Los Angeles Kings vs Minnesota Wild

Regular season · Thursday, December 31, 2009 · Xcel Energy Center

Los AngelesKingsAway

5–2

29–29

MinnesotaWildHome

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Game summary

The Los Angeles Kings beat the Minnesota Wild 5–2 on Thursday, December 31, 2009 at Xcel Energy Center.

Alex Frolov scored twice. Brad Richardson, Ryan Smyth, Michal Handzus, Andrew Brunette and Owen Nolan also scored.

Jonathan Quick made 27 saves on 29 shots for the win; Niklas Backstrom stopped 24 of 28.

Goals
LAK	3	1	1	5	29
MIN	0	1	1	2	29

Three stars

Scoring

1st period

Brad Richardson (1)Wayne Simmonds (1), Davis Drewiske (1)1–006:35 LAK
Alex Frolov (1)Michal Handzus (1), Brandon Segal (1)2–015:49 LAK
Ryan Smyth (1)Drew Doughty (1)3–018:54 LAK ·

2nd period

Michal Handzus (1)Alex Frolov (1), Sean O'Donnell (1)4–003:17 LAK
Andrew Brunette (1)Antti Miettinen (1), Mikko Koivu (1)4–104:50 MIN

3rd period

Owen Nolan (1)Marek Zidlicky (1), Martin Havlat (1)4–213:57 MIN
Alex Frolov (2)Jack Johnson (1)5–218:22 LAK ·

Team stats

LAKMIN

2929

43%57%

1/30/4

1715

2223

1117

16

14

Penalties

12:12 into the first periodAntti Miettinen · interference2 min
17:53 into the first periodDerek Boogaard · high sticking2 min
11:08 into the second periodRob Scuderi · slashing2 min
20:00 into the second periodScott Parse · roughing2 min
20:00 into the second periodCal Clutterbuck · roughing2 min
20:00 into the second periodCal Clutterbuck · roughing2 min
20:00 into the second periodWayne Simmonds · roughing2 min
20:00 into the second periodShane Hnidy · roughing2 min
2:31 into the third periodJohn Scott · fighting5 min
2:31 into the third periodMatt Greene · fighting5 min
3:22 into the third periodBrandon Segal · slashing2 min
9:58 into the third periodWayne Simmonds · delaying game puck over glass2 min
14:21 into the third periodRyan Smyth · tripping2 min

Season series

Los Angeles Kings

Los Angeles Kings skaters

24Alex FrolovL	2	1	3	+2	3	1	0	0	–	15:00
26Michal HandzusC	1	1	2	+2	2	0	0	0	44	19:02
15Brad RichardsonR	1	0	1	+1	1	1	0	0	38	16:23
17Wayne SimmondsR	0	1	1	+1	2	2	1	4	–	13:30
49Brandon SegalR	0	1	1	+1	3	6	2	2	–	12:49
94Ryan SmythL	1	0	1	−1	2	0	1	2	–	20:44
3Jack JohnsonD	0	1	1	+2	1	2	1	0	–	23:26
6Sean O'DonnellD	0	1	1	+2	0	2	1	0	–	21:21
8Drew DoughtyD	0	1	1	0	2	1	0	0	–	23:57
44Davis DrewiskeD	0	1	1	0	1	1	2	0	–	14:40
9Oscar MollerC	0	0	0	−1	3	0	0	0	40	07:52
11Anze KopitarC	0	0	0	+2	1	0	0	0	47	20:44
23Dustin BrownL	0	0	0	−1	2	1	0	0	–	19:06
41Raitis IvanansL	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	–	05:34
63Scott ParseR	0	0	0	+1	5	0	1	2	–	14:22
2Matt GreeneD	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	5	–	14:22
5Peter HarroldD	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	–	07:04
7Rob ScuderiD	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	2	–	22:27

Los Angeles Kings goalies
Goalie
31Erik ErsbergG		0	0	0	–	00:00
32Jonathan QuickG	W	29	27	2	.931	59:37

Minnesota Wild

Minnesota Wild skaters

9Mikko KoivuC	0	1	1	0	3	1	2	0	58	21:28
11Owen NolanR	1	0	1	−2	1	0	1	0	60	16:06
14Martin HavlatR	0	1	1	0	3	0	0	0	–	20:36
15Andrew BrunetteL	1	0	1	0	4	1	1	0	–	17:44
20Antti MiettinenR	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	2	100	17:20
3Marek ZidlickyD	0	1	1	+1	1	0	2	0	–	23:39
16Andrew EbbettC	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	30	13:05
17Petr SykoraR	0	0	0	−1	1	0	0	0	–	10:44
21Kyle BrodziakC	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	63	11:34
22Cal ClutterbuckR	0	0	0	−3	4	5	1	4	–	14:55
24Derek BoogaardL	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	2	–	06:17
25Eric BelangerC	0	0	0	−2	3	1	1	0	73	16:22
48Guillaume LatendresseL	0	0	0	0	1	6	1	0	–	16:49
5Kim JohnssonD	0	0	0	−2	2	0	3	0	–	20:21
6Greg ZanonD	0	0	0	+2	2	2	0	0	–	19:07
34Shane HnidyD	0	0	0	−1	0	0	1	2	–	19:07
36John ScottD	0	0	0	−2	0	0	0	5	–	09:23
55Nick SchultzD	0	0	0	−1	1	1	2	0	–	21:40

Minnesota Wild goalies
Goalie
32Niklas BackstromG	L	28	24	4	.857	58:42
37Josh HardingG		0	0	0	–	00:00