Skip to content

THE MOJ: Coin-flip loss to the Kings nothing to lose sleep over, Canucks fans

Stifling defensive match the type of game Vancouver has been winning more often than not
web1_240326-bpd-moj-column-canucks-kings-battle_1
Vancouver’s Brock Boeser and Los Angeles’ Mikey Anderson battle for a puck in Monday night’s game at Rogers Arena. The Kings defeated the Canucks 3-2. Los Angeles Kings photo

A coin flip.

That’s the term that Vancouver Canucks head coach Rick Tocchet used to describe Monday night’s 3-2 loss to the Los Angeles Kings at Rogers Arena.

The two teams exchanged first period goals with L.A.’s Kevin Fiala opening the scoring and Sam Lafferty responding for the Canucks. Blake Lizotte and Anze Kopitar scored late in the second period to give the Kings a 3-1 lead after two periods and they were stifling the Canucks for the first 10 minutes of the third, only allowing one shot during that time.

Support local journalism today

Join thousands of other like-minded readers and sign up below to gain immediate & unlimited access to our news for the next 30 days – plus start receiving our newsletters.

Sign Up with google Sign Up with facebook

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

Reset your password

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

A link has been emailed to you - check your inbox.



Don't have an account? Click here to sign up


Black Press Media Staff

About the Author: Black Press Media Staff

Read more