National Hockey League
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Los Angeles 5, Minnesota 2
When: 8:00 PM ET, Thursday, December 31, 2009
Where: Xcel Energy Center, Saint Paul, Minnesota
Referees: Eric Furlatt, Francois St.Laurent
Linesmen: Mike Cvik, Don Henderson
Attendance: 18504
Final Scoring Summary
 
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Los Angeles 3115
Minnesota 0112
Scoring/Penalty Summary
1st Period
Scoring
6:35 - Kings Brad Richardson (EV) Assists: Wayne Simmonds , Davis Drewiske
15:49 - Kings Alexander Frolov (EV) Assists: Michal Handzus , Brandon Segal
18:54 - Kings Ryan Smyth (PP) Assists: Drew Doughty
Penalties
12:12 - Wild Antti Miettinen (2) Interference
 17:53 - Wild Derek Boogaard (2) High sticking
2nd Period
Scoring
3:17 - Kings Michal Handzus (EV) Assists: Alexander Frolov , Sean O'Donnell
4:50 - Wild Andrew Brunette (EV) Assists: Antti Miettinen , Mikko Koivu
Penalties
11:08 - Kings Robert Scuderi (2) Slashing
 20:00 - Kings Scott Parse (2) Roughing
 20:00 - Kings Wayne Simmonds (2) Roughing
 20:00 - Wild Cal Clutterbuck (2) Roughing
 20:00 - Wild Cal Clutterbuck (2) Roughing
 20:00 - Wild Shane Hnidy (2) Roughing
3rd Period
Scoring
13:57 - Wild Owen Nolan (EV) Assists: Marek Zidlicky , Martin Havlat
18:22 - Kings Alexander Frolov (EV) (EN) Assists: Jack Johnson
Penalties
2:31 - Kings Matt Greene (5) Fighting
 2:31 - Wild John Scott (5) Fighting
 3:22 - Kings Brandon Segal (2) Slashing
 9:58 - Kings Wayne Simmonds (2) Delay of game
 14:21 - Kings Ryan Smyth (2) Tripping
Los Angeles Kings
Player POS G A P +/- PIM SOG SHF TOI EV PP SH PP SH HT BS FW FL FO%
Erik Ersberg G 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0:00 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Jonathan Quick G 0 0 0 0 0 59:37 46:36 5:01 8:00 0 0 - - - - -
Matt Greene D 0 0 0 E 5 0 19 14:22 11:00 0:04 3:18 0 0 - - - - -
Jack Johnson D 0 1 1 +2 0 1 26 23:26 17:01 5:01 1:24 0 0 - - - - -
Peter Harrold D 0 0 0 E 0 0 11 7:04 7:04 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Sean O'Donnell D 0 1 1 +2 0 0 26 21:21 16:57 0:00 4:24 0 0 - - - - -
Robert Scuderi D 0 0 0 E 2 1 26 22:27 18:54 0:00 3:33 0 0 - - - - -
Drew Doughty D 0 1 1 E 0 2 27 23:57 15:53 4:57 3:07 0 0 - - - - -
Oscar Moller C 0 0 0 -1 0 3 13 7:52 6:23 1:29 0:00 0 0 - - 2 3 40
Anze Kopitar C 0 0 0 +2 0 1 29 20:44 14:17 3:32 2:55 0 0 - - 8 9 47
Brad Richardson C 1 0 1 +1 0 1 24 16:23 14:25 0:00 1:58 0 0 - - 5 8 38
Wayne Simmonds RW 0 1 1 +1 4 2 20 13:30 13:30 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - 0 1 0
Dustin Brown RW 0 0 0 -1 0 2 25 19:06 13:37 3:32 1:57 0 0 - - - - -
Alexander Frolov LW 2 1 3 +2 0 3 24 15:00 12:18 1:27 1:15 0 0 - - - - -
Michal Handzus C 1 1 2 +2 0 2 28 19:02 12:36 1:29 4:57 0 0 - - 8 10 44
Raitis Ivanans LW 0 0 0 E 0 0 9 5:34 5:34 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Davis Drewiske D 0 1 1 E 0 1 19 14:40 14:26 0:00 0:14 0 0 - - - - -
Brandon Segal RW 0 1 1 +1 2 3 19 12:49 12:49 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Scott Parse RW 0 0 0 +1 2 5 20 14:22 14:20 0:02 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Ryan Smyth LW 1 0 1 -1 2 2 28 20:44 14:14 3:32 2:58 1 0 - - - - -
Minnesota Wild
Player POS G A P +/- PIM SOG SHF TOI EV PP SH PP SH HT BS FW FL FO%
Niklas Backstrom G 0 0 0 0 0 58:42 45:41 8:00 5:01 0 0 - - - - -
Josh Harding G 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0:00 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Marek Zidlicky D 0 1 1 +1 0 1 28 23:39 15:02 4:59 3:38 0 0 - - - - -
Kim Johnsson D 0 0 0 -2 0 2 29 20:21 14:24 3:58 1:59 0 0 - - - - -
Greg Zanon D 0 0 0 +2 0 2 25 19:07 16:02 0:00 3:05 0 0 - - - - -
Mikko Koivu C 0 1 1 E 0 3 24 21:28 13:58 5:06 2:24 0 0 - - 11 8 58
Owen Nolan RW 1 0 1 -2 0 1 21 16:06 11:32 3:22 1:12 0 0 - - 3 2 60
Martin Havlat RW 0 1 1 E 0 3 23 20:36 13:47 6:31 0:18 0 0 - - - - -
Andrew Brunette LW 1 0 1 E 0 4 21 17:44 13:16 4:28 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Andrew Ebbett C 0 0 0 E 0 0 17 13:05 12:35 0:00 0:30 0 0 - - 3 7 30
Petr Sykora RW 0 0 0 -1 0 1 17 10:44 10:05 0:39 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Antti Miettinen RW 0 1 1 E 2 2 23 17:20 12:48 3:59 0:33 0 0 - - 1 0 100
Kyle Brodziak C 0 0 0 E 0 1 17 11:34 10:37 0:01 0:56 0 0 - - 5 3 62
Cal Clutterbuck RW 0 0 0 -3 4 4 20 14:55 13:05 0:39 1:11 0 0 - - - - -
Derek Boogaard LW 0 0 0 E 2 0 10 6:17 6:17 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Eric Belanger C 0 0 0 -2 0 3 20 16:22 10:31 2:53 2:58 0 0 - - 8 3 73
Shane Hnidy D 0 0 0 -1 2 0 27 19:07 18:36 0:31 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
John Scott D 0 0 0 -2 5 0 14 9:23 9:23 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Guillaume Latendresse RW 0 0 0 E 0 1 21 16:49 13:56 2:53 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Nick Schultz D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 28 21:40 20:19 0:01 1:20 0 0 - - - - -
Goaltending
Los Angeles
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Jonathan Quick W (39-24-7) 29 27 2 .931 0 59:37
Minnesota
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Niklas Backstrom L (26-23-8) 28 24 4 .857 0 58:42