2015 NHL Stadium Series

The 2015 NHL Stadium Series was an outdoor regular season National Hockey League (NHL) game, part of the Stadium Series of games held at football or baseball stadiums. The Los Angeles Kings played against the San Jose Sharks at Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara, California on February 21, 2015. This was the only game in the Stadium Series during the 2014–15 NHL regular season (as opposed to multiple games in 2014 and 2016). The game coincided with NBC Sports' "Hockey Day in America" coverage, and aired on NBCSN in the United States, while it was the second game of CBC's Hockey Night in Canada doubleheader.

The Kings defeated the Sharks 2–1 on a goal by Marian Gaborik early in the third period to extend the Kings' winning streak to seven games, while the Sharks fell to 2–5–1 in their last eight games. With the victory, the Kings overtook the Sharks for the final wild card spot in the Western Conference.

Initial announcement After the success of the 2014 NHL Stadium Series game at Dodger Stadium, it was widely rumored that there was going to be an outdoor game in Northern California with Levi's Stadium, AT&T Park and Stanford Stadium as the three most likely options to host the outdoor game. On August 6, 2014, it was officially announced that Levi's Stadium was going to host the game between the Sharks and the Kings. The NHL was originally reportedly looking to hold four outdoor games, including the Winter Classic.NHL looking at four outdoor games in 2014-15; Coors pushing for Denver (Report) | Puck Daddy - Yahoo Sports Besides Levi's Stadium, other possible sites for the Stadium Series games included Coors Field (Denver), Gillette Stadium (Foxborough, Massachusetts),Report: Bruins, Canadiens Could Play NHL Stadium Series Game At Gillette Stadium in 2015 | Boston Bruins | NESN.com Target Field (Minneapolis), Beaver Stadium (Pennsylvania State University), and an as-yet-unnamed venue in the Phoenix area. Foxborough, Minneapolis and Denver will instead host 2016 outdoor contests.Burnside, Scott (December 12, 2014). Boston front-runner for '16 Classic. ESPN.com. Retrieved December 27, 2014.

Game summary

Kings goalie Jonathan Quick stopped 31 of 32 shots in the win. Kyle Clifford got Los Angeles on the board first at 2:46 in the first period. Brent Burns then scored the equalizer for the Sharks at 18:56 late in the first period. After a scoreless second period, Marian Gaborik scored at 4:04 in the third period in what proved to be the game-winning goal for the Kings.

Scoring summary Period Team Goal Assist(s) Time Score 1st LAK Kyle Clifford (3) Jake Muzzin (21) 2:46 1–0 LAK SJS Brent Burns (16) Tommy Wingels (15) 18:56 1–1 2nd No scoring 3rd LAK Marian Gaborik (17) Jeff Carter (28) 4:04 2–1 LAK Number in parentheses represents the player's total in goals or assists to that point of the season Penalty summary Period Team Player Penalty Time PIM 1st SJS Brenden Dillon Holding 6:33 2:00 2nd LAK Robyn Regehr Hooking 7:24 2:00 SJS Matt Irwin Hooking 13:06 2:00 LAK Jake Muzzin Delaying Game Puck over glass 18:54 2:00 3rd LAK Dustin Brown Tripping 10:06 2:00

Shots by period Team 1 2 3 Total Los Angeles 12 6 11 29 San Jose 10 15 7 32

Power play opportunities Team Goals/Opportunities Los Angeles 0/2 San Jose 0/3

Three star selectionsTeamPlayerStatistics1stLAKJonathan Quick31 saves2ndSJSBrent Burns1 goal3rdLAKMarian Gaborik1 goal

Team rosters

Los Angeles Kings # Player Position 2 Matt Greene (A) D 3 Brayden McNabb D 5 Jamie McBain D 6 Jake Muzzin D 8 Drew Doughty D 11 Anze Kopitar (A) C 12 Marian Gaborik RW 13 Kyle Clifford LW 14 Justin Williams RW 22 Trevor Lewis C 23 Dustin Brown (C) C 28 Jarret Stoll C 31 Martin Jones G 32 Jonathan Quick G 37 Nick Shore C 44 Robyn Regehr D 71 Jordan Nolan C 73 Tyler Toffoli C 74 Dwight King LW 77 Jeff Carter C Head coach: Darryl Sutter

San Jose Sharks # Player Position 4 Brenden Dillon D 8 Joe Pavelski (A) C 10 Andrew Desjardins C 12 Patrick Marleau (A) LW 15 James Sheppard LW 19 Joe Thornton C 20 John Scott LW 27 Scott Hannan D 31 Antti Niemi G 32 Alex Stalock G 39 Logan Couture C 44 Marc-Edouard Vlasic (A) D 48 Tomas Hertl C 52 Matt Irwin D 57 Tommy Wingels C 61 Justin Braun D 68 Melker Karlsson C 81 Tyler Kennedy RW 83 Matt Nieto LW 88 Brent Burns D Head coach: Todd McLellan

Martin Jones and Alex Stalock dressed as the back up goaltenders. Neither entered the game.

Scratches Los Angeles Kings: Andy Andreoff, Alec Martinez, Derek Forbort San Jose Sharks: Mirco Muller, Chris Tierney, Barclay Goodrow

Officials Referees — Dan O'Halloran, Gord Dwyer Linesmen — Steve Barton, David Brisebois

Pregame/Anthem/Entertainment Before puck-drop Kris Allen and the Symphony Silicon Valley performed and sang the anthem

Melissa Etheridge performed during the second intermission

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