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Minnesota Wild at Los Angeles Kings

NHLJanuary 5, 2026crypto.com Arena

WildMinnesotaMIN25-11-8

Wild 2, Kings 4

Final
KingsLos AngelesLAWon18-14-9
Score by period
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Scoring

Play-by-play

In order

1st

  1. 0:00Start of 1st Period
  2. 0:00Joel Eriksson Ek faceoff won against Anze Kopitar
  3. 0:05Giveaway by Matt Boldy
  4. 0:12Joel Edmundson hit Jared Spurgeon
  5. 0:22Adrian Kempe shot blocked by Jonas Brodin
  6. 0:26Puck Frozen - Goalie
  7. 0:26Ryan Hartman faceoff won against Alex Turcotte
  8. 1:05Giveaway by Vladimir Tarasenko
  9. 1:16Quinton Byfield shot blocked by Vladimir Tarasenko
  10. 1:18Giveaway by Quinton Byfield
  11. 2:00Mats Zuccarello Wrist Shot saved by Darcy Kuemper
  12. 2:18Jake Middleton shot blocked by Corey Perry
  13. 3:14Jared Spurgeon shot blocked by Brian Dumoulin
  14. 3:27Yakov Trenin hit Cody Ceci
  15. 3:28Giveaway by Cody Ceci
  16. 3:29Giveaway by Brock Faber
  17. 3:46Joel Edmundson Slap Shot saved by Filip Gustavsson
  18. 3:55Brock Faber shot blocked by Brandt Clarke
  19. 4:00Takeaway by Brock Faber
  20. 4:22Alex Laferriere shot blocked by Jared Spurgeon
  21. 4:23Alex Laferriere Wrist Shot Wide Left
  22. 4:27Matt Boldy hit Mikey Anderson
  23. 4:57Giveaway by Kevin Fiala
  24. 5:24Giveaway by Quinn Hughes
  25. 6:24Nico Sturm hit Cody Ceci
  26. 6:27Giveaway by Brian Dumoulin
  27. 6:39Jeff Malott Wrist Shot Wide Right
  28. 6:42Samuel Helenius Wrist Shot saved by Filip Gustavsson
  29. 6:52Giveaway by Drew Doughty
  30. 7:27Marcus Johansson hit Mikey Anderson
  31. 7:36Giveaway by Matt Boldy
  32. 7:43Anze Kopitar Wrist Shot Wide Left
  33. 7:51Alex Laferriere Wrist Shot Wide Left
  34. 8:03Adrian Kempe shot blocked by Brock Faber
  35. 8:06Puck in Netting
  36. 8:06Joel Armia faceoff won against Danila Yurov
  37. 8:10Takeaway by Quinn Hughes
  38. 8:18Giveaway by Drew Doughty
  39. 8:24Takeaway by Brock Faber
  40. 9:31Vladimir Tarasenko Wrist Shot saved by Darcy Kuemper
  41. 9:40Vincent Hinostroza shot blocked by Brandt Clarke
  42. 10:17Marcus Foligno shot blocked by Yakov Trenin
  43. 10:18Yakov Trenin Wrist Shot saved by Darcy Kuemper
  44. 10:20Yakov Trenin shot blocked by Cody Ceci
  45. 10:40Jake Middleton shot blocked by Cody Ceci
  46. 10:45Takeaway by Jeff Malott
  47. 10:51Jeff Malott Wrist Shot saved by Filip Gustavsson
  48. 11:12Adrian Kempe Wrist Shot saved by Filip Gustavsson
  49. 11:14Puck in Netting
  50. 11:14Anze Kopitar faceoff won against Joel Eriksson Ek
  51. 11:42Icing
  52. 11:42Anze Kopitar faceoff won against Joel Eriksson Ek
  53. 11:43Alex Laferriere Snap Shot Wide Right
  54. 11:53Mikey Anderson Slap Shot Wide Left
  55. 12:04Marcus Johansson Backhand saved by Darcy Kuemper
  56. 12:16Drew Doughty Interference against Joel Eriksson Ek
  57. 12:16Joel Eriksson Ek faceoff won against Quinton Byfield
  58. 12:23Mats Zuccarello Wrist Shot saved by Darcy Kuemper
  59. 12:34Joel Eriksson Ek Wrist Shot saved by Darcy Kuemper
  60. 12:36Mats Zuccarello Wrist Shot Wide Left
  61. 12:37Joel Eriksson Ek Wrist Shot Short
  62. 12:40Goalie Stopped
  63. 12:40Matt Boldy faceoff won against Alex Laferriere
  64. 13:55Ryan Hartman shot blocked by Mikey Anderson
  65. 13:58Puck in Netting
  66. 13:58Anze Kopitar faceoff won against Ryan Hartman
  67. 14:29Marcus Johansson hit Mikey Anderson
  68. 15:18Takeaway by Brian Dumoulin
  69. 15:22Giveaway by Brian Dumoulin
  70. 15:22Marcus Foligno hit Brian Dumoulin
  71. 15:27Danila Yurov Snap Shot saved by Darcy Kuemper
  72. 15:28Goalie Stopped
  73. 15:28Quinton Byfield faceoff won against Danila Yurov
  74. 15:56Quinn Hughes Wrist Shot saved by Darcy Kuemper
  75. 16:12Icing
  76. 16:12Danila Yurov faceoff won against Alex Turcotte
  77. 16:23Giveaway by Brandt Clarke
  78. 16:38Icing
  79. 16:38Ryan Hartman faceoff won against Alex Turcotte
  80. 16:47Vincent Hinostroza Wrist Shot saved by Darcy Kuemper
  81. 17:10Takeaway by Vinnie Hinostroza
  82. 17:16Vladimir Tarasenko Backhand Wide Left
  83. 17:45Joel Eriksson Ek Wrist Shot saved by Darcy Kuemper
  84. 17:46Alex Laferriere hit Joel Eriksson Ek
  85. 17:57Brian Dumoulin Wrist Shot saved by Filip Gustavsson
  86. 18:07Adrian Kempe Snap Shot saved by Filip Gustavsson
  87. 18:52Yakov Trenin hit Jeff Malott
  88. 18:56Mikey Anderson Wrist Shot saved by Filip Gustavsson
  89. 19:09Mikey Anderson hit Nico Sturm
  90. 19:55Warren Foegele shot blocked by Jared Spurgeon
  91. 19:59Jake Middleton hit Quinton Byfield
  92. 20:00End of 1st Period

2nd

  1. 0:00Start of 2nd Period
  2. 0:00Alex Laferriere faceoff won against Joel Eriksson Ek
  3. 0:04Matt Boldy hit Joel Edmundson
  4. 0:05Puck in Benches
  5. 0:05Alex Laferriere faceoff won against Joel Eriksson Ek
  6. 0:21Takeaway by Kevin Fiala
  7. 0:23Alex Laferriere Tip-In saved by Filip Gustavsson
  8. 0:25Goalie Stopped
  9. 0:25Quinton Byfield faceoff won against Danila Yurov
  10. 0:30Mikey Anderson Wrist Shot Wide Left
  11. 0:36Mats Zuccarello Wrist Shot saved by Darcy Kuemper
  12. 1:00Puck Frozen - Goalie
  13. 1:00Quinton Byfield faceoff won against Danila Yurov
  14. 1:11Kirill Kaprizov Wrist Shot saved by Darcy Kuemper
  15. 1:13Goalie Stopped
  16. 1:13Quinton Byfield faceoff won against Danila Yurov
  17. 1:17Danila Yurov hit Brian Dumoulin
  18. 1:22Kirill Kaprizov Wrist Shot saved by Darcy Kuemper
  19. 1:25Quinton Byfield Interference against Mats Zuccarello
  20. 1:25Joel Eriksson Ek faceoff won against Alex Laferriere
  21. 1:39Takeaway by Mats Zuccarello
  22. 2:04Giveaway by Quinn Hughes
  23. 2:42Giveaway by Joel Eriksson Ek
  24. 2:59Vladimir Tarasenko Wrist Shot saved by Darcy Kuemper
  25. 3:16Adrian Kempe Snap Shot Wide Left
  26. 3:35Andrei Kuzmenko Wrist Shot Wide Right
  27. 3:37Goalie Stopped
  28. 3:37Alex Turcotte faceoff won against Nico Sturm
  29. 3:43Giveaway by Andrei Kuzmenko
  30. 4:30Marcus Foligno Wrist Shot Short
  31. 4:37Off-side
  32. 4:37Samuel Helenius faceoff won against Ryan Hartman
  33. 4:57Vladimir Tarasenko Wrist Shot saved by Darcy Kuemper
  34. 4:59Goalie Stopped
  35. 4:59Samuel Helenius faceoff won against Ryan Hartman
  36. 5:01Vladimir Tarasenko shot blocked by Brian Dumoulin
  37. 5:18Vincent Hinostroza hit Brian Dumoulin
  38. 5:31Corey Perry shot blocked by Danila Yurov
  39. 5:33Puck in Netting
  40. 5:33Quinton Byfield faceoff won against Danila Yurov
  41. 5:36Drew Doughty Wrist Shot saved by Filip Gustavsson
  42. 5:40Warren Foegele hit Quinn Hughes
  43. 5:50Giveaway by Mats Zuccarello
  44. 6:14Giveaway by Kirill Kaprizov
  45. 6:21Warren Foegele Snap Shot saved by Filip Gustavsson
  46. 6:23Mikey Anderson Backhand saved by Filip Gustavsson
  47. 6:25Goalie Stopped
  48. 6:25Alex Turcotte faceoff won against Joel Eriksson Ek
  49. 6:29Kevin Fiala Slap Shot saved by Filip Gustavsson
  50. 6:31Goalie Stopped
  51. 6:31Alex Turcotte faceoff won against Joel Eriksson Ek
  52. 6:50Matt Boldy Tip-In saved by Darcy Kuemper
  53. 6:58Icing
  54. 6:58Joel Eriksson Ek faceoff won against Alex Turcotte
  55. 7:24Adrian Kempe Wrist Shot saved by Filip Gustavsson
  56. 7:26Puck in Netting
  57. 7:26Ryan Hartman faceoff won against Corey Perry
  58. 7:35Andrei Kuzmenko Tripping against Vladimir Tarasenko
  59. 7:35Joel Eriksson Ek faceoff won against Alex Laferriere
  60. 7:52Giveaway by Kirill Kaprizov
  61. 8:26Quinn Hughes shot blocked by Cody Ceci
  62. 8:41Matt Boldy shot blocked by Cody Ceci
  63. 8:58Matt Boldy shot blocked by Joel Eriksson Ek
  64. 10:13Drew Doughty Wrist Shot saved by Filip Gustavsson
  65. 10:44Andrei Kuzmenko shot blocked by Marcus Foligno
  66. 10:50Corey Perry shot blocked by Jonas Brodin
  67. 10:53Takeaway by Marcus Foligno
  68. 11:03Marcus Foligno hit Alex Turcotte
  69. 11:04Giveaway by Alex Turcotte
  70. 11:18Danila Yurov Wrist Shot Wide Left
  71. 11:37Quinn Hughes Wrist Shot saved by Darcy Kuemper
  72. 11:55Puck in Benches
  73. 11:55Quinton Byfield faceoff won against Danila Yurov
  74. 12:06Warren Foegele Snap Shot saved by Filip Gustavsson
  75. 12:07Quinton Byfield shot blocked by Brock Faber
  76. 12:08Jeff Malott shot blocked by Mats Zuccarello
  77. 12:10Jeff Malott shot blocked by Mats Zuccarello
  78. 12:11Warren Foegele Tip-In Wide Left
  79. 12:16Quinton Byfield Wrist Shot saved by Filip Gustavsson
  80. 12:59Adrian Kempe Wrist Shot saved by Filip Gustavsson
  81. 13:01Goalie Stopped
  82. 13:01Joel Eriksson Ek faceoff won against Alex Laferriere
  83. 13:36Drew Doughty Wrist Shot saved by Filip Gustavsson
  84. 13:40Goalie Stopped
  85. 13:40Alex Turcotte faceoff won against Ryan Hartman
  86. 14:07Jake Middleton Wrist Shot saved by Darcy Kuemper
  87. 14:09Vincent Hinostroza shot blocked by Alex Turcotte
  88. 14:33Yakov Trenin shot blocked by Brandt Clarke
  89. 14:44Nico Sturm hit Joel Edmundson
  90. 14:52Jeff Malott hit Jared Spurgeon
  91. 15:07Yakov Trenin hit Samuel Helenius
  92. 15:13Jared Spurgeon hit Samuel Helenius
  93. 15:16Brian Dumoulin shot blocked by Marcus Foligno
  94. 15:28Warren Foegele Slap Shot Wide Right
  95. 15:34Warren Foegele Goal (6) Slap Shot, assists: Brian Dumoulin (9), Jeff Malott (1)
  96. 15:34Quinton Byfield faceoff won against Danila Yurov
  97. 16:15Adrian Kempe shot blocked by Mats Zuccarello
  98. 16:41Mikey Anderson Tip-In saved by Filip Gustavsson
  99. 16:58Mikey Anderson shot blocked by Brock Faber
  100. 17:06Adrian Kempe Wrist Shot saved by Filip Gustavsson
  101. 17:28Icing
  102. 17:28Joel Eriksson Ek faceoff won against Alex Turcotte
  103. 17:31Giveaway by Jake Middleton
  104. 17:41Mikey Anderson hit Marcus Johansson
  105. 17:52Kevin Fiala Goal (15) Tip-In, assists: Andrei Kuzmenko (7), Alex Turcotte (6)
  106. 17:52Quinton Byfield faceoff won against Ryan Hartman
  107. 18:03Giveaway by Alex Laferriere
  108. 18:16Jonas Brodin Wrist Shot Hit Left Post
  109. 18:23Vladimir Tarasenko shot blocked by Alex Laferriere
  110. 18:28Vladimir Tarasenko hit Alex Laferriere
  111. 18:46Nico Sturm hit Cody Ceci
  112. 19:06Yakov Trenin hit Brian Dumoulin
  113. 19:17Takeaway by Samuel Helenius
  114. 19:40Danila Yurov hit Mikey Anderson
  115. 19:47Giveaway by Vinnie Hinostroza
  116. 19:56Giveaway by Filip Gustavsson
  117. 19:57Kevin Fiala Slap Shot saved by Filip Gustavsson
  118. 20:00Danila Yurov Roughing against Adrian Kempe served by Mats Zuccarello
  119. 20:00Adrian Kempe Roughing against Danila Yurov
  120. 20:00Danila Yurov Roughing against Adrian Kempe
  121. 20:00End of 2nd Period

3rd

  1. 0:00Start of 3rd Period
  2. 0:00Quinton Byfield faceoff won against Joel Eriksson Ek
  3. 1:01Puck in Netting
  4. 1:01Nico Sturm faceoff won against Quinton Byfield
  5. 1:12Brandt Clarke Slap Shot saved by Filip Gustavsson
  6. 1:14Drew Doughty Wrist Shot saved by Filip Gustavsson
  7. 1:15Drew Doughty Wrist Shot saved by Filip Gustavsson
  8. 1:45Takeaway by Kevin Fiala
  9. 1:55Giveaway by Kevin Fiala
  10. 2:15Alex Laferriere shot blocked by Quinn Hughes
  11. 2:24Alex Laferriere Wrist Shot saved by Filip Gustavsson
  12. 2:25Alex Turcotte shot blocked by Marcus Johansson
  13. 2:35Mikey Anderson hit Marcus Johansson
  14. 3:02Giveaway by Quinton Byfield
  15. 3:15Joel Eriksson Ek Wrist Shot saved by Darcy Kuemper
  16. 3:59Mikey Anderson hit Matt Boldy
  17. 4:07Giveaway by Alex Laferriere
  18. 4:09Vinnie Hinostroza Tip-In Wide Left
  19. 4:37Marcus Foligno Wrist Shot saved by Darcy Kuemper
  20. 4:39Goalie Stopped
  21. 4:39Joel Eriksson Ek faceoff won against Quinton Byfield
  22. 4:51Kirill Kaprizov shot blocked by Quinton Byfield
  23. 4:56Kirill Kaprizov Wrist Shot Wide Right
  24. 5:55Jared Spurgeon Goal (4) Slap Shot, assists: Jonas Brodin (11), Nico Sturm (5)
  25. 5:55Nico Sturm faceoff won against Samuel Helenius
  26. 7:33Giveaway by Kevin Fiala
  27. 7:53Joel Eriksson Ek Wrist Shot saved by Darcy Kuemper
  28. 8:07Adrian Kempe shot blocked by Brock Faber
  29. 8:22Warren Foegele Wrist Shot saved by Filip Gustavsson
  30. 8:25Giveaway by Warren Foegele
  31. 8:47Giveaway by Alex Laferriere
  32. 9:01Jeff Malott Wrist Shot saved by Filip Gustavsson
  33. 9:20Andrei Kuzmenko Goal (9) Wrist Shot, assists: Brian Dumoulin (10)
  34. 9:20Samuel Helenius faceoff won against Nico Sturm
  35. 9:23Marcus Foligno hit Brian Dumoulin
  36. 9:25Puck in Crowd
  37. 9:25Nico Sturm faceoff won against Corey Perry
  38. 9:41Off-side
  39. 9:41Nico Sturm faceoff won against Samuel Helenius
  40. 9:52Samuel Helenius hit Matt Kiersted
  41. 10:02Marcus Foligno hit Brian Dumoulin
  42. 10:08Yakov Trenin hit Jeff Malott
  43. 10:24Kirill Kaprizov Wrist Shot saved by Darcy Kuemper
  44. 10:35Brock Faber shot blocked by Drew Doughty
  45. 10:35Mikey Anderson hit Vladimir Tarasenko
  46. 10:44Warren Foegele Wrist Shot saved by Filip Gustavsson
  47. 10:45On-Ice Official
  48. 10:45Quinton Byfield faceoff won against Ryan Hartman
  49. 11:03Brock Faber shot blocked by Ryan Hartman
  50. 11:05Adrian Kempe Hooking against Brock Faber
  51. 11:05Joel Eriksson Ek faceoff won against Alex Laferriere
  52. 11:09Kirill Kaprizov Tip-In saved by Darcy Kuemper
  53. 11:10Joel Eriksson Ek Backhand Wide Right
  54. 11:11Kirill Kaprizov Wrist Shot saved by Darcy Kuemper
  55. 11:13Joel Eriksson Ek Backhand saved by Darcy Kuemper
  56. 11:41Takeaway by Matt Boldy
  57. 11:44Mats Zuccarello Tip-In saved by Darcy Kuemper
  58. 12:54Puck in Netting
  59. 12:54Ryan Hartman faceoff won against Alex Laferriere
  60. 12:56Brock Faber Wrist Shot Wide Right
  61. 13:03Mikey Anderson High-sticking - double minor against Marcus Johansson
  62. 13:03Quinton Byfield faceoff won against Joel Eriksson Ek
  63. 13:08Kirill Kaprizov Tip-In Wide Right
  64. 13:11Mats Zuccarello Wrist Shot Wide Right
  65. 13:57Giveaway by Quinton Byfield
  66. 14:41Matt Boldy Wrist Shot saved by Darcy Kuemper
  67. 14:43Goalie Stopped
  68. 14:43Ryan Hartman faceoff won against Quinton Byfield
  69. 14:45Brock Faber Wrist Shot saved by Darcy Kuemper
  70. 14:48Puck in Netting
  71. 14:48Quinton Byfield faceoff won against Ryan Hartman
  72. 14:55Danila Yurov Tip-In Wide Left
  73. 15:16Ryan Hartman Tip-In Wide Left
  74. 15:21Ryan Hartman Goal (10) Wrist Shot, assists: Jared Spurgeon (9), Brock Faber (15)
  75. 15:21Nico Sturm faceoff won against Alex Turcotte
  76. 15:27Kevin Fiala shot blocked by Brock Faber
  77. 15:52Quinn Hughes Wrist Shot saved by Darcy Kuemper
  78. 15:56Goalie Stopped
  79. 15:56Quinton Byfield faceoff won against Joel Eriksson Ek
  80. 16:21Alex Laferriere Wrist Shot saved by Filip Gustavsson
  81. 16:32Giveaway by Alex Laferriere
  82. 16:46Puck in Netting
  83. 16:46Ryan Hartman faceoff won against Alex Turcotte
  84. 17:10Marcus Foligno Tip-In Wide Left
  85. 17:16Jonas Brodin Slap Shot saved by Darcy Kuemper
  86. 17:24Icing
  87. 17:24Joel Eriksson Ek faceoff won against Alex Turcotte
  88. 17:38Quinn Hughes Wrist Shot saved by Darcy Kuemper
  89. 17:45Goalie Stopped
  90. 17:45Joel Eriksson Ek faceoff won against Quinton Byfield
  91. 17:51Matt Boldy Backhand Wide Left
  92. 18:21Adrian Kempe Goal (15) Wrist Shot, assists: Alex Laferriere (10), Quinton Byfield (18)
  93. 18:21Timeout - Visitor
  94. 18:21Joel Eriksson Ek faceoff won against Samuel Helenius
  95. 18:43Giveaway by Quinn Hughes
  96. 19:00Joel Eriksson Ek Tip-In Wide Left
  97. 19:11Mats Zuccarello Wrist Shot saved by Darcy Kuemper
  98. 19:12Matt Boldy Poke saved by Darcy Kuemper
  99. 19:16Goalie Stopped
  100. 19:16Quinton Byfield faceoff won against Joel Eriksson Ek
  101. 19:23Icing
  102. 19:23Quinton Byfield faceoff won against Joel Eriksson Ek
  103. 19:26Kevin Fiala Wrist Shot Wide Right
  104. 19:30Icing
  105. 19:30Joel Eriksson Ek faceoff won against Quinton Byfield
  106. 19:34Quinn Hughes shot blocked by Quinton Byfield
  107. 19:47Giveaway by Quinn Hughes
  108. 19:48Mikey Anderson shot blocked by Matt Boldy
  109. 19:56Giveaway by Corey Perry
  110. 20:00End of 3rd Period
  111. 20:00Game End

2nd

  1. 15:34MIN 0, LA 1Warren Foegele Goal (6) Slap Shot, assists: Brian Dumoulin (9), Jeff Malott (1)
  2. 17:52MIN 0, LA 2Kevin Fiala Goal (15) Tip-In, assists: Andrei Kuzmenko (7), Alex Turcotte (6)

3rd

  1. 5:55MIN 1, LA 2Jared Spurgeon Goal (4) Slap Shot, assists: Jonas Brodin (11), Nico Sturm (5)
  2. 9:20MIN 1, LA 3Andrei Kuzmenko Goal (9) Wrist Shot, assists: Brian Dumoulin (10)
  3. 15:21MIN 2, LA 3Ryan Hartman Goal (10) Wrist Shot, assists: Jared Spurgeon (9), Brock Faber (15)
  4. 18:21MIN 2, LA 4Adrian Kempe Goal (15) Wrist Shot, assists: Alex Laferriere (10), Quinton Byfield (18)

Game leaders

WildMinnesota

KingsLos Angeles

Box score

ForwardsGA+/-SOGHTBSPIMTOIFO%SFLFWGVPNSMTKSHFTYTDGESTOIPPTOISHTOI
Ryan Hartman RW10-1000015:4346.21760010171011:364:070:00
Danila Yurov RW00-2021411:1811.1181022012610:400:380:00
Joel Eriksson Ek C00-1000021:0154.2511131030191114:226:050:34
Kirill Kaprizov LW00-1000025:060.05002020202417:357:310:00
Marcus Foligno LW00-1042012:570.0100002114111:320:001:25
Marcus Johansson LW00-1021012:290.0100000015129:562:320:01
Mats Zuccarello RW00-2003020:520.0500102118414:156:370:00
Matt Boldy LW00-2021020:58100.03012011182612:397:181:01
Nico Sturm C011030011:1671.4025000013310:340:000:42
Vinnie Hinostroza C00001008:290.01001011928:290:000:00
Vladimir Tarasenko RW00-1011015:500.0300101018812:233:270:00
Yakov Trenin C000050013:450.0100000015313:280:000:17
DefenseGA+/-SOGHTBSPIMTOISFLFWGVPNSMTKFO%SHFTYTDGESTOIPPTOISHTOI
Jared Spurgeon D110012019:2910000000.022415:362:481:05
Brock Faber D010005022:5810010120.024919:451:581:15
Jake Middleton D00-2010012:0710010000.015111:220:000:45
Jonas Brodin D010002017:3010000100.022316:350:000:55
Matt Kiersted D00-200008:3100000000.01008:310:000:00
Quinn Hughes D00-1001029:5940040010.021321:408:190:00
GoaliesSAGASVSV%TOIPIMSOSESSVPPSVSHSVSOSAYTDG
Filip Gustavsson G32329.90657:4200263000

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