New Jersey Devils vs Los Angeles Kings
Regular season · Thursday, December 6, 2018 · STAPLES Center
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Game summary
The New Jersey Devils beat the Los Angeles Kings 6-3 on Thursday, December 6, 2018 at STAPLES Center. The Devils outshot the Kings 35-32.
Kyle Palmieri scored twice. Brendan Leipsic, Travis Zajac, Adrian Kempe, Will Butcher, Kyle Clifford, Nico Hischier and Blake Coleman also scored.
Keith Kinkaid made 29 saves on 32 shots for the win; Jonathan Quick stopped 29 of 34.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Kyle Palmieri (13)Taylor Hall (20), Will Butcher (8)1–013:49 NJD · PPG
Brendan Leipsic (3)Jake Muzzin (6), Alec Martinez (8)1–115:41 LAK
2nd period
Travis Zajac (9)Unassisted2–100:25 NJD
Adrian Kempe (4)Drew Doughty (14), Austin Wagner (3)2–206:59 LAK- Kyle Palmieri (14)Taylor Hall (21)3–210:57 NJD
Will Butcher (2)Miles Wood (5), Travis Zajac (8)4–212:28 NJD
Kyle Clifford (5)Unassisted4–317:37 LAK
3rd period
Nico Hischier (6)Sami Vatanen (11), Taylor Hall (22)5–311:06 NJD
Blake Coleman (9)Andy Greene (6), Damon Severson (13)6–319:52 NJD · EN
Team stats
NJDLAK
35Shots on goal32
58%Faceoff %42%
1/2Power play0/1
6Penalty minutes8
23Hits18
12Blocked shots17
8Giveaways12
1Takeaways3
Penalties
- 1st 05:49
Miles Wood · slashing2 min - 1st 05:49
Jonathan Quick · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min - 1st 12:01Dion Phaneuf · high sticking2 min
- 2nd 14:11Nico Hischier · embellishment2 min
- 2nd 14:11Drew Doughty · holding2 min
- 2nd 18:36Jeff Carter · interference2 min
- 3rd 07:52Taylor Hall · high sticking2 min
Season series
New Jersey Devils
| 9Taylor HallL | 0 | 3 | 3 | +1 | 2 | 19:34 |
| 19Travis ZajacC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 2 | 18:57 |
| 21Kyle PalmieriC | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 16:58 |
| 8Will ButcherD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 4 | 18:07 |
| 13Nico HischierC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 16:42 |
| 20Blake ColemanC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 4 | 16:46 |
| 44Miles WoodL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 13:24 |
| 6Andy GreeneD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | 23:02 |
| 28Damon SeversonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 24:39 |
| 45Sami VatanenD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 21:23 |
| 11Brian BoyleC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10:01 |
| 23Stefan NoesenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 09:33 |
| 37Pavel ZachaC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 16:40 |
| 43Brett SeneyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 06:51 |
| 63Jesper BrattL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 13:38 |
| 90Marcus JohanssonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:16 |
| 12Ben LovejoyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:24 |
| 74Egor YakovlevD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14:05 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Keith KinkaidG | W | 32 | 29 | 3 | .906 | 60:00 |
| 35Cory SchneiderG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |
Los Angeles Kings
| 9Adrian KempeL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 14:02 |
| 13Kyle CliffordL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 07:30 |
| 14Brendan LeipsicL | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 2 | 15:23 |
| 51Austin WagnerL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 12:20 |
| 6Jake MuzzinD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 20:37 |
| 8Drew DoughtyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 3 | 28:03 |
| 27Alec MartinezD | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 18:55 |
| 10Michael AmadioC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 07:26 |
| 11Anze KopitarC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 3 | 23:25 |
| 19Alex IafalloC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 2 | 18:05 |
| 23Dustin BrownL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 4 | 21:22 |
| 44Nate ThompsonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10:10 |
| 64Matt LuffR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 13:30 |
| 73Tyler ToffoliC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | 15:47 |
| 77Jeff CarterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17:19 |
| 3Dion PhaneufD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 12:46 |
| 7Oscar FantenbergD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 13:24 |
| 24Derek ForbortD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 24:05 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 32Jonathan QuickG | L | 34 | 29 | 5 | .853 | 58:03 |
| 40Cal PetersenG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |