CanucksBuzz OFFICIAL Game Preview: Vancouver Canucks Hosting Los Angeles Kings

Game Preview: Vancouver Canucks and Los Angeles Kings

Oct. 9, 2010

Location: Rogers Arena (formerly GM Place)

Home Team: Vancouver Canucks

Visiting Team: Los Angeles Kings

Head Coaches:

Canucks—Alain Vigneault

Kings—Terry Murray

Captains:

Canucks—TBA tonight

Kings—Anze Kopitar

Rosters:

Vancouver Canucks

Daniel Sedin – Henrik Sedin – Mikael Samuelsson

Mason Raymond – Ryan Kesler – Raffi Torres

Peter Schaefer – Manny Malhotra – Jannik Hansen

Tanner Glass – Jeff Tambellini – Alexandre Desbiens

Dan Hamhuis – Kevin Bieksa

Keith Ballard – Christian Ehrhoff

Alex Edler – Andrew Alberts

Roberto Luongo

Cory Schneider

LA Kings

Dustin Brown – Anze Kopitar – Ryan Smyth

Alexei Ponikarovsky – Michal Handzus – Wayne Simmonds

Brad Richardson – Jarret Stoll – Justin Williams

Kyle Clifford – Braydon Schenn – Marc-Andre Cliché

Willie Mitchell – Drew Doughty

Jack Johnson – Rob Scudari

Davis Drewiske – Peter Harrold

Jon Quick

Jonathan Bernier

Game Notes:

• Season debut for both teams.
• Canucks celebrate their 40^th anniversary tonight, Orland Kurtenbach is in Vancouver.
• Los Angeles Kings come back in hopes of making a stride in the playoffs this year.
• LA will compete with San Jose for the division title race.

Injury Notes:

• Alexandre Bolduc is questionable for tonight’s game.
• Alex Burrows is out with shoulder injury until mid-November.
• Sami Salo is out indefinitely.
• Eric Ersberg is out, Jonathan Bernier is in.
• Matt Greene is close to return from shoulder injury.
• Scott Parse is out with groin injury.
• Colten Teubert is out with hand injury.

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