Los Angeles Kings vs San Jose Sharks
Preseason · Tuesday, September 28, 2021 · SAP Center at San Jose
Game summary
The Los Angeles Kings beat the San Jose Sharks 4–3 on Tuesday, September 28, 2021 at SAP Center at San Jose. The Sharks outshot the Kings 38–33.
Goals came from Timo Meier, Jordan Spence, Kale Clague, Austin Wagner, Lias Andersson, Brent Burns and Tomas Hertl.
Garret Sparks made 13 saves on 15 shots for the win; Alexei Melnichuk stopped 11 of 12.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Timo Meier (1)Jonathan Dahlen (1), Ryan Merkley (1)0–113:39 SJS
2nd period
Jordan Spence (1)Aidan Dudas (1)1–105:40 LAK
Kale Clague (1)Vladimir Tkachev (1)2–119:15 LAK
Austin Wagner (1)Unassisted3–119:42 LAK
3rd period
Lias Andersson (1)Alex Iafallo (1)4–101:59 LAK · 
Brent Burns (1)William Eklund (2), Tomas Hertl (1)4–205:47 SJS
Tomas Hertl (1)William Eklund (3), Erik Karlsson (1)4–319:19 SJS
Team stats
LAKSJS
3338
29%71%
1/40/5
2725
1522
1913
523
88
Penalties
- 2:57 into the first period
Kale Clague · hooking2 min - 17:55 into the first periodJacob Doty · boarding2 min
- 19:58 into the first period
Brent Burns · tripping2 min - 14:49 into the second periodLias Andersson · slashing2 min
- 17:53 into the second periodJacob Doty · roughing2 min
- 18:32 into the second periodJoachim Blichfeld · interference2 min
- 1:35 into the third periodSanteri Hatakka · hooking2 min
- 3:46 into the third periodQuinton Byfield · hooking2 min
- 10:18 into the third periodAustin Strand · roughing2 min
- 10:18 into the third periodTomas Hertl · roughing2 min
- 12:56 into the third periodMario Ferraro · fighting5 min
- 12:56 into the third periodJacob Doty · fighting5 min
- 12:56 into the third periodJacob Doty · misconduct10 min
- 12:56 into the third periodMario Ferraro · misconduct10 min
- 16:49 into the third periodNick Bonino · slashing2 min
Los Angeles Kings
| 17Lias AnderssonC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 18:32 |
| 19Alex IafalloL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 18:10 |
| 21Vladimir TkachevL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 15:45 |
| 27Austin WagnerL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 16:34 |
| 87Aidan DudasC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 10:29 |
| 53Jordan SpenceD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 5 | 19:04 |
| 58Kale ClagueD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 18:21 |
| 13Gabriel VilardiC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | 19:20 |
| 37Tyler MaddenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:05 |
| 38Francesco PinelliC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10:22 |
| 45Jacob DotyF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 08:18 |
| 46Blake LizotteC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 15:57 |
| 55Quinton ByfieldC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 16:40 |
| 88Johan SodergranR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 07:36 |
| 3Matt RoyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | 21:09 |
| 7Tobias BjornfotD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | 22:03 |
| 71Austin StrandD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 17:42 |
| 86Christian WolaninD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 19:53 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 32Jonathan QuickG | 23 | 1 | .957 | |
| 80Garret SparksG | W | 15 | 2 | .867 |
San Jose Sharks
| 48Tomas HertlC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 3 | 18:01 |
| 72William EklundL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 2 | 17:33 |
| 28Timo MeierR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 15:52 |
| 76Jonathan DahlenC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 14:11 |
| 6Ryan MerkleyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 13:34 |
| 65Erik KarlssonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 22:18 |
| 88Brent BurnsD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 23:29 |
| 11Andrew CoglianoC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 12:51 |
| 13Nick BoninoC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 16:22 |
| 26Jasper WeatherbyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 15:05 |
| 39Logan CoutureC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 17:15 |
| 55Sasha ChmelevskiC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 11:53 |
| 73Noah GregorC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 12:17 |
| 86Joachim BlichfeldL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:40 |
| 92Rudolfs BalcersL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 13:54 |
| 38Mario FerraroD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | 19:26 |
| 44Marc-Edouard VlasicD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 16:29 |
| 61Santeri HatakkaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 17:12 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Alexei MelnichukG | L | 12 | 1 | .917 |
| 47James ReimerG | 21 | 3 | .857 |