Game 2: San Jose at Los Angeles

Los Angeles Kings 4, San Jose Sharks 3
Final

SOG: LAK – 31; SJS – 31
PP: LAK – 3/5; SJS – 0/4

Attendance: 18,527

Three Stars:

1) LAK – Drew Doughty
2) LAK – Trevor Lewis
3) SJS – Scott Gomez

First Period
1) LAK – Jeff Carter (4) (unassisted), 3:06

Second Period
2) LAK PPG – Drew Doughty (2) (Brad Richardson, Dustin Penner), 4:10
3) SJS – Patrick Marleau (5) (Joe Thornton, Logan Couture), 9:47
4) SJS – Brad Stuart (1) (Scott Gomez, Scott Hannan), 14:21

Third Period
5) SJS – Marc-Edouard Vlasic (1) (Brad Stuart, Scott Gomez), 8:56
6) LAK 5-on-3 PPG – Dustin Brown (2) (Jeff Carter, Mike Richards), 18:17
7) LAK PPG – Trevor Lewis (1) (Tyler Toffoli, Jake Muzzin), 18:39

Los Angeles Kings (5) vs San Jose Sharks (6)
Best of Seven – Los Angeles leads 1-0
Thursday, May 16, 2013, 7:00 PM PT
Staples Center, Los Angeles, CA

Referees: #23 Brad Watson, #32 Tom Kowal
Linesmen: #57 Jay Sharrers, #74 Lonnie Cameron

LAK scratches: G Martin Jones, G J.F. Berube, D Kurtis MacDermid, F Nick Shore, Matt Greene, Keaton Ellerby, Kyle Clifford, Anthony Stewart, F Jarret Stoll, D Andrew Bodnarchuk, F Brandon Kozun, F Robert Czarnik, F Linden Vey, F Jordan Weal, F Andy Andreoff, F Tanner Pearson, D Nicolas Deslauriers, D Andrew Campbell, D Brian O’Neill
LAK starting lineup: G Jonathan Quick, D Robyn Regehr, D Drew Doughty, LW Dwight King, C Mike Richards, RW Jeff Carter

SJS scratches: G Alex Stalock, D Jason Demers, F Martin Havlat, F Raffi Torres, F Adam Burish, F Matt Pelech, D Matt Tennyson
SJS starting lineup: G Antti Niemi, D Marc-Edouard Vlasic, D Justin Braun, LW Patrick Marleau, C Logan Couture, RW Joe Pavelski

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