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San Jose Sharks at Los Angeles Kings

STAPLES Center, Los Angeles Regular Season Final

Final score

The Los Angeles Kings beat the San Jose Sharks 3–2 on Saturday, December 31, 2016 at home.

Team Goals 2016-2017 record
San Jose Sharks 2 46-29-7
at Los Angeles Kings 3 39-35-8

Goals by period

Team Total
San Jose Sharks 0 0 2 2
Los Angeles Kings 1 1 1 3

Shots on goal by period

Team Total
San Jose Sharks 6 6 8 20
Los Angeles Kings 13 6 8 27

Three stars

  1. T. Pearson, Los Angeles Kings (1 goal, 1 assist)
  2. A. Martinez, Los Angeles Kings (2 assists)
  3. J. Carter, Los Angeles Kings (1 goal)

Scoring summary

Period Time Team Goal Assists Type Score
1st 04:17 Los Angeles Kings Tanner Pearson (9) Alec Martinez (14) Even strength SJS 0, LAK 1
2nd 01:31 Los Angeles Kings Drew Doughty (6) Nic Dowd (10), Alec Martinez (15) Power play SJS 0, LAK 2
3rd 00:12 San Jose Sharks Brent Burns (15) Joe Thornton (23), Patrick Marleau (6) Power play SJS 1, LAK 2
3rd 03:56 Los Angeles Kings Jeff Carter (20) Tanner Pearson (9), Jake Muzzin (5) Even strength SJS 1, LAK 3
3rd 13:57 San Jose Sharks Kevin Labanc (7) Mikkel Boedker (6), Brenden Dillon (3) Even strength SJS 2, LAK 3

Numbers in brackets are the player's season totals after the goal.

Team stats

Stat San Jose Sharks Los Angeles Kings
Shots on goal 20 27
Power play 1 of 3 1 of 5
Penalty minutes 15 11
Hits 27 24
Blocked shots 16 11
Giveaways 11 9
Takeaways 1 1
Faceoffs won 26/52 (50%) 26/52 (50%)

Box score

San Jose Sharks

San Jose Sharks skaters
Player
8 J. Pavelski C 0 0 0 -1 0 2 2 1 0 71.4% 18:04
12 P. Marleau C 0 1 1 -1 2 2 2 0 0 100% 17:41
19 J. Thornton C 0 1 1 -1 2 0 0 0 0 40% 17:26
27 J. Donskoi R 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 0 0 10:43
28 T. Meier R 0 0 0 -1 0 0 4 1 0 13:42
38 M. Haley L 0 0 0 0 5 1 2 2 0 40% 08:36
39 L. Couture C 0 0 0 +1 0 5 1 0 0 45.5% 18:09
42 J. Ward R 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 80% 16:29
50 C. Tierney C 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 0 0 38.5% 15:13
62 K. Labanc R 1 0 1 +1 0 2 1 1 0 14:45
68 M. Karlsson C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 12:33
89 M. Boedker L 0 1 1 +1 0 0 4 0 0 13:01
4 B. Dillon D 0 1 1 +1 0 0 2 1 0 16:23
5 D. Schlemko D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 2 0 19:04
7 P. Martin D 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 2 0 20:43
61 J. Braun D 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 0 0 18:09
74 D. DeMelo D 0 0 0 +1 0 0 0 1 0 15:40
88 B. Burns D 1 0 1 -1 4 3 2 2 1 26:32
San Jose Sharks goalies
Goalie
31 M. Jones 27 24 3 .889 58:08 Loss

Los Angeles Kings

Los Angeles Kings skaters
Player
10 D. Setoguchi R 0 0 0 +2 0 0 1 1 0 09:42
11 A. Kopitar C 0 0 0 -1 2 3 0 0 0 56.5% 20:18
12 M. Gaborik R 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 14:51
13 K. Clifford L 0 0 0 -1 5 1 0 0 0 10:42
21 N. Shore C 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 55.6% 14:47
22 T. Lewis C 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 12:52
23 D. Brown R 0 0 0 -1 0 4 4 0 0 15:58
26 N. Dowd C 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 20% 12:53
70 T. Pearson L 1 1 2 +2 0 3 0 1 0 16:21
71 J. Nolan C 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 100% 11:51
74 D. King L 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 15:53
77 J. Carter C 1 0 1 +2 2 4 1 2 0 42.9% 18:05
3 B. McNabb D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 0 0 11:54
6 J. Muzzin D 0 1 1 +2 0 3 2 1 0 23:28
8 D. Doughty D 1 0 1 0 0 2 1 2 1 28:47
24 D. Forbort D 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 2 0 22:11
27 A. Martinez D 0 2 2 +2 2 0 1 1 0 20:00
53 K. Gravel D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 1 0 13:50
Los Angeles Kings goalies
Goalie
31 P. Budaj 20 18 2 .900 60:00 Win

Penalties

Period Time Team Player Infraction Minutes
1st 03:31 Los Angeles Kings Kyle Clifford Fighting (major) 5
1st 03:31 San Jose Sharks Micheal Haley Fighting (major) 5
1st 13:09 San Jose Sharks Paul Martin Interference 2
1st 15:00 Los Angeles Kings Alec Martinez Interference 2
2nd 00:32 San Jose Sharks Brent Burns Tripping 2
2nd 03:19 San Jose Sharks Patrick Marleau Tripping 2
2nd 18:35 Los Angeles Kings Anze Kopitar Holding the stick 2
3rd 06:12 San Jose Sharks Brent Burns Holding 2
3rd 09:03 Los Angeles Kings Jeff Carter Hooking 2
3rd 10:28 San Jose Sharks Joe Thornton Slashing 2

Game information

San Jose Sharks head coach
Peter DeBoer
Los Angeles Kings head coach
Darryl Sutter
Referees
Jon McIsaac, Brian Pochmara
Linesmen
Lonnie Cameron, Brian Mach
San Jose Sharks scratches
Marc-Edouard Vlasic, Tommy Wingels, Matt Nieto
Los Angeles Kings scratches
Tom Gilbert, Matt Greene, Andy Andreoff

2016-2017 season series

Matchup Status Details
Los Angeles Kings 1 at San Jose Sharks 2 Final Game page
San Jose Sharks 4 at Los Angeles Kings 1 Final Game page
San Jose Sharks 2 at Los Angeles Kings 3 Final Game page
Los Angeles Kings 2 at San Jose Sharks 1 Final/OT Game page
San Jose Sharks 3 at Los Angeles Kings 2 Final Game page

Other NHL games on Dec 31

Matchup Status Details
Buffalo Sabres 1 at Boston Bruins 3 Final Game page
Washington Capitals 6 at New Jersey Devils 2 Final Game page
Columbus Blue Jackets 4 at Minnesota Wild 2 Final Game page
Carolina Hurricanes 1 at Tampa Bay Lightning 3 Final Game page
Montreal Canadiens 3 at Pittsburgh Penguins 4 Final/OT Game page
New York Islanders 6 at Winnipeg Jets 2 Final Game page
Florida Panthers 3 at Dallas Stars 1 Final Game page
New York Rangers 6 at Colorado Avalanche 2 Final Game page
Arizona Coyotes 2 at Calgary Flames 4 Final Game page
Vancouver Canucks 3 at Edmonton Oilers 2 Final/SO Game page

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