Vancouver Canucks at Los Angeles Kings NHL Predictions

2025-11-29 • Crypto.com Arena

Los Angeles Kings 2 - 1 Vancouver Canucks (OT)

📊 Pre-Game Predictions

Win Probability

LAK: 71.3%

VAN: 28.7%

Expected Goals

LAK: 3.91

VAN: 2.42

Total Goals

Median: 5.8

Over 5.5: 60%

Over 6.5: 43%

🥅 Goalie Matchup

LAK

Anton Forsberg - 6-6-3 | 0.901 SV% | 2.70 GAA

VAN

Kevin Lankinen - 6-10-3 | 0.885 SV% | 3.41 GAA

Stat	LAK	VAN
Season SV%	0.901	0.885
Last 5 SV%	—	—
SV% vs Opponent	—	—
GAA	2.70	3.41

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

Team	Goalie	SA	Saves	GA	SV%	xGA	HD Faced	GSAx
LAK	Anton Forsberg	20	19	1	95.0%	2.15	2	1.15
VAN	Kevin Lankinen	23	21	2	91.3%	2.67	1	0.67

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

Date	Score	Winner	Model Pick
2026-04-14	VAN 4 - 3 LAK	VAN	LAK
2026-04-09	LAK 4 - 1 VAN	LAK	LAK
2026-03-26	VAN 0 - 4 LAK	LAK	LAK
2025-11-29	LAK 2 - 1 VAN	LAK	LAK
2025-02-26	LAK 2 - 3 VAN	VAN	LAK

Shot Quality by Period

Period	Team	Shots	High Danger	xG
1	LAK	11	0	0.67
1	VAN	11	1	0.59
2	LAK	9	0	0.46
2	VAN	17	1	1.04
3	LAK	14	0	0.85
3	VAN	10	0	0.43
4	LAK	4	1	0.69
4	VAN	2	0	0.08

Shots are modeled attempts: shots on goal, goals, and missed shots. Blocked shots are excluded. High danger is xG >= 0.20.

🎯 Shot Chart

📈 Post-Game Analysis

Prediction Result

✅ Correct

Confidence: 71.3%

Total Goals

Actual: 3.0

Expected: 6.3

Score Breakdown

Los Angeles Kings 2 - 1 Vancouver Canucks

Expected: 3.9 - 2.4