Nashville Predators vs Los Angeles Kings
Regular season · Saturday, March 17, 2012 · STAPLES Center
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Game summary
The Los Angeles Kings beat the Nashville Predators 4-2 on Saturday, March 17, 2012 at STAPLES Center. The Kings outshot the Predators 27-21.
Goals came from Anze Kopitar, Martin Erat, Dustin Penner, Dwight King, Kyle Clifford and Mike Fisher.
Jonathan Bernier made 19 saves on 21 shots for the win; Pekka Rinne stopped 23 of 27.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Anze Kopitar (1)Dustin Penner (1), Trevor Lewis (1)0–107:53 LAK
2nd period
Martin Erat (1)Ryan Suter (1), Shea Weber (1)1–113:43 NSH · PPG
3rd period
Dustin Penner (1)Trevor Lewis (2), Rob Scuderi (1)1–208:04 LAK
Dwight King (1)Jeff Carter (1)1–313:02 LAK
Kyle Clifford (1)Jordan Nolan (1), Drew Doughty (1)1–416:19 LAK
Mike Fisher (1)Kevin Klein (1), Martin Erat (1)2–417:18 NSH
Team stats
NSHLAK
21Shots on goal27
44%Faceoff %56%
1/3Power play0/3
6Penalty minutes6
25Hits30
11Blocked shots8
7Giveaways8
1Takeaways4
Penalties
- 1st 02:14
Jarret Stoll · roughing2 min - 2nd 07:30Dustin Brown · cross checking2 min
- 2nd 12:17Dustin Brown · cross checking2 min
- 2nd 15:01
Jordin Tootoo · interference2 min - 3rd 02:02Jack Hillen · high sticking2 min
- 3rd 18:21Brandon Yip · holding2 min
Season series
Nashville Predators
| 10Martin EratR | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 17:41 |
| 12Mike FisherC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 19:51 |
| 6Shea WeberD | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 2 | 25:15 |
| 8Kevin KleinD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 16:57 |
| 20Ryan SuterD | 0 | 1 | 1 | -3 | 1 | 25:20 |
| 11David LegwandC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17:05 |
| 13Nick SpalingC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 14:44 |
| 15Craig SmithC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 10:47 |
| 18Brandon YipR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 10:33 |
| 22Jordin TootooR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 11:49 |
| 24Matt HalischukR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 11:36 |
| 27Patric HornqvistR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17:38 |
| 46Andrei KostitsynL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15:44 |
| 57Gabriel BourqueL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 11:01 |
| 74Sergei KostitsynL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:59 |
| 38Jack HillenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 16:20 |
| 51Francis BouillonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:45 |
| 75Hal GillD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19:17 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35Pekka RinneG | L | 27 | 23 | 4 | .852 | 60:00 |
| 39Anders LindbackG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |
Los Angeles Kings
| 22Trevor LewisC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 0 | 14:48 |
| 25Dustin PennerR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 2 | 12:42 |
| 11Anze KopitarC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 18:36 |
| 13Kyle CliffordL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 10:38 |
| 71Jordan NolanC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 10:27 |
| 74Dwight KingL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 12:18 |
| 77Jeff CarterC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 16:21 |
| 7Rob ScuderiD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 20:36 |
| 8Drew DoughtyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 23:17 |
| 10Mike RichardsC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 16:03 |
| 14Justin WilliamsR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 17:10 |
| 23Dustin BrownL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 18:32 |
| 24Colin FraserC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 12:07 |
| 28Jarret StollC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 16:13 |
| 2Matt GreeneD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 17:22 |
| 26Slava VoynovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | 20:31 |
| 27Alec MartinezD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 14:25 |
| 33Willie MitchellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 22:34 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 32Jonathan QuickG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 45Jonathan BernierG | W | 21 | 19 | 2 | .905 | 59:54 |