26 DEC

Los Angeles Kings 4 , San Jose Sharks 3
Shots: 32 - 27
PP: 0 of 1 (2 shots), Passing:68/81=83 %, Challenges:45/49=90 %
PP: 0 of 0 (0 shots), Passing:62/75=82 %, Challenges:35/52=66 %
Attendance: 18500 of 18500 (Staples Center)
Ticket income: 801050 Match televised: No


BOXSCORE OF THE GAME
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12:09 0-1 Marc-Édouard Vlasic [5] (Kyle McLaren, Marcel Goc)
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24:12 1-1 Vaclav Varada [6] (Mike Ribeiro, Patrick O'Sullivan)
26:14 2-1 Ales Hemsky [20] (Brad Richards, Brenden Morrow)
34:27 3-1 Milan Lucic [12] (Kyle Calder, Jack Johnson)
36:56 3-2 Jonathan Cheechoo [12] (Joe Thornton, Christian Ehrhoff)
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45:31 3-3 Jonathan Cheechoo [13] (Milan Michalek, Jody Shelley)
46:56 4-3 Milan Lucic [13] (Anze Kopitar, Kyle Calder)
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Penalty summary:
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05:46 Jody Shelley (2 min for hooking)
19:37 Ed Purcell (5 min for fighting)
19:37 Frazer McLaren (5 min for fighting)
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53:06 Jack Johnson (2 min for roughing)
53:06 Patrick Marleau (2 min for roughing)
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Los Angeles Kings scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Ed Purcell 0 0 0 1 0 1 5 0 4.10 6
R Patrick O'Sullivan 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 17.30 7
R Kyle Calder 0 2 5 1 0 1 0 0 19.50 8
R Ales Hemsky 1 0 5 2 0 0 0 0 18.30 9
C Brian Boyle 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 4.40 6
C Mike Ribeiro 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 17.30 8
C Anze Kopitar 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 19.50 6
C Brad Richards 0 1 4 1 0 0 0 0 18.00 9
L Brad Richardson 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 4.40 6
L Vaclav Varada 1 0 1 0 1 2 0 1 17.30 7
L Milan Lucic 2 0 4 6 0 5 0 0 19.50 10
L Brenden Morrow 0 1 3 1 1 0 0 0 18.00 8
D Peter Harrold 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 16.30 6
D Tom Preissing 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -1 23.20 7
D Jack Johnson 0 1 0 5 1 2 2 1 22.10 8
D Drew Doughty 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 15.50 6
D Brooks Orpik 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 -1 19.40 6
D Matt Greene 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 1 22.30 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Jonathan Bernier 3 0 24 0 0 60.00 7
G Erik Ersberg 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

San Jose Sharks scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Derek MacKenzie 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 -1 5.30 7
R Ryane Clowe 0 0 1 1 3 1 0 -1 15.50 6
R Devin Setoguchi 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 1 18.20 7
R Jonathan Cheechoo 2 0 6 1 0 0 0 0 20.20 8
C Joe Pavelski 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 5.30 5
C Logan Couture 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 -1 14.40 5
C Marcel Goc 0 1 2 1 1 0 0 1 18.20 7
C Joe Thornton 0 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 19.30 7
L Jody Shelley 0 1 1 1 2 0 2 -1 5.30 5
L Frazer McLaren 0 0 1 0 2 0 5 -1 14.50 4
L Patrick Marleau 0 0 3 1 2 0 2 1 19.00 7
L Milan Michalek 0 1 4 6 0 2 0 0 20.40 10
D Derek Joslin 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 -1 15.00 6
D Kyle McLaren 0 1 0 2 3 0 0 1 20.20 5
D Christian Ehrhoff 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 -1 26.40 6
D Doug Murray 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 -1 15.10 6
D Marc-Édouard Vlasic 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 16.40 7
D Dan Boyle 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 -1 26.10 6
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Evgeni Nabokov 4 0 28 0 0 58.00 6
G Ray Emery 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Milan Lucic
2nd star: Kyle Calder
3rd star: Ales Hemsky

Notes for Los Angeles Kings:
-Ales Hemsky scored his 20th goal of the season.
-Jack Johnson notched his 20th assist of the season.
-Kyle Calder had his 6 game goal streak snapped.

Notes for San Jose Sharks:
-Joe Thornton notched his 20th assist of the season.
-Marc-Édouard Vlasic ended his 9 game goal drought.

Other notes:
-Frazer McLaren beat Ed Purcell in a fight.

Farm game result:
Manchester Monarchs 5( 26) , Cleveland Barons 0( 13)
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1-0 MNC Éric Castonguay (David Meckler)
2-0 MNC Trevor Lewis (Éric Castonguay)
3-0 MNC Richard Clune (Michael Gergen)
4-0 MNC Raitis Ivanans (Gabe Gauthier, Matt Butcher)
5-0 MNC Trevor Lewis (Éric Castonguay)

Goalies: Jason LaBarbera - Tyson Sexsmith