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Jesper Wallstedt38 SA35 SV4 GA.921
Darcy KuemperScoring
- 0:00SOBrandt Clarke Goal Wrist Shot
- 0:00SOMatt Boldy Goal Backhand
- 0:00SOAdrian Kempe Goal Wrist Shot
- 17:033rdMatt Boldy Goal (26) Deflected, assists: Brock Faber (14), Marcus Foligno (4)
- 12:093rdSamuel Helenius Goal (1) Wrist Shot, assists: Kevin Fiala (14), Alex Turcotte (5)
- 7:333rdBrock Faber Goal (9) Snap Shot, assists: Danila Yurov (10), Kirill Kaprizov (25)
- 4:543rdQuinton Byfield Goal (6) , assists: none
- 18:232ndJoel Eriksson Ek Goal (11) Wrist Shot, assists: Quinn Hughes (32)
- 16:572ndCorey Perry Goal (9) Deflected, assists: Quinton Byfield (17), Brandt Clarke (14)
- 8:281stJake Middleton Goal (1) Snap Shot, assists: Mats Zuccarello (15), Zach Bogosian (3)
- 6:081stAdrian Kempe Goal (14) Wrist Shot, assists: Anze Kopitar (15), Alex Laferriere (9)
Minnesota Wild
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Zach BogosianD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 14:26 | 0:00 | 0:29 | 13:57 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
 Jonas BrodinD | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 19:23 | 0:00 | 3:12 | 16:11 | 21 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
 Brock FaberD | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 23:20 | 0:26 | 0:44 | 22:10 | 24 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
 Quinn HughesD | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29:05 | 5:22 | 0:00 | 23:43 | 23 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
 Jake MiddletonD | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 15:14 | 0:01 | 1:16 | 13:57 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
 Jared SpurgeonD | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 20:02 | 0:46 | 3:15 | 16:01 | 22 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Los Angeles Kings
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Mikey AndersonD | 2 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 22:52 | 0:00 | 4:06 | 18:46 | 24 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
 Cody CeciD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19:14 | 0:00 | 1:55 | 17:19 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
 Brandt ClarkeD | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17:46 | 1:33 | 0:00 | 16:13 | 22 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
 Drew DoughtyD | 0 | 1 | 0 | -2 | 24:09 | 1:23 | 0:20 | 22:26 | 28 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
 Brian DumoulinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19:42 | 0:00 | 1:38 | 18:04 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
 Joel EdmundsonD | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 16:49 | 0:00 | 3:31 | 13:18 | 21 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
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