLAK
2923
62%38%
2/41/4
88
2419
1115
1314
35
Penalties
- 17:45 into the first period
Benoit Pouliot · roughing2 min - 6:08 into the second period
Sean O'Donnell · interference2 min - 13:28 into the second periodJack Johnson · tripping2 min
- 19:33 into the second periodWayne Simmonds · interference2 min
- 2:23 into the third periodKim Johnsson · hooking2 min
- 10:41 into the third periodCal Clutterbuck · tripping2 min
- 12:19 into the third periodSean O'Donnell · interference2 min
- 18:08 into the third periodBenoit Pouliot · tripping2 min
Season series
Minnesota Wild
| 9Mikko KoivuC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 0 | 21:23 |
| 11Owen NolanR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 16:06 |
| 14Martin HavlatR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −3 | 5 | 15:43 |
| 15Andrew BrunetteL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 3 | 17:41 |
| 20Antti MiettinenR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 14:22 |
| 25Eric BelangerC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 1 | 15:40 |
| 67Benoit PouliotL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 07:07 |
| 5Kim JohnssonD | 1 | 0 | 1 | −3 | 3 | 20:52 |
| 55Nick SchultzD | 1 | 0 | 1 | −3 | 2 | 21:36 |
| 17Petr SykoraR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | 13:53 |
| 21Kyle BrodziakC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 12:40 |
| 22Cal ClutterbuckR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | 17:44 |
| 51James SheppardC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 16:54 |
| 3Marek ZidlickyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:46 |
| 6Greg ZanonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 20:41 |
| 8Brent BurnsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | 26:09 |
| 34Shane HnidyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:06 |
| 36John ScottD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 04:32 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 32Niklas BackstromG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 37Josh HardingG | L | 23 | 6 | .739 |
Los Angeles Kings
| 11Anze KopitarC | 1 | 2 | 3 | +2 | 2 | 19:20 |
| 14Justin WilliamsR | 1 | 2 | 3 | +2 | 3 | 15:08 |
| 94Ryan SmythL | 2 | 1 | 3 | +2 | 3 | 20:00 |
| 17Wayne SimmondsR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 15:55 |
| 23Dustin BrownL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 20:09 |
| 24Alex FrolovL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 20:49 |
| 26Michal HandzusC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 20:41 |
| 28Jarret StollC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 18:34 |
| 54Teddy PurcellR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 16:22 |
| 3Jack JohnsonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | 20:52 |
| 7Rob ScuderiD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | 18:57 |
| 8Drew DoughtyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 24:28 |
| 15Brad RichardsonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 04:57 |
| 41Raitis IvanansL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 02:59 |
| 2Matt GreeneD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 13:52 |
| 5Peter HarroldD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 04:29 |
| 6Sean O'DonnellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 19:52 |
| 44Davis DrewiskeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 16:37 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Erik ErsbergG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 32Jonathan QuickG | W | 29 | 3 | .897 |