25 JAN

Los Angeles Kings 5 , Minnesota Wild 3
Shots: 33 - 23
PP: 0 of 1 (3 shots), Passing:62/77=80 %, Challenges:51/53=94 %
PP: 0 of 3 (4 shots), Passing:73/83=87 %, Challenges:27/44=60 %
Attendance: 18500 of 18500 (Staples Center)
Ticket income: 801050 Match televised: Yes


BOXSCORE OF THE GAME
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15:49 1-0 Brad Richards [18] (Milan Lucic)
16:52 2-0 Ales Hemsky [21] (Milan Lucic, Brad Richards)
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26:56 2-1 Kurtis Foster [5] (Owen Nolan, Stéphane Veilleux)
33:18 2-2 James Sheppard [11] (Stéphane Veilleux, Andrew Brunette)
34:24 3-2 Milan Lucic [19] (Kyle Calder)
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47:44 4-2 Milan Lucic [20] (Anze Kopitar, Brooks Orpik)
52:29 4-3 Antti Miettinen [16] (Andrew Brunette, Éric Bélanger)
59:32 5-3 Milan Lucic [21] (Jack Johnson, Andrei Markov) EN
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Penalty summary:
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04:55 Oscar Möller (2 min for cross-checking)
07:51 Oscar Möller (2 min for high-sticking)
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37:31 David Meckler (2 min for tripping)
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53:34 Owen Nolan (2 min for tripping)
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Los Angeles Kings scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Oscar Möller 0 0 2 0 0 0 4 0 7.10 6
R Ed Purcell 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 15.10 6
R Kyle Calder 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 1 13.00 7
R Ales Hemsky 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 18.00 8
C David Meckler 0 0 3 1 0 0 2 0 7.10 7
C Mike Ribeiro 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 15.10 5
C Anze Kopitar 0 1 1 4 0 1 0 1 16.00 8
C Brad Richards 1 1 4 0 0 0 0 1 18.00 7
L Vaclav Varada 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 10.50 6
L Markus Näslund 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 16.40 8
L Milan Lucic 3 2 4 2 0 2 0 3 16.20 10
L Brenden Morrow 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 -1 19.50 8
D Mark Streit 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 17.10 6
D Brooks Orpik 0 1 0 4 0 3 0 1 17.10 8
D Matt Greene 0 0 2 4 0 3 0 1 25.20 9
D Drew Doughty 0 0 0 5 0 5 0 0 17.20 9
D Jack Johnson 0 1 0 4 1 0 0 1 17.00 8
D Andrei Markov 0 1 3 3 1 1 0 1 26.00 9
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Jonathan Bernier 3 0 20 0 0 60.00 6
G Erik Ersberg 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Minnesota Wild scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Dustin Penner 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 -2 14.00 5
R Owen Nolan 0 1 2 0 1 0 2 1 11.50 6
R Antti Miettinen 1 0 2 2 2 0 0 -1 13.50 7
R Pierre-Marc Bouchard 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 20.20 7
C Petr Kalus 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 7.00 6
C James Sheppard 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 11.50 8
C Éric Bélanger 0 1 2 0 2 0 0 -1 18.50 7
C Mikko Koivu 0 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 19.50 6
L Krys Kolanos 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 -2 9.30 5
L Stéphane Veilleux 0 2 0 3 2 0 0 1 11.50 7
L Andrew Brunette 0 2 2 0 3 0 0 -1 17.20 6
L Marian Gaborik 0 0 5 4 1 2 0 0 21.20 8
D Kurtis Foster 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 14.20 7
D Marc-André Bergeron 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 -1 19.50 5
D Marek Zidlicky 0 0 2 2 1 0 0 -2 25.50 7
D Nick Schultz 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 14.30 6
D Martin Skoula 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 -3 18.20 6
D Kim Johnsson 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 27.10 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Josh Harding 5 0 28 0 0 59.20 5
G Niklas Backstrom 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

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

Notes for Los Angeles Kings:
-Milan Lucic notched his 30th assist of the season.
-Milan Lucic has marked a new career high in assists with 31 assists.
-Milan Lucic scored his 20th goal of the season.
-Ales Hemsky finally ended his 12 game goal drought.

Notes for Minnesota Wild:
-Stéphane Veilleux has marked a new career high in assists with 13 assists.
-Owen Nolan notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Andrew Brunette notched his 20th assist of the season.
-Antti Miettinen has marked a new career high in goals with 16 tallies.
-James Sheppard ended his 7 game goal drought.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Manchester Monarchs 4( 22) , Houston Aeros 2( 9)
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1-0 MNC Richard Clune (Mark Fayne)
1-1 HOU Alexander Mereskin (Sami Sandell)
2-1 MNC Trevor Lewis (Davis Drewiske, Bud Holloway)
2-2 HOU Jesse Schultz (Erik Reitz, Anton Khudobin)
3-2 MNC Bud Holloway (Trevor Lewis)
4-2 MNC Richard Clune (Bud Holloway)

Goalies: Jason LaBarbera - Anton Khudobin