Pre-Game Talk: GM 12 | Vancouver Canucks @ Los Angeles Kings | 7:30PM PST | SPAC

[Mr. Canucklehead]

WHEN: Thursday, Nov 7th, 7:30PM
WHERE: Crypto.Com Arena, Los Angeles, CA
TV: Sportsnet Pacific
RADIO: Sportsnet 650

Canucks Line-Up:

DeBrusk-Miller-Boeser
Suter-Pettersson-Garland
Heinen-Blueger-Sherwood
Höglander-Raty-Sprong

Hughes-Hronek
Soucy-Myers
Brännström-Desharnais

Lankinen

Kings Line-Up:

TBD

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[bandwagonesque]

Reserved

 

[Coffee]

Let’s get those Kings

 

[Vector]

 

[Mr. Canucklehead]

If Joshua is ready to go, my guess is he slides in with Petey and Garland, Suter drops to center the fourth line, and Raty comes out.

 

[tantalum]

It's funny...I don't think any of us really think the team has actually played well this year (overall). But 5-on-5 they are actually 3rd in the league for xGF% (LA is 2nd!). They also rank high in scoring chance and high danger chance share.

 

[strattonius]

It's funny...I don't think any of us really think the team has actually played well this year (overall). But 5-on-5 they are actually 3rd in the league for xGF% (LA is 2nd!). They also rank high in scoring chance and high danger chance share.

They've had their best game on the road and been way too fancy on home ice.

 

[MS]

It's funny...I don't think any of us really think the team has actually played well this year (overall). But 5-on-5 they are actually 3rd in the league for xGF% (LA is 2nd!). They also rank high in scoring chance and high danger chance share.

It should be noted that those stats are in the context of a very soft schedule where we've played 6 legitimately bad teams in our first 11 games (Pit, Phi x2, Chicago, SJ, Anaheim) and gone 5-0-1 in those games.

But yes, expectations skew impressions.