| Outdoor: | yes |
| Game Name: | 2015 NHL Stadium Series |
| Visitor: | Los Angeles Kings |
| Home: | San Jose Sharks |
| Visitor Per1: | 1 |
| Visitor Per2: | 0 |
| Visitor Per3: | 1 |
| Home Per1: | 1 |
| Home Per2: | 0 |
| Home Per3: | 0 |
| Date: | February 21, 2015 |
| Arena: | Levi's Stadium |
| City: | Santa Clara, California |
| Attendance: | 70,205 |
| Previous: | 2014 |
| Next: | 2016 |
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.[1] 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,[2] 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.
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.[3] Besides Levi's Stadium, other possible sites for the Stadium Series games included Coors Field (Denver),[4] Gillette Stadium (Foxborough, Massachusetts),[5] Target Field (Minneapolis),[6] Beaver Stadium (Pennsylvania State University),[7] and an as-yet-unnamed venue in the Phoenix area.[8] Foxborough, Minneapolis and Denver will instead host 2016 outdoor contests.[9]
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.[10]
| Scoring summary | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Period | Team | Goal | Assist(s) | Time | Score | |||||||
| 1st | align=center | LAK | align=center | Kyle Clifford (3) | align=center | Jake Muzzin (21) | align=center | 2:46 | align=center | 1–0 LAK | ||
| align=center | SJS | align=center | Brent Burns (16) | align=center | Tommy Wingels (15) | align=center | 18:56 | align=center | 1–1 | |||
| align=center | 2nd | No scoring | ||||||||||
| align=center rowspan="1" | 3rd | align=center | LAK | align=center | Marian Gaborik (17) | align=center | Jeff Carter (28) | align=center | 4:04 | align=center | 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 | |||||||
| align=center rowspan="1" | 1st | align=center | SJS | align=center | Brenden Dillon | align=center | Holding | align=center | 6:33 | align=center | 2:00 | |
| align=center rowspan="3" | 2nd | align=center | LAK | align=center | Robyn Regehr | align=center | Hooking | align=center | 7:24 | align=center | 2:00 | |
| align=center | SJS | align=center | Matt Irwin | align=center | Hooking | align=center | 13:06 | align=center | 2:00 | |||
| align=center | LAK | align=center | Jake Muzzin | align=center | Delaying Game Puck over glass | align=center | 18:54 | align=center | 2:00 | |||
| align=center rowspan="1" | 3rd | align=center | LAK | align=center | Dustin Brown | align=center | Tripping | align=center | 10:06 | align=center | 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 selections | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team | Player | Statistics | ||
| 1st | LAK | Jonathan Quick | 31 saves | |
| 2nd | SJS | Brent Burns | 1 goal | |
| 3rd | LAK | Marian Gaborik | 1 goal | |
| Los Angeles Kings | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Position | |||
| 2 |  | align=left | Matt Greene (A) | D |
| 3 |  | align=left | Brayden McNabb | D |
| 5 | | align=left | Jamie McBain | D |
| 6 | | align=left | Jake Muzzin | D |
| 8 | | align=left | Drew Doughty | D |
| 11 |  | align=left | Anze Kopitar (A) | C |
| 12 |  | align=left | Marian Gaborik | RW |
| 13 | | align=left | Kyle Clifford | LW |
| 14 | | align=left | Justin Williams | RW |
| 22 | | align=left | Trevor Lewis | C |
| 23 | | align=left | Dustin Brown (C) | C |
| 28 | | align=left | Jarret Stoll | C |
| 31 | | align=left | G | |
| 32 | | align=left | Jonathan Quick | G |
| 37 | | align=left | Nick Shore | C |
| 44 | | align=left | Robyn Regehr | D |
| 71 | | align=left | Jordan Nolan | C |
| 73 | | align=left | Tyler Toffoli | C |
| 74 | | align=left | Dwight King | LW |
| 77 | | align=left | Jeff Carter | C |
| Head coach: Darryl Sutter | ||||
| San Jose Sharks | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Position | |||
| 4 | | align=left | Brenden Dillon | D |
| 8 | | align=left | Joe Pavelski (A) | C |
| 10 | | align=left | Andrew Desjardins | C |
| 12 | | align=left | Patrick Marleau (A) | LW |
| 15 | | align=left | James Sheppard | LW |
| 19 | | align=left | Joe Thornton | C |
| 20 | | align=left | LW | |
| 27 | | align=left | Scott Hannan | D |
| 31 |  | align=left | Antti Niemi | G |
| 32 | | align=left | G | |
| 39 | | align=left | Logan Couture | C |
| 44 | | align=left | Marc-Edouard Vlasic (A) | D |
| 48 |  | align=left | Tomas Hertl | C |
| 52 | | align=left | Matt Irwin | D |
| 57 | | align=left | Tommy Wingels | C |
| 61 | | align=left | Justin Braun | D |
| 68 |  | align=left | Melker Karlsson | C |
| 81 | | align=left | Tyler Kennedy | RW |
| 83 | | align=left | 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.
Before puck-drop Kris Allen and the Symphony Silicon Valley performed and sang the anthem
Melissa Etheridge performed during the second intermission