Pool Preview of Saturday's Stadium Series Game

You didn't think we were done with the special events already, did you?  No, we have one more outdoor game to speak of this season and since the Stadium Series game was a hit at Dodger Stadium last year, the State of California earned themselves another one, this time at Levi's Stadium, the home of the San Francisco 49ers.

In this year's game, we'll see the San Jose Sharks play host to the Los Angeles Kings and we should be in for a treat this weekend.

The forecast for the marquee game on Saturday night is still rather warm, but it sounds like the NHL is all over working extra hard to make sure that the game is being played.  The warmer weather didn't hurt the game last year, so they certainly have some precedent to work from.

16 teams in the pool have players playing in this year's Stadium Series game and there is a total of 23 players being represented in the pool as well.  Stacey M. leads all pool teams with three players going, while Cam, Troy, Brenda & Seward, Brian and Allan all have a couple of players each.

Player Name	Team	P	Draft
Antti Niemi	SAN	57	Allan Scott
Joe Pavelski	SAN	53	Cam Wagner
Logan Couture	SAN	51	Ryan Miller
Joe Thornton	SAN	51	Stuart Greenley
Jonathan Quick	LOS	51	Grant Saskiw
Brent Burns	SAN	44	Cam Wagner
Jeff Carter	LOS	43	Troy Berkley
Anze Kopitar	LOS	42	Brenda Farrell
Patrick Marleau	SAN	42	Dale Bradley
Tyler Toffoli	LOS	36	Grant K.
Drew Doughty	LOS	33	Clayton Corley
Marian Gaborik	LOS	32	Stacey McDonald
Justin Williams	LOS	28	Mike Somerville
Jake Muzzin	LOS	26	Stacey McDonald
Tomas Hertl	SAN	22	Stacey McDonald
Justin Braun	SAN	19	Brian Towers
Marc-Edouard Vlasic	SAN	17	Benson Greenley
Alec Martinez	LOS	17	Brenda Farrell
Brayden McNabb	LOS	17	Brian Towers
Tanner Pearson	LOS	16	Tony Dourado
Melker Karlsson	SAN	16	Troy Berkley
Mike Richards	LOS	15	Allan Scott
Martin Jones	LOS	14	Derek Wyllie

Scoring in the table above is from Wednesday morning, so it may not be the most accurate, but it will still give you an idea of where the pool points have come from between these two teams.  

The two teams are pretty close in the standings, heading into the weekend, with the Sharks carrying a narrow lead in and the pool points give a pretty solid indication that it should be the case too, especially given the numbers from the starting goalies and the rest of the pool points out there.

We'll likely have a quick recap of the game on Sunday morning, with pool points and everything!