🐋 Away Canucks 14-18-6 before this game
2–5
Final
👑 Home Kings 20-14-3 before this game
Scoring 1st2nd3rdF
VAN 0002
LAK 0005

Canucks at Kings

Kings beat Canucks 5–2 at Crypto.com Arena on December 29, 1997.

🗓 Mon, Dec 29, 1997 · 21:30 CST 📍 Crypto.com Arena, Los Angeles 🏒 1997-98 🔁 Kings lead the season series 2–1 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 👑 LAK
Jozef Stumpel
1 G, 2 A
3 shots · 15:29 TOI · +3
2nd star 👑 LAK
Craig Johnson
1 G, 2 A
3 shots · 14:32 TOI · +3
3rd star 🐋 VAN
Pavel Bure
2 G
7 shots · 22:22 TOI · +1

🚨 Scoring

Goal-by-goal detail has not synced for this game yet.

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🐋VAN LAK👑
36 Shots on goal 32
15 Hits 17
13 Blocked shots 8
6 Takeaways 8
12 Giveaways 10
4 Penalty minutes 6
VAN shooting 5.6% (2/36) LAK shooting 15.6% (5/32)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🐋Canucks
Arturs Irbe
0/5
.000 SV% · 5 GA · 59:54 TOI
👑Kings
Stephane Fiset
0/2
.000 SV% · 2 GA · 60:00 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–0
Canucks
Canucks — tied after 1st: 14-18-6 (37% win rate, 38 games)
Kings
Kings — tied after 1st: 20-14-3 (54% win rate, 37 games)
After 2nd — 0–0
Canucks
Canucks — tied after 2nd: 14-18-6 (37% win rate, 38 games)
Kings
Kings — tied after 2nd: 20-14-3 (54% win rate, 37 games)

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🐋Canucks
L1 Gelinas · Messier · Bure 22:19
L2 McAllister · Linden · Scatchard 14:37
L3 Sillinger · Bohonos · Noonan 12:34
L4 Brashear · Odjick · Walker 10:17
D1 Lumme · Ohlund 26:33
D2 Babych · Hedican 24:02
D3 Ledyard · Staios 8:08
👑Kings
L1 Robitaille · Stumpel · LaFayette 16:05
L2 Bylsma · Perreault · Courtnall 15:08
L3 Tsyplakov · Johnson · Murray 14:32
L4 McKenna · Johnson · Laperriere 12:44
D1 Blake · Norstrom 23:25
D2 O'Donnell · Boucher 21:04
D3 Galley · Zmolek 15:22

⚔️ Last meetings

Kings lead the season series 2–1 Full head-to-head →
Dec 15, 1997
👑LAK @ 🐋VAN
0–7 · Canucks won
Nov 11, 1997
🐋VAN @ 👑LAK
2–8 · Kings won
Mar 24, 1997
👑LAK @ 🐋VAN
2–2 (OT) · Kings won
Mar 1, 1997
👑LAK @ 🐋VAN
3–0 · Kings won
Feb 22, 1997
🐋VAN @ 👑LAK
0–4 · Kings won

❓ VAN vs LAK, answered

Who won Canucks vs Kings on December 29, 1997?

Kings won 5–2.

What was the final score of Canucks vs Kings?

The final score was Canucks 2, Kings 5.

How did the Canucks goalie play?

Arturs Irbe made 0 saves on 5 shots (.000 save percentage).

How did the Kings goalie play?

Stephane Fiset made 0 saves on 2 shots (.000 save percentage).

Where is Canucks vs Kings played?

At Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles, the Kings home rink.

What is the Canucks vs Kings season series?

Kings lead the season series 2–1 after 3 games.

Have a different question? Ask the Oracle — it answers from this season's box scores.

🧭 Around this game

Each team's schedule either side of it
🐋Canucks
Previous game · Dec 27
🐋VAN @ ⭐DAL
3–3 · VAN won
Next game · Dec 31
🔔PHI @ 🐋VAN
8–0 · PHI won
👑Kings
Previous game · Dec 27
🌵PHX @ 👑LAK
4–2 · PHX won
Next game · Dec 31
👑LAK @ ⭐DAL
2–2 · LAK won
Also on December 29, 1997
🏝️NYI @ 🐧PIT
1–5 final
😈NJD @ ⚔️BUF
3–1 final
🎵STL @ 🦅WSH
2–4 final
🦈SJS @ ⚡TBL
1–2 final
⭐DAL @ 🐙DET
2–2 final
🇨🇦MTL @ 🏔️COL
1–1 final
🌵PHX @ 🔥CGY
5–3 final
Canucks season page Kings season page Head-to-head record Full NHL schedule