San Jose Sharks vs Los Angeles Kings
Regular season · Tuesday, March 20, 2012 · STAPLES Center
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Game summary
The Los Angeles Kings beat the San Jose Sharks 5-2 on Tuesday, March 20, 2012 at STAPLES Center. The Kings outshot the Sharks 42-22.
Goals came from Mike Richards, Martin Havlat, Alec Martinez, Anze Kopitar, Dan Boyle, Dustin Penner and Jeff Carter.
Jonathan Quick made 20 saves on 22 shots for the win; Antti Niemi stopped 37 of 41.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Mike Richards (1)Willie Mitchell (1)0–115:26 LAK · SHG
Martin Havlat (1)Brent Burns (1)1–115:48 SJS · PPG
2nd period
Alec Martinez (1)Anze Kopitar (1), Justin Williams (1)1–215:49 LAK
3rd period
Anze Kopitar (1)Mike Richards (1), Dustin Brown (1)1–304:00 LAK · PPG
Dan Boyle (1)Logan Couture (1), Martin Havlat (1)2–306:56 SJS
Dustin Penner (1)Slava Voynov (1)2–415:54 LAK
Jeff Carter (1)Mike Richards (2), Anze Kopitar (2)2–519:44 LAK · EN
Team stats
SJSLAK
22Shots on goal42
40%Faceoff %60%
1/1Power play1/5
10Penalty minutes4
26Hits34
15Blocked shots13
5Giveaways13
4Takeaways3
Penalties
- 1st 14:34
Anze Kopitar · interference goalkeeper2 min - 1st 16:03
Dominic Moore · cross checking2 min - 3rd 01:53Torrey Mitchell · high sticking double minor4 min
- 3rd 02:41Andrew Desjardins · high sticking2 min
- 3rd 02:58Jeff Carter · interference2 min
- 3rd 04:00Brent Burns · holding2 min
Season series
San Jose Sharks
| 9Martin HavlatR | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 2 | 18:24 |
| 39Logan CoutureC | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 4 | 18:48 |
| 22Dan BoyleD | 1 | 0 | 1 | -3 | 2 | 24:01 |
| 88Brent BurnsD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 24:10 |
| 8Joe PavelskiC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 20:41 |
| 12Patrick MarleauC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 3 | 19:43 |
| 17Torrey MitchellC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 13:05 |
| 18Dominic MooreC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 11:51 |
| 19Joe ThorntonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 20:15 |
| 29Ryane CloweL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19:23 |
| 34Daniel WinnikC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 10:08 |
| 69Andrew DesjardinsC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 07:06 |
| 78Benn FerrieroR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 09:13 |
| 2Jim VandermeerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 05:25 |
| 3Douglas MurrayD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21:12 |
| 5Colin WhiteD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 12:42 |
| 44Marc-Edouard VlasicD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 23:09 |
| 61Justin BraunD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 13:28 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Thomas GreissG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 31Antti NiemiG | L | 41 | 37 | 4 | .902 | 57:57 |
Los Angeles Kings
| 10Mike RichardsC | 1 | 2 | 3 | +2 | 2 | 19:00 |
| 11Anze KopitarC | 1 | 2 | 3 | +2 | 2 | 20:56 |
| 14Justin WilliamsR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 17:11 |
| 23Dustin BrownL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 19:17 |
| 25Dustin PennerR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 12:51 |
| 77Jeff CarterC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 6 | 18:25 |
| 26Slava VoynovD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 19:05 |
| 27Alec MartinezD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 12:10 |
| 33Willie MitchellD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 4 | 23:52 |
| 13Kyle CliffordL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 09:58 |
| 22Trevor LewisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 13:02 |
| 24Colin FraserC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 09:50 |
| 28Jarret StollC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 15:52 |
| 71Jordan NolanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10:00 |
| 74Dwight KingL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 14:57 |
| 2Matt GreeneD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | 16:27 |
| 7Rob ScuderiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19:25 |
| 8Drew DoughtyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 24:28 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 32Jonathan QuickG | W | 22 | 20 | 2 | .909 | 60:00 |
| 45Jonathan BernierG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |