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By Pearl Allison Lo

LOS ANGELES– Los Angeles broke through with three goals in the third to create a 4-1 Game 6 win over the San Jose Sharks Monday.

The game winner was a call that forced a video goal review and controversy. On one side, it looked like Sharks’ goalie Alex Stalock made the save, the puck was frozen and then Stalock got pushed. The official call by the NHL was that the “puck entered the net in a legal fashion” as Justin Williams got the tip-in at 11:56, with Robyn Regehr and Anze Kopitar aiding on the play. Stalock commented, “I don’t think the puck goes in if I don’t get pushed in. It was still so something had to be done for the puck to move into the net.” Kings’ coach Darryl Sutter stated, “The only thing I could see from the bench is the referee pointing and not blowing the whistle, that’s his call and the replay shows the puck’s loose, so that’s all I could see was the replay.” San Jose coach Todd McLellan said, “That was obviously the turning point. Got to move on and overcome it again.”

Los Angeles’ Drew Doughty slid the puck across the ice to Williams, who was right at the corner of the net at 5:31 and made it 1-0. Jake Muzzin got the other assist in the first period.

The Sharks had a 5-on-3 at 6:40 of the second period but could not convert.

San Jose’s Justin Braun got the first assist from the blue line on James Sheppard’s goal to tie the game at 12:26. Raffi Torres helped as the goal was reminiscent of Braun’s goal he made in Game 2 from the point.

On a 3-on-2 in the third, Kopitar scored at 12:27, aided by Williams and Dwight King to make it 3-1.

Kopitar scored his second straight goal on the power play at 14:42. Doughty’s shot went off Stalock through the Sharks’ Scott Hannan’s legs before Kopitar. Alec Martinez helped as well.

Before the three goals, Stalock was playing well, making saves against a 2-on-1, on the power play and with his glove.

9 out of 176 playoff series have been taken to a Game 7 from 3-0.

Game notes: San Jose’s Marc Edouard-Vlasic and Mike Brown were out this game, giving Matt Irwin and Marty Havlat their first playing time of the series. It was Stalock’s first career playoff start.