Stanley Cup Playoffs, First Round: Canucks VS Kings

Vancouver (1) VS Los Angeles (8)

Offence

Vancouver

Forwards

Henrik Sedin (82 GP, 14 / 67 / 81)

Daniel Sedin (72, 30 / 37 / 67) *

Alex Burrows (80 28 / 24 / 52)

Ryan Kesler (77, 22 / 27 / 49)

Higgins (71, 18 / 25 / 43)

Hansen ( 92, 16 / 23 / 39)

Hodgson (63, 16 / 17 / 33)

Booth (56, 16 / 13 / 29)

Raymond (55, 10 / 10 / 20)

Defenceman

Edler (82, 11 / 38 / 49)

Bieksa (78, 8 / 36 / 44)

Hamhuis (82, 4 / 33 / 37)

Salo (69, 9 / 16 / 25)

Los Angeles

Forwards

Kopitar (82, 25 / 51 / 76)

Williams (82, 22 / 37 / 59)

Brown (82, 22 / 32 / 54)

Richards (74, 18 / 26 / 44)

Stoll (78, 6 / 15 / 21)

Defenceman

Doughty (77, 10 / 26 / 36)

Johnson (61, 8 / 16 / 24)

Mitchell (76, 5 / 18 / 23)

Voynov (54, 8 / 12 / 20)


Edge: (Wide) Vancouver

Defence

Vancouver

Defenceman


Hamhuis (+29)

Bieksa (+12)

Taney (25 GP, +10)

Salo (69 GP, +7)

Sulzer (12 GP +6)

Forwards

Burrows (+24)

Henrik Sedin (+23)

Hansen (+18)

Daniel Sedin (+14) *

Higgins (+11)

Hodson (+8)

Los Angeles

Defenceman

Mitchell (+20)

Voynov (+12)

Forwards

Brown (+18)

Kopitar (+12)

Williams (+10)


Edge: (Slight) Preventing goals, Los Angeles. (Wide) Team defence, Vancouver

Goaltending

Vancouver

Luongo (55 GP, 31W / 14L / 8OTSO / 2.41GAA / .919 S% 5 SO)

Schneider (33, 20 / 8 / 1 / 1.96 / .937 / 3)

Los Angeles

Quick (69, 35 / 21 / 13 / 1.95 / .929 / 10)

Bernier (16, 5 / 6 / 2 / 2.36 / .909 / 1)


Edge: (Slight) Combined goaltenders, Los Angeles. (Slight) Starting Goaltending, Los Angeles

Toughness

Vancouver (65 Fights)

Lapierre (82 GP, 9 fights)

Weise (68 GP, 8 fights)

Volpatti (23 GP, 8 fights)

Ballard (47 GP, 5 fights)

Los Angeles (42 Fights)

Clifford (81 GP, 12 fights)

Fraser (67 GP, 7 fights)


Edge: (Neither slight nor wide) Vancouver

Season Series

Vancouver

2-1-1

Los Angeles

2-2-0


Edge: (Slight) Los Angeles


Prediction: Vancouver in 6 games

* Injured


References


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"Official Site of the National Hockey League” NHL.com. National Hockey League. Web. 12 Apr. 2012. <www.nhl.com>

Sports Reference LLC. Hockey-Reference.com - Hockey Statistics and History. http://www.hockey-reference.com/. Web. 12 Apr. 2012.