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==
===Scoring summary===
Period	Team 	Goal 	Assist(s) 	Time 	Score
1st 	LAK 	Kyle Clifford (3) 	Jake Muzzin (21) 	2:46 	1–0 LAK
1st 	SJS 	Brent Burns (16) 	Tommy Wingels (15)	18:56 	1–1
2nd 	No scoring	No scoring 	No scoring 	No scoring	No scoring
3rd 	LAK 	Marian Gaborik (17)	Jeff Carter (28) 	4:04 	2–1 LAK
:Number in parenthesis 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
2nd 	SJS 	Matt Irwin 	Hooking 	13:06	2:00
2nd 	LAK 	Jake Muzzin 	Delaying Game Puck over glass	18:54	2:00
3rd 	LAK 	Dustin Brown 	Tripping 	10:06	2:00
 Shots
Period 	1st	2nd	3rd	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
==Team rosters==
Los Angeles Kings 	Los Angeles Kings 	Los Angeles Kings 	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	Head coach: Darryl Sutter	Head coach: Darryl Sutter	Head coach: Darryl Sutter
San Jose Sharks 	San Jose Sharks 	San Jose Sharks 	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 (A) 	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	Head coach: Todd McLellan	Head coach: Todd McLellan	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 Mueller, Chris Tierney, Barclay Goodrow
===Officials===
* Referees — Dan O'Halloran, Gord Dwyer
* Linesmen — Steve Barton, David Brisebois
==See also==
* NHL Winter Classic
* NHL Heritage Classic
* List of outdoor ice hockey games
* 2014 NHL Stadium Series
* Kings–Sharks rivalry
== References ==
Category:Los Angeles Kings
Category:San Jose Sharks
Category:2015 in hockey