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Vancouver Canucks at Los Angeles Kings NHL Predictions

2024-11-07 • Crypto.com Arena
Los Angeles Kings 2 - 4 Vancouver Canucks
🚨 Upset Loss (64% underdog)

📊 Pre-Game Predictions

Win Probability
LAK: 64.0%
VAN: 36.0%
Expected Goals
LAK: 3.47
VAN: 2.62
Total Goals
Median: 5.9
Over 5.5: 57%
Over 6.5: 43%

🥅 Goalie Matchup

LAK
Darcy Kuemper - 10-7-6 | 0.913 SV% | 2.27 GAA
VAN
Kevin Lankinen - 6-10-3 | 0.885 SV% | 3.41 GAA
StatLAKVAN
Season SV%0.9130.885
Last 5 SV%
SV% vs Opponent
GAA2.273.41
Last 5 / vs opponent shown when available in goalie stats. Confirmed goalie row used when available; otherwise current projected starter is shown.

Goalie Game Metrics

TeamGoalieSASavesGASV%xGAHD FacedGSAx
LAKDarcy Kuemper2420483.3%5.0051.00
VANKevin Lankinen2826292.9%2.1100.11
SA uses shots on goal plus goals. xGA, high-danger faced, and GSAx use modeled scoring attempts against. GSAx is xGA minus goals against.

Head-to-Head History

Model accuracy in this matchup: 55% • LAK at home vs VAN: 3-3
DateScoreWinnerModel Pick
2026-04-14VAN 4 - 3 LAKVANLAK
2026-04-09LAK 4 - 1 VANLAKLAK
2026-03-26VAN 0 - 4 LAKLAKLAK
2025-11-29LAK 2 - 1 VANLAKLAK
2025-02-26LAK 2 - 3 VANVANLAK

Shot Quality by Period

PeriodTeamShotsHigh DangerxG
1LAK1000.78
1VAN2022.17
2LAK1600.65
2VAN1511.15
3LAK2000.68
3VAN921.67
Shots are modeled attempts: shots on goal, goals, and missed shots. Blocked shots are excluded. High danger is xG >= 0.20.

📈 Post-Game Analysis

Prediction Result
❌ Incorrect
Confidence: 64.0%
Total Goals
Actual: 6.0
Expected: 6.1
Score Breakdown
Los Angeles Kings 2 - 4 Vancouver Canucks
Expected: 3.5 - 2.6