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2020-21 regular season

Sharks at Kings

🗓 📍 Crypto.com Arena, Los Angeles 🔁 Sharks lead the season series 4–1

Sharks beat Kings 3–0 at Crypto.com Arena on April 2, 2021.

SJS – LAK
36–30
Shots on goal
21–23
Hits
16–15
Blocked shots
3–3
Takeaways
⚔️ Head-to-head

The game

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Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🦈 SJS
Rudolfs Balcers
1 G, 2 A
2 shots · 15:46 TOI
2nd star 🦈 SJS
Tomas Hertl
1 G, 1 A
6 shots · 19:22 TOI
3rd star 🦈 SJS
Martin Jones
30 saves
1.000 SV% · 0 GA

Scoring

3 goals · in order
1st period
🦈 Tomas Hertl Go-ahead 1st · 02:57
Assists: Nikolai Knyzhov, Rudolfs Balcers · beat Cal Petersen
1–0
2nd period
🦈 Timo Meier 2nd · 09:00
Assists: Tomas Hertl, Rudolfs Balcers · beat Cal Petersen
2–0
3rd period
🦈 Rudolfs Balcers Empty net 3rd · 19:33
Assists: Brent Burns
3–0

Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🦈Sharks
L1 Kane · Hertl · Meier 19:26
L2 Couture · Gambrell · Labanc 17:00
L3 Balcers · Donato · Marleau 15:35
L4 Leonard · Sorensen · Viel 8:07
D1 Burns · Ferraro 23:55
D2 Karlsson · Knyzhov 18:22
D3 Vlasic · Simek 15:30
👑Kings
L1 Iafallo · Kopitar · Kempe 18:36
L2 Anderson-Dolan · Carter · Brown 16:05
L3 Moore · Athanasiou · Vilardi 13:45
L4 MacDermid · Wagner · Lizotte 11:00
L5 Andersson 9:39
D1 Doughty · Walker 25:36
D2 Roy · Anderson 20:50
D3 Strand 13:36

Team stats

Away left · home right
🦈SJS LAK👑
36 Shots on goal 30
21 Hits 23
16 Blocked shots 15
3 Takeaways 3
1 Giveaways 6
4 Penalty minutes 6
SJS shooting 8.3% (3/36) LAK shooting 0.0% (0/30)

Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🦈Sharks
Martin Jones Shutout
30/30
1.000 SV% · 0 GA · 60:00 TOI
👑Kings
Cal Petersen
33/35
.943 SV% · 2 GA · 57:51 TOI

Where the goals came from

3 of 3 goals located
Tomas Hertl · 1st 02:57 · 1–0 Timo Meier · 2nd 09:00 · 2–0 Rudolfs Balcers · 3rd 19:33 · 3–0
SJS LAK
The net is on the right for both teams. Hover a dot for the goal.

Period by period

AI
After 1st — 1–0
Sharks
Sharks — leading by 1 goal after 1st: 4-1-1 (67% win rate, 6 games)
Kings
Kings — trailing by 1 goal after 1st: 0-7-2 (0% win rate, 9 games)
After 2nd — 2–0
Sharks
Sharks — leading by 2 goals after 2nd: 3-1 (75% win rate, 4 games)
Kings
Kings — trailing by 2 goals after 2nd: 0-3-1 (0% win rate, 4 games)

Last meetings

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Sharks lead the season series 4–1
Mar 242021 👑LAK @ 🦈SJS 2–4 Mar 222021 👑LAK @ 🦈SJS 1–2 Feb 112021 🦈SJS @ 👑LAK 2–6 Feb 92021 🦈SJS @ 👑LAK 4–3 SO Dec 272019 👑LAK @ 🦈SJS 3–2 OT
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Who won Sharks vs Kings on April 2, 2021?

Sharks won 3–0. The final score was Sharks 3, Kings 0.

Who scored for Sharks?

Rudolfs Balcers, Timo Meier, Tomas Hertl.

How did the Sharks goalie play?

Martin Jones made 30 saves on 30 shots (1.000 save percentage) for a shutout.

How did the Kings goalie play?

Cal Petersen made 33 saves on 35 shots (.943 save percentage).

Where is Sharks vs Kings played?

At Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles, the Kings home rink.

What is the Sharks vs Kings season series?

Sharks lead the season series 4–1 after 5 games.

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Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
🦈 Sharks
BeforeMar 31 🌲MIN @ 🦈SJS 2–4 AfterApr 3 🦈SJS @ 👑LAK 3–2
👑 Kings
BeforeMar 31 👑LAK @ 🎰VGK 4–2 AfterApr 3 🦈SJS @ 👑LAK 3–2
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