Los Angeles Kings vs Vancouver Canucks: Game preview, predictions and odds

The LA Kings are on the road to face the Vancouver Canucks on Thursday at 10 p.m. ET.

Both teams are coming off losses as LA (24-12-5) suffered a 1-0 shutout loss to Edmonton on Monday while Vancouver (19-14-10) lost 6-1 to the Winnipeg Jets on Tuesday.

Kings vs Canucks: Head-to-head & key stats

Los Angeles is 117-111-32-9 all-time against Vancouver
The Kings are averaging 2.95 goals per game
Vancouver is allowing 3.13 goals per game
Los Angeles is 10-10-4 on the road
The Canucks are averaging 2.88 goals per game
The Kings are allowing 2.41 goals per game
Vancouver is 7-8-6 at home

Los Angeles Kings vs Vancouver Canucks: Preview

LA is on a two-game losing streak and continues its Western Canada road trip. The Kings are led by Anze Kopitar's 40 points, Adrian Kempe's 39 points, Alex Laferriere's 26 points and Warren Foegele's 23 points.

LA is expected to start Darcy Kuemper who is 12-3-5 with a 2.11 GAA and a .921 SV%. In his career against Vancouver, he is 13-7-2 with a 2.32 GAA and a .921 SV%.

Meanwhile, Vancouver is 1-3 in its last four games. The Canucks are expected to start Thatcher Demko who is 2-2-3 with a 3.17 GAA and a .883 SV%. In his career against LA, he is 5-2 with a 1.96 GAA and a .935 SV%.

The Canucks are led by Quinn Hughes who has 47 points, Conor Garland with 30 points and Jake DeBrusk, J.T. Miller and Elias Pettersson with 29 points.

Kings vs Canucks: Odds & Prediction

LA is a -115 favorite while Vancouver is a -105 underdog. The over/under is set at 5.5 goals.

The Kings and Canucks are struggling as of late, particularly on offense. Vancouver has also played poorly on the road and LA should be able to get a big win.

Demko hasn't found his form since returning from injury and the Kings will take advantage of it.

Prediction: Kings 3, Canucks 2.

Kings vs Canucks: Betting Tips

Tip 1: Los Angeles ML (-115)

Tip 2: Under 5.5 goals (-135)

Tip 3: Adrian Kempe 3+ shots on goal (-130)

Tip 4: Quinton Byfield 2+ shots on goal (-150)

About the author

Cole is an NHL, NFL and College Sports reporter at Sportskeeda with over 7 years of experience writing for publications like CBC, USA Today, SMG, BJPENN, Sherdog and SB Nation.

An NHL fan his whole life, Cole played rep hockey in Canada from age 5 until 17 and grew up rooting for Martin St. Louis and the Tampa Bay Lightning. His all-time favorite players are Vincent Lecavalier and Steven Stamkos, while Jon Cooper is his favorite coach of all time.

Cole attended Sheridan College and received his journalism degree in 2019. After decades of watching and reporting, he considers his knowledge of sports as his primary strength. He ensures that the same story has been reported by at least two reputed reporters before creating it.

Cole enjoys playing golf and spending time with friends and family when not reporting breaking stories. His favorite sports moment is from the 2010 Olympics, when Sidney Crosby scored the golden goal in overtime to beat Team USA for the gold medal.

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Los Angeles Kings vs Vancouver Canucks: Game preview, predictions and odds | January 16, 2024

Kings vs Canucks: Head-to-head & key stats

Los Angeles Kings vs Vancouver Canucks: Preview

Kings vs Canucks: Odds & Prediction

Kings vs Canucks: Betting Tips