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Injury-riddled Canucks limp into LA
By Rob Gerein | October 29, 2009
The Vancouver Canucks – a.k.a., the skating wounded – face the Los Angeles Kings for the first time this season at the Staples Center on Thursday (10:30 pm ET, FOX Sports – West).
The Kings are a -140 favorite and the total is 6 in NHL Betting Odds at BookMaker.
Vancouver will be without All-Star goalie Roberto Luongo (ribs) and a number of other players who are out with injuries, including: Daniel Sedin (Out Indefinitely, broken foot); Kyle Wellwood (Day-to-Day, broken toe); and Pavol Demitra (Out Indefinitely, shoulder surgery).
However, the Canucks are expected to have defenseman Sami Salo (knee) and forward Rick Rypien (groin) back tonight.
Vancouver is 6-4 over the past meetings. The teams last met on April 9 last season, when Vancouver shut out LA 1-0 as a -265 home favorite.
Six of the past 10 meetings have gone over the total, but more recently, four of the past five have gone under.
Vancouver dropped a 5-4 decision to the Detroit Red Wings on Tuesday night. Detroit cashed as -120 road favorites and the score went over the 5.5-goal total.
The Kings were defeated 2-1 in a shootout by the Sharks on Wednesday, as +145 road underdogs.
Vancouver is 6-6-0 while Los Angeles is 8-4-1.
Los Angeles is 6-1 SU in its past seven games at home
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