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It was the second shutout in the past four games and third
overall this season for Petersen, who came in with one win in
six career starts against the Sharks.
Anze Kopitar, Phillip Danault and Adrian Kempe scored and Sean
Durzi had two assists for the Kings, who had lost the previous
three meetings against the Sharks this season and nine of 11
over the past two years.
James Reimer made 24 saves for the Sharks, who were trying to
earn at least a point in five straight games for the first time
this season.
After a scoreless first period, the Kings scored twice in the
second. The Sharks committed four minor penalties, and the Kings
scored on the second power play.
Durzi sent a pass to Kopitar at the opposite point, and Kopitar
skated to the top of the right circle before scoring his 16th
goal of the season -- a wrist shot at 6:57.
Kopitar had not tallied a point in the previous six games.
Coming out of a television timeout, Danault won a faceoff in the
San Jose zone and Durzi took a shot from the right point. Reimer
gave up a long rebound, and Danault was in position to sweep the
puck into the net while sliding on his knees. That gave the
Kings a 2-0 lead at 16:27.
Petersen made his best save on a short-handed breakaway by Tomas
Hertl with 1:13 left in the second period. Hertl nearly scored
short-handed again at 5:22 of the third, but he was turned away
by Petersen again.
Kempe ended a 10-game drought without a point when he scored his
team-leading 26th goal of the season into an empty net with 2:57
left.
Neither the Sharks nor the Kings have swept each other in a
season series. Before this season, the closest was 2003-04, when
the Sharks went 5-0-1 against Los Angeles.
--Field Level Media
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