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Los Angeles 5, Washington 4

Recap Box Score Play-By-Play GameCast Conversation

	1	2	3	T
LOS(34-37-11)	1	3	1	5
WAS(50-24-8)	1	1	2	4

Final

7:00 PM ET, February 5, 2009

Verizon Center

Washington, DC

THREE STARS

A. Kopitar
Kings (C )

Goals: 2
Assists: 1

A. Frolov
Kings (LW)

Goals: 0
Assists: 2

D. Brown
Kings (RW)

Goals: 0
Assists: 2

Game Information
Arena: Verizon Center Location: Washington, DC	Referees: Dennis LaRue, Dan O'Halloran Linesmen: Steve Barton, Jean Morin
Attendance: 18,277 (97.9% full)

TEAM STATISTICAL COMPARISON

Key:

Los Angeles

Washington

Total Shots
	35
	45

PIM
	17
	21

Hits
	13
	18

Giveaways
	7
	19

Takeaways
	7
	14

Faceoffs Won
	33
	27

1st Period Summary
TIME	TEAM	SCORING DETAIL	SCORE
0:15		Alexander Semin (20) Assists: Brooks Laich	Washington 1-0
8:55		Anze Kopitar (13) (Power Play) Assists: Jarret Stoll, Dustin Brown	Game tied 1-1
TIME	TEAM	PENALTY DETAIL
2:47		Raitis Ivanans: 2 Minutes for Hooking Boyd Gordon
3:02		Mike Green: 2 Minutes for Slashing Alexander Frolov
7:23		Dave Steckel: 2 Minutes for Tripping Jack Johnson
8:29		Shaone Morrisonn: 2 Minutes for Delay of Game - Puck Over Glass
17:12		Jarret Stoll: 2 Minutes for Goaltender Interference Jose Theodore

2nd Period Summary
TIME	TEAM	SCORING DETAIL	SCORE
0:13		Anze Kopitar (14) Assists: Alexander Frolov, Sean O'Donnell	Los Angeles 2-1
1:02		Michal Handzus (10) (Shorthanded) Assists: Alexander Frolov	Los Angeles 3-1
1:43		Mike Green (17) (Power Play) Assists: Nicklas Backstrom, Jose Theodore	Los Angeles 3-2
7:26		Patrick O'Sullivan (12) Assists: Anze Kopitar, Kyle Quincey	Los Angeles 4-2
TIME	TEAM	PENALTY DETAIL
0:31		Patrick O'Sullivan: 2 Minutes for Holding Nicklas Backstrom
10:03		Shaone Morrisonn: 2 Minutes for Slashing Dustin Brown
10:59		Nicklas Backstrom: 2 Minutes for Holding Dustin Brown
14:14		Matt Greene: 5 Minutes for Fighting Matt Bradley
14:14		Matt Bradley: 5 Minutes for Fighting Matt Greene
15:19		Michal Handzus: 2 Minutes for High-sticking Alexander Semin
15:19		Alexander Semin: 2 Minutes for Roughing Michal Handzus
19:16		Jack Johnson: 2 Minutes for High-sticking Dave Steckel
19:16		Jack Johnson: 2 Minutes for Roughing Dave Steckel (Served by Kyle Calder)
19:16		Dave Steckel: 2 Minutes for Roughing Jack Johnson

3rd Period Summary
TIME	TEAM	SCORING DETAIL	SCORE
10:32		Alex Ovechkin (37) Unassisted	Los Angeles 4-3
18:27		Kyle Calder (7) Assists: Dustin Brown, Jarret Stoll	Los Angeles 5-3
18:54		Brooks Laich (13) Assists: Mike Green, Nicklas Backstrom	Los Angeles 5-4
TIME	TEAM	PENALTY DETAIL
12:23		John Erskine: 2 Minutes for Hooking Dustin Brown

Player Summary

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	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	12	8:45	0:00	0:00	8:45	2	3	40.0
D. Brown RW	0	2	-1	5	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	28	19:36	5:20	1:05	13:11	0	0	00.0
K. Calder LW	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	23	13:18	3:02	0:00	10:16	0	0	00.0
D. Doughty D	0	0	-1	2	0	5	0	0	0	1	0	30	23:21	2:52	2:28	18:01	0	0	00.0
D. Drewiske D	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	16	12:01	0:00	0:35	11:26	0	0	00.0
A. Frolov LW	0	2	3	5	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	32	22:37	4:43	3:35	14:19	0	1	00.0
M. Greene D	0	0	1	0	0	2	1	5	0	0	1	24	18:09	0:00	2:59	15:10	0	0	00.0
M. Handzus C	1	0	-1	1	1	0	1	2	1	0	0	26	20:12	4:28	3:47	11:57	15	9	62.5
P. Harrold D	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	13	9:54	2:37	0:00	7:17	0	0	00.0
R. Ivanans LW	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	9	6:58	0:05	0:00	6:53	0	0	00.0
J. Johnson D	0	0	1	1	2	1	2	4	2	1	1	23	19:37	0:15	1:30	17:52	0	0	00.0
A. Kopitar C	2	1	1	3	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	30	19:58	4:09	0:12	15:37	7	6	53.8
S. O'Donnell D	0	1	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	27	18:06	0:00	3:22	14:44	0	0	00.0
P. O'Sullivan C	1	0	2	3	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	26	17:21	2:57	1:22	13:02	0	2	00.0
K. Quincey D	0	1	1	1	1	3	0	0	2	0	0	21	19:34	5:25	0:00	14:09	0	0	00.0
B. Richardson C	0	0	-1	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	15	11:44	0:05	0:00	11:39	0	0	00.0
W. Simmonds RW	0	0	-1	1	0	3	0	0	1	1	0	15	11:50	0:00	0:00	11:50	0	0	00.0
J. Stoll C	0	2	0	4	0	0	1	2	2	2	0	26	17:58	5:27	0:53	11:38	9	6	60.0
Los Angeles Kings Scratches
PLAYER									REASON
D Gauthier									Suspended Nhl
J Zeiler									Healthy
T Preissing									Healthy

Washington Capitals												Time On Ice					Faceoffs
PLAYER	G	A	+/-	SOG	MS	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHF	TOT	PP	SH	EV	FW	FL	%
N. Backstrom C	0	2	1	5	0	1	1	2	1	0	2	23	18:10	3:20	0:57	13:53	6	14	30.0
M. Bradley RW	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	5	1	2	0	11	7:53	0:00	0:00	7:53	0	0	00.0
D. Brashear LW	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	9	6:37	0:00	0:00	6:37	0	0	00.0
J. Erskine D	0	0	1	1	0	1	1	2	2	1	0	18	13:39	0:00	0:00	13:39	0	0	00.0
S. Fedorov C	0	0	-2	2	0	1	0	0	1	1	1	23	19:20	3:09	0:52	15:19	9	5	64.3
E. Fehr RW	0	0	-1	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	15	12:50	0:14	0:00	12:36	0	0	00.0
T. Fleischmann C	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	22	15:39	1:48	1:10	12:41	0	0	00.0
B. Gordon C	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	17	12:34	0:00	4:48	7:46	1	3	25.0
M. Green D	1	1	0	4	0	3	1	2	1	0	1	27	26:05	5:17	2:43	18:05	0	0	00.0
M. Jurcina D	0	0	0	2	0	3	0	0	2	0	0	21	14:56	0:00	1:29	13:27	0	0	00.0
B. Laich C	1	1	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	23	15:47	1:53	3:08	10:46	1	2	33.3
S. Morrisonn D	0	0	-1	2	0	0	2	4	4	0	1	27	16:39	0:00	2:35	14:04	0	0	00.0
M. Nylander C	0	0	-1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	17	15:13	2:37	0:00	12:36	7	3	70.0
A. Ovechkin LW	1	0	-1	9	2	0	0	0	3	1	2	20	23:06	5:27	0:10	17:29	0	1	00.0
T. Poti D	0	0	-1	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	26	20:26	0:10	5:51	14:25	0	0	00.0
J. Schultz D	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	27	19:13	0:00	2:52	16:21	0	0	00.0
A. Semin LW	1	0	1	5	0	0	1	2	1	0	2	22	17:16	3:20	0:49	13:07	0	0	00.0
D. Steckel C	0	0	0	1	0	2	2	4	1	2	3	16	12:45	0:00	4:14	8:31	3	5	37.5
Washington Capitals Scratches
PLAYER									REASON
B Johnson									Hip Injury
V Kozlov									Groin

Goaltending Summary

Los Angeles Kings Goaltending
PLAYER	SA	GA	SAVES	SV%	TOI	PIM
J. Quick	45	4	41	.911	59:49	0

Washington Capitals Goaltending
PLAYER	SA	GA	SAVES	SV%	TOI	PIM
J. Theodore	35	5	30	.857	58:20	0

Shots On Goal
TEAM	1st	2nd	3rd	T
Los Angeles	12	18	5	35
Washington	9	14	22	45

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

Thursday, February 5th

Boston	4	Final
Ottawa	3	SO

Los Angeles	5	Final
Washington	4

NY Islanders	2	Final
Florida	3

Anaheim	2	Final
Nashville	4

Edmonton	2	Final
St. Louis	1	SO

Dallas	2	Final
Colorado	3

Chicago	5	Final
Calgary	2

Carolina	4	Final
San Jose	3	SO

ESPN NHL

Los Angeles 5, Washington 4

Final

NHL Scores

Thursday, February 5th