Los Angeles Kings at Vancouver CanucksDec 28, 2026

Time TBDMonday, Dec 28, 2026

away

Los Angeles KingsLAK

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home

Vancouver CanucksVAN

Preview

Probable goalies, start odds, schedule edge and each team's lines from its last game.

Schedule Edge

No schedule edge

LAKaway±0.0 pts

1 day rest · 1,740 km travel

VANhome±0.0 pts

1 day rest · 674 km travel · -1 h

No meaningful schedule edge: LAK (1 day rest) at VAN (1 day rest).

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Los Angeles Kings

Goalie: Starter not announced
Start probability: Darcy Kuemper65%
Anton Forsberg35%
Schedule: Rested
Last game: L 4–8 at COL · Sep 30

L1Kempe – Panarin – Byfield
11:56
L2Zuccarello – Turcotte – Laferriere
10:27
L3Haula – Laughton – Moore
7:55
L4Armia – Lee – Helenius
6:17
D1Ceci – Anderson
12:13
D2Doughty – Dumoulin
11:38
D3Edmundson – Clarke
10:43
PP1Zuccarello – Kempe – Panarin – Byfield – Clarke
4:58

Projected LAK lines →·LAK goalies →·Goalie start planner →

Vancouver Canucks

Goalie: Starter not announced
Start probability: Kevin Lankinen70%
Thatcher Demko15%
Leevi Meriläinen15%
Schedule: Rested
Last game: L 7–9 vs EDM · Oct 1

L1Boeser – Cotter – Ohgren
7:27
L2DeBrusk – Pettersson – Karlsson
6:10
L3Gallagher – O'Connor – Sasson
5:37
L4Rossi – Bains – Lekkerimäki
4:31
D1Oleksiak – Willander
10:00
D2Hronek – Buium
7:43
D3Schenn – Pettersson
7:10
PP1Boeser – DeBrusk – Hronek – Pettersson – Rossi
3:15

Projected VAN lines →·VAN goalies →·Goalie start planner →

Game day: all games on Dec 28.

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Methodology

Shot locations come from the NHL play-by-play, normalised so each shooter attacks the same way, then flipped so the home team attacks right. On-ice stats and lines come from the shift charts: a unit is the exact set of skaters sharing the ice, and CF% is the share of all shot attempts while they were out. Head-to-head cells are 5v5 time against each opponent. Expected goals and the Pressure Index appear as their models are released.