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Nashville 4, Los Angeles 3

Recap Box Score Play-By-Play GameCast Conversation

	1	2	3	T
NSH(40-34-8)	1	2	1	4
LOS(34-37-11)	1	1	1	3

Final

10:30 PM ET, March 16, 2009

STAPLES Center

Los Angeles, California

THREE STARS

J. Dumont
Predators (RW)

Goals: 0
Assists: 2

M. Handzus
Kings (C )

Goals: 1
Assists: 1

R. Jones
Predators (LW)

Goals: 1
Assists: 0

Game Information
Arena: STAPLES Center Location: Los Angeles, California	Referees: Steve Kozari, Ian Walsh Linesmen: Brad Lazarowich, Andy McElman
Attendance: 17,810 (96.3% full)

TEAM STATISTICAL COMPARISON

Key:

Nashville

Los Angeles

Total Shots
	30
	29

PIM
	8
	8

Hits
	30
	26

Giveaways
	12
	13

Takeaways
	5
	0

Faceoffs Won
	32
	36

1st Period Summary
TIME	TEAM	SCORING DETAIL	SCORE
14:42		Anze Kopitar (25) Assists: Dustin Brown	Los Angeles 1-0
19:45		Shea Weber (19) Assists: J.P. Dumont, Joel Ward	Game tied 1-1
TIME	TEAM	PENALTY DETAIL
1:16		Shea Weber: 2 Minutes for Tripping Dustin Brown
4:54		Jerred Smithson: 2 Minutes for Roughing Dustin Brown
6:27		Kyle Calder: 2 Minutes for Hooking Antti Pihlstrom

2nd Period Summary
TIME	TEAM	SCORING DETAIL	SCORE
1:24		Joel Ward (12) (Power Play) Assists: J.P. Dumont, David Legwand	Nashville 2-1
16:25		Teddy Purcell (4) (Power Play) Assists: Michal Handzus, Alexander Frolov	Game tied 2-2
18:10		Steve Sullivan (8) Assists: Martin Erat, Ryan Suter	Nashville 3-2
TIME	TEAM	PENALTY DETAIL
0:25		Wayne Simmonds: 2 Minutes for Hooking Dan Hamhuis
11:41		Jarret Stoll: 2 Minutes for Delay of Game - Puck Over Glass
14:40		Ville Koistinen: 2 Minutes for Hooking Kyle Calder

3rd Period Summary
TIME	TEAM	SCORING DETAIL	SCORE
9:53		Michal Handzus (15) Assists: Wayne Simmonds, Kyle Calder	Game tied 3-3
17:42		Ryan Jones (7) Assists: Dan Hamhuis, Jordin Tootoo	Nashville 4-3
TIME	TEAM	PENALTY DETAIL
5:39		Jack Johnson: 2 Minutes for Interference of Ryan Jones
18:29		Steve Sullivan: 2 Minutes for Interference of Jarret Stoll

Player Summary

Nashville Predators												Time On Ice					Faceoffs
PLAYER	G	A	+/-	SOG	MS	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHF	TOT	PP	SH	EV	FW	FL	%
G. de Vries D	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	1	18	10:59	0:00	1:47	9:12	0	0	00.0
J. Dumont RW	0	2	0	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	23	17:03	2:05	0:00	14:58	0	0	00.0
M. Erat RW	0	1	0	0	4	0	0	0	1	1	1	28	20:39	4:38	1:55	14:06	0	0	00.0
V. Fiddler LW	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	27	16:17	1:13	1:43	13:21	5	9	35.7
D. Hamhuis D	0	1	0	6	0	2	0	0	1	0	1	30	23:43	0:34	3:14	19:55	0	0	00.0
R. Jones LW	1	0	1	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	20	11:02	0:24	0:00	10:38	0	0	00.0
K. Klein D	0	0	-1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	16	10:05	0:00	0:10	9:55	0	0	00.0
V. Koistinen D	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	7	5:30	1:20	0:00	4:10	0	0	00.0
D. Legwand C	0	1	0	1	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	31	23:32	4:35	3:14	15:43	8	17	32.0
S. Nichol C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	12	7:29	0:04	2:03	5:22	4	0	100.0
A. Pihlstrom LW	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	10	8:07	0:00	0:05	8:02	0	0	00.0
J. Smithson RW	0	0	1	1	0	1	1	2	3	0	0	30	16:15	0:24	2:23	13:28	13	8	61.9
S. Sullivan LW	1	0	0	2	2	0	1	2	1	1	1	27	18:43	4:23	0:10	14:10	0	1	00.0
R. Suter D	0	1	2	0	3	2	0	0	3	1	1	29	24:30	5:02	3:25	16:03	0	0	00.0
J. Tootoo RW	0	1	1	5	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	19	10:36	0:00	0:00	10:36	0	0	00.0
J. Ward RW	1	1	0	4	1	1	0	0	2	0	1	27	19:44	1:50	2:05	15:49	2	1	66.7
S. Weber D	1	0	2	3	3	0	1	2	2	0	0	28	24:43	5:58	1:48	16:57	0	0	00.0
G. Zanon D	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	4	1	1	30	23:48	0:10	3:14	20:24	0	0	00.0
Nashville Predators Scratches
PLAYER									REASON
W Belak									Healthy
J Arnott									Concussion
R Bonk									Upper Body

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	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	12	9:12	0:00	0:00	9:12	0	8	00.0
D. Brown RW	0	1	1	2	1	0	0	0	5	0	0	25	18:53	2:51	0:04	15:58	0	0	00.0
K. Calder LW	0	1	0	3	0	0	1	2	0	0	1	21	14:52	1:57	0:00	12:55	0	0	00.0
D. Doughty D	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	27	26:00	3:47	3:53	18:20	0	0	00.0
A. Frolov LW	0	1	-2	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	25	18:44	4:52	2:01	11:51	0	0	00.0
D. Gauthier D	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	1	0	1	22	13:31	0:03	2:05	11:23	0	0	00.0
M. Greene D	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	21	13:27	0:00	2:33	10:54	0	0	00.0
M. Handzus C	1	1	0	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	1	27	21:09	4:25	4:24	12:20	18	7	72.0
P. Harrold D	0	0	-2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	20	12:42	2:36	1:20	8:46	0	0	00.0
R. Ivanans LW	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	7	5:33	0:00	0:00	5:33	0	0	00.0
J. Johnson D	0	0	-1	0	0	1	1	2	2	0	0	21	17:34	0:00	0:06	17:28	0	0	00.0
A. Kopitar C	1	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	26	22:11	3:55	0:46	17:30	10	13	43.5
S. O'Donnell D	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	3	24	21:33	0:00	4:10	17:23	0	0	00.0
T. Purcell RW	1	0	1	4	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	25	18:10	3:58	0:00	14:12	0	0	00.0
K. Quincey D	0	0	-1	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	1	23	21:12	3:02	0:17	17:53	0	0	00.0
W. Simmonds RW	0	1	0	1	1	1	1	2	1	0	2	23	17:14	0:00	3:01	14:13	0	0	00.0
J. Stoll C	0	0	-2	4	3	0	1	2	4	0	0	27	16:51	4:10	1:28	11:13	8	4	66.7
K. Westgarth RW	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	5:44	0:00	0:00	5:44	0	0	00.0
Los Angeles Kings Scratches
PLAYER									REASON
B Richardson									Healthy
J Zeiler									Healthy
O Moller									Healthy

Goaltending Summary

Nashville Predators Goaltending
PLAYER	SA	GA	SAVES	SV%	TOI	PIM
P. Rinne	29	3	26	.897	59:59	0

Los Angeles Kings Goaltending
PLAYER	SA	GA	SAVES	SV%	TOI	PIM
E. Ersberg	30	4	26	.867	58:29	0

Shots On Goal
TEAM	1st	2nd	3rd	T
Nashville	6	12	12	30
Los Angeles	12	11	6	29

POWER PLAY SUMMARY
TEAM	PPG / PPO
Nashville	1 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

Monday, March 16th

Washington	1	Final
Atlanta	5

Nashville	4	Final
Los Angeles	3

ESPN NHL

Nashville 4, Los Angeles 3

Final

NHL Scores

Monday, March 16th