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Columbus 2, Los Angeles 3

Recap Box Score Play-By-Play Conversation

	1	2	3	T
CLS(35-43-4)	0	0	2	2
LOS(42-35-5)	0	2	1	3

Final

4:00 PM ET, March 4, 2006

STAPLES Center

Los Angeles, California

THREE STARS

S. Avery
Kings (LW)

Goals: 2
Assists: 0

N. Zherdev
Blue Jackets (RW)

Goals: 2
Assists: 0

M. Cammalleri
Kings (LW)

Goals: 1
Assists: 0

Game Information
Arena: STAPLES Center Location: Los Angeles, California	Referees: ShaneHeyer, DanO'Halloran Linesmen: LonnieCameron, JeanMorin
Attendance: 17,238 (93.2% full)

TEAM STATISTICAL COMPARISON

Key:

Columbus

Los Angeles

Total Shots
	26
	35

PIM
	23
	23

Hits
	16
	23

Giveaways
	16
	12

Takeaways
	3
	5

Faceoffs Won
	18
	44

1st Period Summary
TIME	TEAM	SCORING DETAIL	SCORE
No scoring this period
TIME	TEAM	PENALTY DETAIL
5:07		Tim Gleason: 2 Minutes for Holding Nikolai Zherdev
9:05		Jan Hrdina: 2 Minutes for Hooking Craig Conroy
12:14		George Parros: 5 Minutes for Fighting Jody Shelley
12:14		Jody Shelley: 5 Minutes for Fighting George Parros
15:11		Sergei Fedorov: 2 Minutes for Holding Eric Belanger
15:11		Luke Richardson: 2 Minutes for Roughing Sean Avery
15:11		Sean Avery: 2 Minutes for Charging Luke Richardson

2nd Period Summary
TIME	TEAM	SCORING DETAIL	SCORE
13:11		Sean Avery (11) (Shorthanded) Unassisted	Los Angeles 1-0
16:09		Sean Avery (11) Assists: Tom Kostopoulos, Eric Belanger	Los Angeles 2-0
TIME	TEAM	PENALTY DETAIL
5:11		Joe Corvo: 2 Minutes for Hooking Nikolai Zherdev
7:45		David Vyborny: 2 Minutes for Hooking Mattias Norstrom
8:03		Derek Armstrong: 2 Minutes for Charging Trevor Letowski
9:00		Sergei Fedorov: 2 Minutes for Hooking Eric Belanger
12:04		Tom Kostopoulos: 2 Minutes for Hooking Nikolai Zherdev
17:07		Derek Armstrong: 2 Minutes for Boarding Mike Rupp

3rd Period Summary
TIME	TEAM	SCORING DETAIL	SCORE
1:27		Nikolai Zherdev (20) Assists: Manny Malhotra, Luke Richardson	Los Angeles 2-1
4:35		Nikolai Zherdev (21) Assists: Jan Hrdina, Rick Nash	Game tied 2-2
14:05		Mike Cammalleri (21) (Power Play) Assists: Joe Corvo, Derek Armstrong	Los Angeles 3-2
TIME	TEAM	PENALTY DETAIL
2:11		Rick Nash: 2 Minutes for Elbowing Lubomir Visnovsky
6:07		Duvie Westcott: 2 Minutes for Roughing Sean Avery
6:07		Sean Avery: 2 Minutes for Roughing Duvie Westcott
8:19		Derek Armstrong: 2 Minutes for Tripping Nikolai Zherdev
13:54		Adam Foote: 2 Minutes for Interference of Craig Conroy
14:46		David Vyborny: 2 Minutes for Hooking Joe Corvo
18:40		Sean Avery: 2 Minutes for High-sticking Duvie Westcott

Player Summary

Columbus Blue Jackets												Time On Ice					Faceoffs
PLAYER	G	A	+/-	SOG	MS	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHF	TOT	PP	SH	EV	FW	FL	%
J. Balastik LW	0	0	-1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	18	13:18	4:44	0:00	8:34	0	0	00.0
J. Chimera LW	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	4	0	0	18	13:18	1:15	2:03	10:00	0	0	00.0
S. Fedorov C	0	0	-2	1	1	0	2	4	1	0	1	24	21:00	5:35	2:00	13:25	8	11	42.1
A. Foote D	0	0	-1	0	0	3	1	2	2	1	0	33	25:41	5:16	6:57	13:28	0	0	00.0
J. Hrdina C	0	1	1	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	1	25	18:35	4:32	3:13	10:50	2	15	11.8
A. Johnson D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	21	14:37	0:00	0:00	0:00	0	0	00.0
R. Klesla D	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	3	27	21:16	4:58	2:07	14:11	0	0	00.0
T. Letowski RW	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	1	1	21	15:27	1:11	4:19	9:57	3	4	42.9
M. Malhotra C	0	1	1	4	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	21	16:10	0:28	4:09	11:33	1	8	11.1
R. Nash LW	0	1	1	4	1	1	1	2	2	0	1	22	18:31	5:21	0:01	13:09	0	0	00.0
L. Richardson D	0	1	0	1	0	1	1	2	0	0	1	17	10:52	0:00	2:14	8:38	0	0	00.0
M. Rupp C	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	2:28	0:00	0:00	2:28	2	0	100.0
C. Severson LW	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	5	2:31	0:00	0:00	2:31	0	0	00.0
J. Shelley LW	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	1	0	0	6	2:29	0:00	0:00	2:29	0	1	00.0
R. Suchy D	0	0	1	2	0	2	0	0	1	1	1	29	20:45	0:04	5:35	15:06	0	0	00.0
D. Vyborny RW	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	4	0	0	2	26	22:47	6:20	3:53	12:34	2	4	33.3
D. Westcott D	0	0	0	0	3	1	1	2	2	0	1	30	26:26	7:03	3:29	15:54	0	0	00.0
N. Zherdev RW	2	0	1	7	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	22	20:38	5:54	0:00	14:44	0	1	00.0
Columbus Blue Jackets Scratches
PLAYER									REASON
B Berard									Lower Back
R Hainsey									Knee Injury

Los Angeles Kings												Time On Ice					Faceoffs
PLAYER	G	A	+/-	SOG	MS	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHF	TOT	PP	SH	EV	FW	FL	%
D. Armstrong C	0	1	0	1	0	0	3	6	1	0	1	24	17:03	4:46	0:34	11:43	9	3	75.0
S. Avery LW	2	0	1	3	1	0	3	6	4	1	0	20	16:33	0:35	3:09	12:49	0	0	00.0
E. Belanger C	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	25	20:45	1:22	4:39	14:44	10	4	71.4
D. Brown RW	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	22	16:28	4:50	0:07	11:31	0	0	00.0
M. Cammalleri LW	1	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	24	18:27	5:01	0:20	13:06	10	3	76.9
C. Conroy C	0	0	-1	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	1	27	18:54	3:20	4:49	10:45	14	6	70.0
J. Corvo D	0	1	0	2	1	0	1	2	0	1	1	26	20:23	6:38	1:41	12:04	0	0	00.0
J. Cowan LW	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	2:27	0:00	0:00	2:27	0	0	00.0
N. Dempsey D	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	29	22:48	3:34	4:08	15:06	0	0	00.0
J. Giuliano C	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	6	3:52	0:00	1:53	1:59	0	1	00.0
T. Gleason D	0	0	-1	1	1	1	1	2	2	1	1	19	15:32	0:23	4:35	10:34	0	0	00.0
T. Kostopoulos RW	0	1	0	3	1	1	1	2	3	0	2	21	17:15	0:59	3:54	12:22	0	1	00.0
A. Miller D	0	0	-1	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	20	15:56	0:23	5:31	10:02	0	0	00.0
M. Norstrom D	0	0	1	3	1	3	0	0	1	0	2	29	23:08	3:10	4:08	15:50	0	0	00.0
G. Parros RW	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	1	0	0	4	1:41	0:00	0:00	1:41	0	0	00.0
L. Robitaille LW	0	0	-1	3	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	17	13:33	4:35	0:00	8:58	0	0	00.0
J. Roenick C	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	24	18:14	4:20	3:49	10:05	1	0	100.0
L. Visnovsky D	0	0	0	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	2	26	21:59	6:14	2:37	13:08	0	0	00.0
Los Angeles Kings Scratches
PLAYER									REASON
P Demitra									Eye Injury
M Weaver									Healthy
A Frolov									Shoulder

Goaltending Summary

Columbus Blue Jackets Goaltending
PLAYER	SA	GA	SAVES	SV%	TOI	PIM
M. Denis	35	3	32	.914	58:42	0

Los Angeles Kings Goaltending
PLAYER	SA	GA	SAVES	SV%	TOI	PIM
M. Garon	26	2	24	.923	59:40	0

Shots On Goal
TEAM	1st	2nd	3rd	T
Columbus	10	6	10	26
Los Angeles	7	16	12	35

POWER PLAY SUMMARY
TEAM	PPG / PPO
Columbus	0 of 0
Los Angeles	1 of 0

* - A player receives a "plus" if he is on the ice when his Club scores an even-strength or shorthand goal. He receives a "minus" if he is on the ice for an even-strength or shorthand goal scored by the opposing Club. The difference in these numbers is considered the player's plus-minus statistic.

NHL Scores

Saturday, March 4th

Columbus	2	Final
Los Angeles	3

Buffalo	3	Final
Boston	2

Philadelphia	2	Final
NY Islanders	4

Ottawa	4	Final
Toronto	2

Washington	2	Final
Atlanta	3	OT

NY Rangers	1	Final
New Jersey	2

Carolina	7	Final
Pittsburgh	5

Montreal	6	Final
Tampa Bay	2

Colorado	3	Final
Dallas	5

Detroit	7	Final
Phoenix	3

San Jose	0	Final
Calgary	2

ESPN NHL

Columbus 2, Los Angeles 3

Final

NHL Scores

Saturday, March 4th