The Vancouver Canucks begin a homestand on Thursday night when the Los Angeles Kings roll into Rogers Arena for a Pacific Division matchup between the two West Coast teams. Following a five-game road trip,

Thursday, 7 p.m., Rogers Arena TV: SN Pacific. Radio: Sportsnet 650 The buzz: You don’t want to be good enough to compete, but not good enough to win. The Canucks have often skated that fine line between consistency and combustibility during this trying season.

Thursday's game was the definition of low-event hockey. While the Canucks won the even-strength scoring chances battle 21-19, the Kings recorded more even-strength high-danger scoring chances by a count of 8-6.

This game started with an unfortunate pass from JT Miller up the wall to Filip Hronek in the LA end that allowed Adrian Kempe and Alex Turcotte to move in on a 2-on-1 that ended with Turcotte getting a chance off that Thatcher Demko had no chance of stopping.