NHL Stadium Series 2015

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Team line-up before the start of the 2015 NHL Stadium Series

The 2015 NHL Stadium Series was an outdoor ice hockey game played on February 21, 2015 as part of the 2014/15 season of the National Hockey League (NHL). In this second edition of the NHL Stadium Series and the fifth game overall - the previous year there had been four games as part of the series - the Los Angeles Kings won 2-1 against host local rivals San Jose Sharks at Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara in front of 70,205 spectators . In the list of ice hockey games with the highest number of spectators , it was in sixth place at this point in time.

background

After the success of NHL Stadium Series 2014 in Dodger Stadium of Los Angeles soon there were rumors that the following year a game in Northern California should take place. Levi's Stadium , AT&T Park and Stanford Stadium were considered as potential venues . On August 6, 2014, it was finally announced that Levi's Stadium had been chosen to host the game between the San Jose Sharks and the Los Angeles Kings .

Athletic starting position

The San Jose Sharks started the game with 68 points, but had only won two of the last six games and got five points. Together with the Calgary Flames tied on points, they were on the last wild card place eligible for participation in the play-offs . The Los Angeles Kings went into the encounter with 66 points and a winning streak of six games. In addition, they had completed fewer season games than San Jose.

game

course

The Los Angeles Kings took the lead early in the first period through Kyle Clifford , before San Jose could equalize through defender Brent Burns just before the third break . In the second third, the hosts pushed for the opening goal, but they were denied it. In the urge phase of San Jose, the Slovakian Marián Gáborík scored the later winning goal for the reigning Stanley Cup winner in the beginning phase of the final section .

Brent Burns equalized for the San Jose Sharks
Feb 21, 2015
7:15 p.m.
(local time) 		San Jose Sharks
Brent Burns (18:56) 		1: 2
(1: 1, 0: 0, 0: 1)
game report 		Los Angeles Kings
Kyle Clifford (2:46)
Marián Gáborík (44:04) 		Levi's Stadium , Santa Clara , California
Spectators: 70,205

When Three Stars were Jonathan Quick , Brent Burns and Marián Gáborík excellent.

With the win, the Los Angeles Kings drew level with the San Jose Sharks in the table and then - due to the fewer games played - took the last wild card place.

Squad

San Jose Sharks
 Goalkeepers: Antti Niemi , Alex Stalock 1
Defenders: Justin Braun , Brent Burns , Brenden Dillon , Scott Hannan , Matt Irwin , Marc-Édouard Vlasic ( A )
Attackers: Logan Couture , Andrew Desjardins , Tomáš Hertl , Melker Karlsson , Tyler Kennedy , Patrick Marleau ( A ) , Matt Nieto , Joe Pavelski ( A ) , John Scott , James Sheppard , Joe Thornton ( A ) , Tommy Wingels
Head coach: Todd McLellan

Healthy Scratches: Barclay Goodrow , Mirco Müller , Chris Tierney
Los Angeles Kings
 Goalkeepers: Martin Jones 1 , Jonathan Quick
Defenders: Drew Doughty , Matt Greene ( A ) , Jamie McBain , Brayden McNabb , Jake Muzzin , Robyn Regehr
Attackers: Dustin Brown ( C ) , Jeff Carter , Kyle Clifford , Marián Gáborík , Dwight King , Anže Kopitar ( A ) , Trevor Lewis , Jordan Nolan , Nick Shore , Jarret Stoll , Tyler Toffoli , Justin Williams
Head coach: Darryl Sutter

Healthy Scratches: Andy Andreoff , Derek Forbort , Alec Martinez
1 Stalock and Jones were substitute goalkeepers in the squad, but neither were used.

Web links

Commons : NHL Stadium Series 2015  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Shawn Roarke: Kings' Gaborik comes up with another clutch goal. National Hockey League , February 22, 2015, accessed January 2, 2017 .