Game 43: Los Angeles at San Jose

San Jose Sharks 3, Los Angeles Kings 2
Final – Shootout

SOG: LAK – 43; SJS – 35
PP: LAK – 1/3; SJS – 0/3

Attendance: 17,562

Three Stars
1) SJS – Antti Niemi
2) SJS – Brent Burns
3) LAK – Jonathan Quick

First Period
No scoring

Second Period
1) SJS – Brent Burns (8) (unassisted), 8:48
2) SJS – TJ Galiardi (4) (Brent Burns, Joe Thornton), 9:30
3) LAK PPG – Jake Muzzin (7) (Slava Voynov, Justin Williams), 13:59
4) LAK – Dustin Brown (16) (Robyn Regehr, Anze Kopitar), 18:41

Third Period
No scoring

Overtime
No scoring

Shootout
SJS – Couture – No Goal
LAK – Carter – No Goal
SJS – Boyle – No Goal
LAK – Kopitar – No Goal
SJS – Torres – Goal
LAK – Richards – No Goal

San Jose wins shootout, 1-0

Los Angeles Kings (24-14-4) vs San Jose Sharks (22-13-7)
Tuesday, April 16, 2013, 7:30 pm
HP Pavilion, San Jose, California

Referees: #11 Kelly Sutherland, #33 Kevin Pollock
Linesmen: #82 Ryan Galloway, 86 Brad Lazarowich

LAK scratches: F Colin Fraser, D Alec Martinez, F Tyler Toffoli
LAK starting lineup: G Jonathan Quick, D Robyn Regehr, D Drew Doughty, LW Dustin Brown, C Anze Kopitar, RW Justin Williams

SJS scratches: F James Sheppard, F Tim Kennedy, D Matt Irwin, D Matt Tennyson
SJS starting lineup: G Antti Niemi, D Marc-Edouard Vlasic, D Justin Braun, LW Patrick Marleau, C Logan Couture, RW Martin Havlat

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