Preview Game Day #3: Canucks vs Kings
Both teams have perfect goose eggs in one of their columns.
Los Angeles Kings vs. Vancouver Canucks (Staples Center)
Time: 7:30 Pacific
TV: Fox Sports West
Enemy Reading: Nucks Misconduct
Kings Lines:
Marian Gaborik – Anze Kopitar – Dustin Brown
Milan Lucic – Jeff Carter – Tyler Toffoli
Tanner Pearson – Nick Shore – Trevor Lewis
Kyle Clifford – Andy Andreoff – Jordan Nolan
Jake Muzzin – Christian Ehrhoff
Scratched: Jordan Weal, Jeff Schultz, Derek Forbort. Injured: Dwight King
Confidence in these line combos: B. The Kings did not have a morning skate due to the power outage at Toyota Sports Center yesterday.
Canucks Lines courtesy of Canucks Army:
| LW | C | RW |
|---|---|---|
 Daniel Sedin |  Henrik Sedin |  Brandon Sutter |
 Sven Baertschi |  Bo Horvat |  Radim Vrbata |
 Alexandre Burrows |  Jared McCann |  Jake Virtanen |
 Brandon Prust |  Adam Cracknell |  Jannik Hansen |
| Defensive Pairings | |
|---|---|
 Dan Hamhuis |  Chris Tanev |
 Alexander Edler |  Matt Bartkowski |
 Ben Hutton |  Luca Sbisa |
(Richard Bachman)
Game Notes
- Jordan Weal had a so-so showing in his NHL debut so he gets scratched in favor of Andy Andreoff tonight.
- After three preseason games and two regular season games, Darryl Sutter decided that Gaborik was having a difficult time adjusting back to right wing.
- Sutter also decided that Lucic-Kopitar-Gaborik wasn't working so Dustin Brown gets his shot on the top line tonight.
- Lucic will square off against a familiar foe in Prust tonight. Let's just say those two have history and Prust, a major thorn on Lucic's side, usually comes out on top.
- Ryan Miller is healthy and having an excellent start to his season, having allowed only five goals in three contests, for a sterling 1.60 GAA and .948 sv%.
- Jonathan Quick, on the other hand... well... you know.
- The Canucks are undefeated in regulation and won last night in the shootout over Anaheim to lead the division with five points.
- The Kings are still searching for their first win of the season. Thx Bud has a few suggestions on how to do that here.
- Jake Virtanen, drafted sixth overall in 2014, will make his NHL debut tonight.
- Virtanen, Horvat, McCann and Hunter Shinkaruk are the future of Vancouver and will be ones to keep an eye on tonight. Outside of the first three and the Sedins, their lineup really kinda sucks.
- Adam Cracknell scored the Canucks' only goal last night so let's hope the trend of not scoring continues for Vancouver.
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