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8/3/2010
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Los Angeles Kings 5 , Nashville Predators 3
Shots: 27 - 28
PP: 3 of 7 (8 shots), Passing:74/88=84 %, Challenges:37/52=69 %
PP: 1 of 1 (1 shots), Passing:46/58=79 %, Challenges:39/52=73 %
Attendance: 17739 of 18500 (Staples Center)
Ticket income: 762777 Match televised: Yes
Boxscore for the game:
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16:21 1-0
Michal Handzus [9])PP
19:11 1-1
Patrick Sharp [22] (Ethan Moreau)PP
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28:49 2-1
Brayden Schenn [3] (Dustin Brown, Matt Niskanen)PP
31:43 2-2
Ladislav Nagy [21] (Ethan Moreau, Patrick Sharp)
33:02 3-2
Claude Giroux [11] (Nicklas Bäckström, Michal Handzus)PP
34:43 4-2
Dustin Brown [19] (Michal Handzus, Jordan Staal)
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41:44 5-2
Nicklas Bäckström [15] (Matt Niskanen, Aaron Ward)
47:28 5-3
Joel Ward [2] (Antti Pihlstrom, Erik Cole)
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Penalty summary:
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08:48
Patrick Sharp (2 min for high-sticking)
15:13
Patrick Sharp (2 min for hooking)
18:18
Michal Handzus (2 min for high-sticking)
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25:18
Erik Cole (2 min for high-sticking)
27:32
Ethan Moreau (2 min for high-sticking)
29:06
Bryan Allen (5 min for fighting)
29:06
Nikita Filatov (5 min for fighting)
32:13
Ladislav Nagy (2 min for hooking)
39:36
Tuomo Ruutu (2 min for roughing)
39:36
Cory Sarich (2 min for roughing)
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52:24
Joel Ward (2 min for roughing)
59:23
Erik Cole (2 min for cross-checking)
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Los Angeles Kings scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Kyle Clifford 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 8.30 6
R Nikita Filatov 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 0 11.40 5
R Claude Giroux 1 0 1 1 2 0 0 -1 18.30 6
R Dustin Brown 1 1 4 4 2 3 0 1 20.20 8
C Phil Kessel 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 7.20 5
C Travis Zajac 0 0 2 1 2 1 0 0 17.30 7
C Nicklas Bäckström 1 1 4 0 0 0 0 -1 18.40 7
C Jordan Staal 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 16.30 6
L Oscar Möller 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 7.10 7
L Matt Cooke 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 14.40 7
C Brayden Schenn 1 0 3 0 1 0 0 -1 18.30 7
L Michal Handzus 1 2 4 0 0 0 2 1 19.40 9
D Kris Russell 0 0 2 0 1 2 0 0 20.40 7
D Robert Scuderi 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 -1 15.30 4
D Drew Doughty 0 0 1 3 1 2 0 1 23.50 7
D Cory Sarich 0 0 0 2 0 2 2 0 16.30 6
D Matt Niskanen 0 2 1 4 2 0 0 -1 21.30 7
D Aaron Ward 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 1 22.00 6
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Erik Ersberg 3 0 25 0 0 60.00 7
G Leland Irving 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Nashville Predators scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
L Antti Pihlstrom 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 7.20 5
R Erik Cole 0 1 2 2 1 2 4 -1 15.20 6
L Ladislav Nagy 1 0 3 3 0 2 2 0 16.10 9
R Tuomo Ruutu 0 0 3 7 1 5 2 0 20.40 10
C Craig Conroy 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 7.20 5
C Cal O'Reilly 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -1 11.10 5
C Patrick Sharp 1 1 3 0 2 0 4 0 17.50 7
C Patrice Bergeron 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 19.20 6
R Joel Ward 1 0 3 1 0 0 2 1 7.20 8
R Jerred Smithson 0 0 2 2 1 1 0 -1 11.10 6
L Ethan Moreau 0 2 1 4 2 4 2 1 18.50 9
L Steve Sullivan 0 0 4 1 3 1 0 -1 17.00 7
D Bryan Allen 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 0 13.30 6
D Duncan Keith 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 21.30 7
D Ryan Suter 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 -1 28.00 7
D Kevin Klein 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 11.50 6
D Mathieu Schneider 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 19.20 7
D Tomas Kaberle 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 25.50 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Pekka Rinne 5 0 22 0 0 60.00 4
G Dan Ellis 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Michal Handzus
2nd star: Dustin Brown
3rd star: Nicklas Bäckström
Notes for Los Angeles Kings:
-Jordan Staal notched his 20th assist of the season.
-Matt Niskanen has marked a new career high in assists with 30 assists.
-Nicklas Bäckström scored his 15th goal of the season.
-Matt Niskanen notched his 30th assist of the season.
-Nicklas Bäckström finally ended his 10 game goal drought.
-Brayden Schenn ended his 5 game goal drought.
Notes for Nashville Predators:
-Ethan Moreau notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Patrick Sharp notched his 30th assist of the season.
-Antti Pihlstrom finally ended his 19 game point drought.
-Ladislav Nagy ended his 8 game goal drought.
-Joel Ward finally ended his 11 game goal drought.
Other notes:
-Bryan Allen fought Nikita Filatov in a fight.
Farm game result:
Manchester Monarchs 0( 11) , Milwaukee Admirals 3( 18)
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0-1 MIL Wade Belak (Nick Spaling, Robert Dietrich)
0-2 MIL Nick Spaling (Hugh Jessiman)
0-3 MIL Nick Spaling (Peter Olvecky)
Goalies: Jeff Zatkoff - Jeremy Smith