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Minnesota 1, Los Angeles 3

Recap Box Score Play-By-Play GameCast Conversation

	1	2	3	T
MIN(40-33-9)	0	0	1	1
LOS(34-37-11)	1	0	2	3

Final

4:00 PM ET, December 13, 2008

STAPLES Center

Los Angeles, California

THREE STARS

E. Ersberg
Kings (G )

Saves: 33
Save Pct.: .971

M. Greene
Kings (D )

Goals: 0
Assists: 1

A. Kopitar
Kings (C )

Goals: 1
Assists: 0

Game Information
Arena: STAPLES Center Location: Los Angeles, California	Referees: Dennis LaRue, Mike Leggo Linesmen: Lyle Seitz, Jay Sharrers
Attendance: 14,857 (80.3% full)

TEAM STATISTICAL COMPARISON

Key:

Minnesota

Los Angeles

Total Shots
	34
	43

PIM
	10
	8

Hits
	24
	21

Giveaways
	10
	14

Takeaways
	6
	6

Faceoffs Won
	37
	29

1st Period Summary
TIME	TEAM	SCORING DETAIL	SCORE
15:08		Anze Kopitar (10) (Power Play) Assists: Dustin Brown, Patrick O'Sullivan	Los Angeles 1-0
TIME	TEAM	PENALTY DETAIL
4:51		Erik Reitz: 2 Minutes for Charging Alexander Frolov
14:31		Marek Zidlicky: 2 Minutes for Interference of Dustin Brown
15:42		Denis Gauthier: 2 Minutes for Interference of Colton Gillies

2nd Period Summary
TIME	TEAM	SCORING DETAIL	SCORE
No scoring this period
TIME	TEAM	PENALTY DETAIL
6:06		Cal Clutterbuck: 2 Minutes for High-sticking Dustin Brown
12:25		Kyle Quincey: 2 Minutes for Holding the Stick Eric Belanger
18:42		Pierre-Marc Bouchard: 2 Minutes for Tripping Michal Handzus

3rd Period Summary
TIME	TEAM	SCORING DETAIL	SCORE
2:57		Michal Handzus (6) (Power Play) Unassisted	Los Angeles 2-0
2:58		Michal Handzus (7) (Power Play) Assists: Wayne Simmonds, Matt Greene	Los Angeles 3-0
18:07		Brent Burns (5) (Power Play) Assists: Eric Belanger, Marek Zidlicky	Los Angeles 3-1
19:34		Alexander Frolov (13) (Empty net) Assists: Dustin Brown, Drew Doughty	Los Angeles 4-1
TIME	TEAM	PENALTY DETAIL
0:59		Marek Zidlicky: 2 Minutes for Holding Michal Handzus
7:00		Alexander Frolov: 2 Minutes for Interference of Stephane Veilleux
16:57		Peter Harrold: 2 Minutes for Roughing Cal Clutterbuck

Player Summary

Minnesota Wild												Time On Ice					Faceoffs
PLAYER	G	A	+/-	SOG	MS	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHF	TOT	PP	SH	EV	FW	FL	%
E. Belanger C	0	1	-1	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	31	18:17	2:23	4:21	11:33	10	9	52.6
M. Bergeron D	0	0	-1	2	1	2	0	0	1	0	1	26	19:52	3:22	0:10	16:20	0	0	00.0
D. Boogaard LW	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	3:40	0:00	0:00	3:40	0	0	00.0
P. Bouchard C	0	0	-1	2	1	0	1	2	0	1	0	24	16:35	4:22	0:00	12:13	0	0	00.0
A. Brunette LW	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	25	18:54	4:40	0:00	14:14	0	0	00.0
B. Burns D	1	0	-1	6	3	0	0	0	1	0	1	21	16:48	3:24	1:43	11:41	0	0	00.0
C. Clutterbuck RW	0	0	0	3	0	2	1	2	2	0	0	14	8:50	0:38	0:00	8:12	0	0	00.0
C. Gillies C	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	11	8:07	1:04	0:00	7:03	0	0	00.0
K. Johnsson D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	36	24:08	0:50	5:06	18:12	0	0	00.0
M. Koivu C	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	31	22:51	3:56	2:52	16:03	14	13	51.9
A. Miettinen RW	0	0	0	5	1	1	0	0	1	1	1	33	21:49	3:19	3:42	14:48	1	0	100.0
B. Pouliot LW	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	17	11:52	2:30	0:00	9:22	5	1	83.3
E. Reitz D	0	0	0	4	0	2	1	2	0	0	1	16	8:59	0:00	0:56	8:03	0	0	00.0
N. Schultz D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	29	19:51	0:00	5:52	13:59	0	0	00.0
J. Sheppard C	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	25	14:52	1:56	1:30	11:26	7	6	53.8
M. Skoula D	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	1	2	27	18:12	0:00	3:36	14:36	0	0	00.0
S. Veilleux LW	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	3	1	0	27	15:34	0:00	3:04	12:30	0	0	00.0
M. Zidlicky D	0	1	0	1	0	3	2	4	6	1	0	30	22:16	3:26	1:32	17:18	0	0	00.0
Minnesota Wild Scratches
PLAYER									REASON
O Nolan									Leg Injury
C Weller									Healthy

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. Brown RW	0	2	1	5	1	0	0	0	3	0	2	25	20:08	5:25	2:36	12:07	0	3	00.0
K. Calder LW	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	16	11:32	0:01	0:00	11:31	0	0	00.0
D. Doughty D	0	1	1	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	3	29	25:43	5:25	4:26	15:52	0	0	00.0
A. Frolov LW	1	0	1	3	0	0	1	2	1	1	0	25	18:17	2:48	1:18	14:11	0	0	00.0
D. Gauthier D	0	0	0	2	0	1	1	2	3	0	0	21	15:48	0:00	1:54	13:54	0	0	00.0
M. Greene D	0	1	0	3	2	1	0	0	2	0	0	21	18:48	0:50	2:44	15:14	0	0	00.0
M. Handzus C	1	0	1	3	1	1	0	0	1	0	3	29	19:36	2:40	4:04	12:52	8	9	47.1
P. Harrold D	0	0	0	2	0	3	1	2	0	0	0	21	19:17	5:41	0:00	13:36	0	0	00.0
R. Ivanans LW	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	7	5:11	0:00	0:00	5:11	0	0	00.0
A. Kopitar C	1	0	0	6	1	1	0	0	3	1	0	29	21:55	6:05	1:35	14:15	8	12	40.0
O. Moller C	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	16	9:20	2:27	0:00	6:53	1	4	20.0
S. O'Donnell D	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	25	19:56	0:31	4:27	14:58	0	0	00.0
P. O'Sullivan C	0	1	0	6	4	1	0	0	1	0	0	31	21:15	5:55	1:52	13:28	2	0	100.0
T. Purcell RW	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	19	12:42	0:06	0:01	12:35	0	0	00.0
K. Quincey D	0	0	1	2	0	0	1	2	1	0	2	24	18:47	2:24	0:49	15:34	0	0	00.0
W. Simmonds RW	0	1	0	2	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	20	12:53	0:20	0:00	12:33	1	1	50.0
J. Stoll C	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	26	16:38	2:22	2:54	11:22	9	8	52.9
J. Zeiler RW	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	5:11	0:00	0:00	5:11	0	0	00.0
Los Angeles Kings Scratches
PLAYER									REASON
D Armstrong									Head Injury
B Richardson									Foot Injury
T Preissing									Healthy

Goaltending Summary

Minnesota Wild Goaltending
PLAYER	SA	GA	SAVES	SV%	TOI	PIM
N. Backstrom	42	2	40	.952	59:46	0

Los Angeles Kings Goaltending
PLAYER	SA	GA	SAVES	SV%	TOI	PIM
E. Ersberg	34	1	33	.971	59:53	0

Shots On Goal
TEAM	1st	2nd	3rd	T
Minnesota	9	8	17	34
Los Angeles	14	17	12	43

POWER PLAY SUMMARY
TEAM	PPG / PPO
Minnesota	1 of 0
Los Angeles	2 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, December 13th

Pittsburgh	3	Final
Philadelphia	6

Minnesota	1	Final
Los Angeles	3

Atlanta	2	Final
Boston	4

Washington	2	Final
Montreal	1

Buffalo	4	Final
New Jersey	2

Carolina	2	Final
NY Rangers	3	SO

Tampa Bay	0	Final
Ottawa	2

NY Islanders	1	Final
Columbus	3

Dallas	0	Final
Nashville	3

Detroit	5	Final
Phoenix	4	SO

Vancouver	0	Final
Edmonton	3

St. Louis	4	Final
San Jose	5

ESPN NHL

Minnesota 1, Los Angeles 3

Final

NHL Scores

Saturday, December 13th