The LA Kings and the Vancouver Canucks Meet in the Best Game of the Night

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The LA Kings and the Vancouver Canucks Meet in the Best Game of the Night

The LA Kings and the Vancouver Canucks are two of the hottest teams in the hockey and they might on the ice on Thursday night.

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This is the first of four meetings this season. The Canucks beat the Kings twice in regulation last season, while Los Angeles earned a win each in regulation and the shootout. Los Angeles finally snapped its five-game losing streak with a 4-3 win Tuesday over the Nashville Predators. The Kings will hope to keep that momentum going as they host a Canucks squad that has won three of their last five games. Los Angeles will be without forward Scott Parse, who was placed on injured reserve Wednesday with a lower-body injury.

As the defender of last season's President's Trophy, expectations were high for the Canucks in 2011-12. But the Northwest Division club has struggled to maintain any consistency in the early going and has yet to piece together a three-game winning streak this season.

If Vancouver can receive a strong, all-round effort against the Kings similar to what it got in Sunday's 6-2 win at Chicago, then things will definitely start to look up. The Canucks received goals from six different players, including a team-record five power-play goals, and also got a solid effort between the pipes from goalie Roberto Luongo, who made 38 saves for his fifth win of the season.

While Los Angeles exploded out the gate with a 6-2-1 record over its first nine games, including a four-game winning streak, it then went on to drop five straight. But a solid showing against Nashville on Tuesday revealed a Kings squad with a spark similar to what they showed to kick off the season.

Four goals from four different players got L.A. off to a good start against an improved Nashville team, and a 13-save effort in the third period from backup goalie Jonathan Bernier was enough to preserve the victory.

For Vancouver, Henrik Sedin has 2 goals and 5 assists over his last five games. Center Anze Kopitar has put up points in five of his last seven games for the Kings, amassing 4 goals and 4 assists over that span. Overall, both of these teams are hot and the winner could be one of the best teams in hockey.