Kings 2-1 Canucks (31 Dec, 2021) Play-by-Play

Vancouver Canucks

15-15-3, 7-8-2 away

	1	2	3	SO	T
VAN	0	0	1	0	1
LA	0	1	0	1	2

Los Angeles Kings

15-12-5, 9-7-2 home

CANUCKS

KINGS

TIME	VAN	LA
0:00
0:00
0:30	0	0
0:58
0:58
1:11
1:19	0	0
1:31	0	0
1:33
2:00
2:14	0	0
2:26
2:40	0	0
3:00	0	0
3:01	0	0
3:19
3:42	0	0
3:57
4:00	0	0
5:03	0	0
5:27
5:38
5:50	0	0
6:43
6:53	0	0
7:07	0	0
7:14	0	0
7:36	0	0
7:41
7:45	0	0
7:52
9:00	0	0
9:12	0	0
9:17
9:23	0	0
9:37
9:52
10:16	0	0
11:12	0	0
12:11
12:27	0	0
12:59
13:30
13:30
13:36	0	0
13:37
13:37
13:48
13:51	0	0
13:52
13:52
14:13
14:21	0	0
14:33
15:38	0	0
16:03
16:03
16:17
16:18
16:23
17:14
17:27
17:57
18:17
18:35
18:35
18:37
18:46
18:59
19:23	0	0
19:24
19:24
20:00

Regular Season Series

Series tied 1-1

Kings
0
Canucks
4

Game 1

7/12

Canucks
1
Kings
2

Game 2

31/12

Kings
2
Canucks
3

Game 3

29/4

crypto.com Arena

3:30 AM, 31 December 2021

Los Angeles, CA

Attendance: 14,514

Referees:
Garrett Rank

Linesmen:
Vaughan Rody

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Vancouver	50	23	9	109
Edmonton	49	27	6	104
Los Angeles	44	27	11	99
Vegas	45	29	8	98
Calgary	38	39	5	81
Seattle	34	35	13	81
Anaheim	27	50	5	59
San Jose	19	54	9	47

Casey DeSmith makes 29 saves as the Canucks take 2-1 series lead over the Preds

— Backup goalie Casey DeSmith finally has his first postseason victory, and he helped the Vancouver Canucks take back home-ice advantage in the process.

Luke Evangelista brings Predators within one

Luke Evangelista scores to cut the Predators' deficit to one goal vs. the Canucks.

Special teams carry Rangers to a Game 3 win and a 3-0 series lead on the Capitals

— Nothing seems to be able to knock the New York Rangers off their game, certainly not giving up a fluky bounce goal five minutes in or having seven penalties called on them.

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