Los Angeles Kings and Vancouver Canucks

The number one seed and number eight begin the long skate to the Stanley Cup final in Vancouver.

From this page, we will track the developments in the Canucks and Kings series,  finding the defending President's trophy champs seeking to finish off the final step of last year's Stanley Cup run, the Kings meanwhile hope to play the role of Stanley Cup spoiler for 2012.

Series Schedule and Results

Series coverage from NHL.com

All games on CBC

KINGS WIN the series 4 games to 1

April 11-- Los Angeles 4  at Vancouver 2

April 13-- Los Angeles 4 at Vancouver 2

April 15-- Vancouver 0 at Los Angeles 1

April 18-- Vancouver 3 at Los Angeles 1

April 22-- Los Angeles  2 at Vancouver 1 (OT) 

Pre Series notes: Items from both cities that that form the preamble to the series.

Vancouver Sun-- Expect low-scoring series, predicts Canuck winger Chris Higgins
Vancouver Sun-- Another President's Trophy despite 'terrible' season
Vancouver Province-- Canucks must have goaltending and scoring to win first round
Vancouver Province-- Canucks like new-look lines for playoff success
Vancouver Province-- Canucks in much better place in 2012
Globe and Mail-- Canucks ready for real test in first round against Kings
Los Angeles Times-- Playoff results will be the ultimate judgment on Kings' season
Los Angeles Times-- A first look at Kings vs. Vancouver in NHL playoffs
Los Angeles Daily News-- Kings go from Pacific Division title hopes to West's eight seed

Series notes: Items from both cities that highlight the progress of the series can be found by clicking on the scores above.