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KINGS | ||||
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AT |
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| Time | Thurs. 7:30 PM PST |
TV | Sportsnet Van |
| Season Series | 0 - 0 |
Last Meeting |
3-1 Canucks (Mar.31/11) |
| The Enemy | Jewels From The Crown | Scoring Leaders |
D. Sedin: 6-12-18 Kopitar: 8-10-18 |
| Canucks |
Category | Kings |
| 7-7-1 | Season Record | 7-5-3 |
| 10th |
Conference Position | 6th |
| Won 1 |
Streak | Won 1 |
| 4-5-0 |
< Road Record / Home Record > |
4-3-1 |
| 5-5-0 |
Last 10 | 4-4-2 |
| +1 |
Goals For / Against +/- | -1 |
| 3.00 (7) |
Goals Per Game | 2.27 (25) |
| 2.87 (20) |
Goals Against Per Game | 2.20 (5) |
| 0.79 (23) |
5 On 5 GF/GA | 0.95 (20) |
| 26.4 (2) |
Power Play % |
21.0 (8) |
| 88.9 (5) |
Penalty Kill % |
86.2 (10) |
| 71.4 (11) |
Winning % When Scoring First | 62.5 (17) |
| 75.0 (18) |
Winning % When Leading After 1 | 100 |
| 100 |
Winning % When Leading After 2 | 100 |
| 52.9 (3) |
Faceoffs % | 52.3 (6) |
| 14.9 (24) |
PIM's Per Game Average |
11.5 (13) |
| NHL.com |
18 of the Canucks' 45 goals this season have come on the power play. Over their last 3 games (1-2) they have scored 6 PP goals out of 9 total. 8 out of 14 goals over their last 4 games (2-2). Vancouver's special teams is soaring in the NHL ranks lately, as you can see in the table above. Their scoring 5 on 5? Not so much. Last season, the Canucks killed on special teams AND 5 on 5. (PS: It's going to be a sweet thang when Line 2 gets going.) Vancouver finished 2nd at 5 on 5 goals for / against ratio only behind...Boston in the 2010-11. So, great game against Chicago 4 days ago, boys. Hope you enjoyed your golf outing / team building experience. But now it's back to business. And despite that sweet win over the jackass Hawks, the Canucks are 1-2 in their last 3, 2-2 so far on this road trip, and really need to finish strong in the final 2 games (back-to-back) against the Kings and QUACKS.
The Canucks have already played in 3 back-to-back situations this young season and have not won a single game. I shit you not. Was the win at the Madhouse (now the Sadhouse) a turning point for them? Is a winning streak in the cards? Answer: yes, because Aaron Rome has returned and he brings balance to the Force.
PROJECTED STARTING GOALIES
Wow, check out Quick's stats...YEESH. Let's wreck them!!
PROJECTED LINEUPS
CANUCKS
Hansen-Hank-Dank
Booth-Kesler-Higgins
Hodgson-Malhotra-Ebbett
Weise-Lapierre-Volpatti
Hamhuis-Bieksa
Edler-Salo (probable)
Rome-Ballard
KINGS
Gagne-Kopitar-Williams
Penner-Richards-Brown
Dr. Moreau-Stool Stoll-Arse Parse
Clifford-Richardson-Lewis
Big Stick Willie-Doughty
Scuderi-Johnson
Martinez-Green
STATISTICS
-Jonathan Quick is 3-6-0-1, 2.08 GAA and .924 save % career vs Canucks.
-Roberto Luongo is 12-8-0-2, 2.27 GAA, .916 save % and 2 shutouts career vs Kings.
-Daniel Sedin is 12-17-29 and a +11 in 37 career games vs L.A.
-Henrik Sedin is 6-23-29 and a +7 in 40 career games vs the Kings.
-Simon Gagne is 5-5-10 in 9 career games vs Vancouver.
-Anze Kopitar is 4-10-14 in 19 career games vs Van.
-Justin Williams was 2-1-3 in 3 games against the Canucks last season. I always find Williams to be that sneaky guy to watch out for...when he's not injured.
VIDEO
Jan Bulis pulls a Ballard on Jack Johnson (a classic):
This has to be the best save Luongo has made over the past couple years:
The last meeting (Great success!):
The title of this post is brought to you by Pantera "Mouth For War":
GO CANUCKS GO!
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