NHL Playoffs 2012: Kings vs. Canucks Series Primer

Can you feel it? The NHL playoffs start in less than 24 hours. 

I can definitely feel it. At this point, the Kings and the Canucks have been broken down by pretty much every analyst out there. And they have dissected practically every player from both teams.

So if you're like me, you're probably a little tired of opinions on who will win, and who needs to step up.

Let's get down to the basic numbers. Here is your one-stop, all inclusive, Kings vs. Canucks series primer. With no biased, no "Advantage: Team XYZ." Just all the straight dope you'll need to get ready for the series!

May the best team win.

Records

SEASON RECORD

Vancouver Canucks: 51-22-9, 111 Points

Los Angeles Kings: 40-27-15, 95 Points

RECORD OVER THE LAST 20 GAMES

Vancouver Canucks: 11-6-3

Los Angeles Kings: 12-5-3

HOME/AWAY RECORDS

Vancouver Canucks: At Rogers Arena: 27-10-4, On the road: 24-12-5

Los Angeles Kings: At Staples Center: 22-14-5, On the road: 18-13-10 

Situational Records

WHEN SCORING/TRAILING FIRST

Vancouver Canucks: Scoring first: 42-10-4, Scored on first: 9-12-5

Los Angeles Kings: Scoring first: 32-5-8, Scored on first: 8-22-7

WHEN LEADING/TRAILING AFTER...

Vancouver Canucks: When Leading after 1st Period: 29-4-3, After 2nd period: 32-1-2

When trailing after 1st period: 6-4-4, After 2nd Period: 4-16-6

Los Angeles Kings: When leading after 1st Period: 20-2-3, After 2nd period: 28-0-6

When trailing after 1st period: 2-12-4, After 2nd period: 1-22-3

RECORD IN 1/2/3 GOAL GAMES

Vancouver Canucks: 1-goal games: 27-9-9, 2-goal games: 5-6-0, 3-goal games: 19-7-0

Los Angeles Kings: 1-goal games: 17-14-15, 2-goal games: 11-7-0, 3-goal games: 12-6-0 

Offense

VANCOUVER CANUCKS:

Leading Scorers: Henrik Sedin (14g, 67a, 81p, plus-23), Daniel Sedin (30g, 37a, 67p, plus-14), Alexandre Burrows (28g, 24a, 52p, plus-24)

Average Goals Per Game: 2.94 (fifth overall during the regular season)

Goals at Home/On Road: Home: 126 (seventh overall), Road: 115 (sixth overall)

Goals by Period: 1st: 81 (first overall), 2nd: 74 (16th overall), 3rd: 79 (11th overall)

Times Shutout: 4

LOS ANGELES KINGS:

Leading Scorers: Anze Kopitar (25g, 51a, 76p, plus-12), Justin Williams (22g, 37a, 59p, plus-10), Dustin Brown (22g, 32a, 54p, plus-18)

Average Goals Per Game: 2.29 (29th overall during the regular season)

Goals at Home/On Road: Home: 96 (29th overall), Road: 92 (25th overall)

Goals by Period: 1st: 54 (29th overall), 2nd: 73 (20th overall), 3rd: 58 (29th overall) 

Times Shutout: 10

Defense

VANCOUVER CANUCKS:

Goals Against Per Game: 2.33 (fourth overall during the regular season)

Goals Against Home/Away: Home: 94 (seventh overall), Away: 97 (fourth overall)

Goals Against by Period: 1st: 46 (second overall), 2nd: 80 (23rd overall) 3rd: 63 (seventh overall)

Shutouts: 9

LOS ANGELES KINGS:

Goals Against Per Game: 2.07 (second overall during the regular season)

Goals Against Home/Away: Home: 78 (second overall), Away: 92 (second overall)

Goals Against by Period: 1st: 47 (third overall), 2nd: 61 (fourth overall) 3rd: 56 (third overall)

Shutouts: 11

Special Teams

VANCOUVER CANUCKS

Power play: 19.8 percent (fourth overall)

Penalty Kill: 86.0 (sixth overall)

Shorthanded Goals: Seven for, four against

Leading PP Scorer: Henrik Sedin, (8g, 19a, 27p)

LOS ANGELES KINGS

Power Play: 17.0 percent (17th overall)

Penalty Kill: 87.0 (fourth overall)

Shorthanded Goals: nine for, two against

Leading PP Scorer: Anze Kopitar, (8g, 18a, 26p)

Physicality/Discipline

HITS

Vancouver Canucks: 1826 (18th overall)

Team Leader: Maxim Lapierre, 244 hits.

Los Angeles Kings: 2274 (second overall)

Team Leader: Dustin Brown, 293 hits.

PENALTY MINUTES

Vancouver Canucks Team Totals: 12.9 PIM per game (25th overall)

Majors: Dale Wiese, 9 majors

Minors: Alex Burrows, 35 minors

Los Angeles Kings Team Totals: 11.3 PIM per game (17th overall)

Majors: Kyle Clifford, 11 majors

Minors: Jarret Stoll, 30 minors 

Goaltending

STARTERS (Projected)

Roberto Luongo (VAN): 31-14-8, .919 Save-percentage, 2.41 Goals against average, five shutouts

Jonathan Quick (LAK): 35-21-13, .929 Save-percentage, 1.95 Goals against average, 10 shutouts

BACKUPS

 Cory Schneider (VAN): 20-8-1, .937 Save-percentage, 1.96 Goals against average, three shutouts

Jonathan Bernier (LAK): 5-6-2, .909 Save-percentage, 2.36 Goals against average, one shutout 

Intangibles

SHOT BLOCKERS

Alex Edler (VAN): 145

Willie Mitchell (LAK): 139

FACEOFFS:

Manny Malhotra (VAN): 58.5 percent

Ryan Kesler (VAN): 53.6 percent

Jarret Stoll (LAK): 55.0 percent

Anze Kopitar (LAK): 53.8 percent

TIME ON ICE LEADERS:

Alex Edler (VAN): 23:51 TOI per game

Kevin Bieksa (VAN): 23:38 TOI/G

Drew Doughty (LAK): 24:53 TOI/G

Willie Mitchell (LAK): 22:13 TOI/G

BUILDINGS:

Rogers Arena (VAN): Capacity: 18,890. Sellouts: 41

Staples Center (LAK): Capacity: 18,118, Sellouts: 39

Projected Starting Lineups

VANCOUVER CANUCKS:

D. Sedin - H. Sedin - Burrows

Raymond - Kesler - Booth

Higgins - Pahlsson - Hansen

Malhotra - Lapierre - Bitz

Hamhuis - Tanev

Edler - Bieksa

Salo - Rome

Luongo

Schneider

LOS ANGELES KINGS:

Brown - Kopitar - Williams

Carter - Richards - King

Penner - Stoll - Lewis

Clifford - Fraser - Nolan

Scuderi - Doughty

Mitchell - Voynov

Martinez - Greene

Quick

Bernier