Tale of the tape

Giants vs. Royals

2017-18 regular season, Vancouver was 3-4-1-2 against Victoria this season

GIANTS

Record: 36-27-6-3, 81 points

Placings: third in B.C., sixth in West, ninth overall

Home record: 20-13-2-1

Road record: 16-14-4-2

Goals for: 233

Goals against: 257

Power play: 21. 9% (55/251)

Penalty kill: 79.2% (55/274)

Power play vs. Victoria: 14% (6/43)

Penalty kill vs. Victoria: 77.8 (10/45)

Giants top scorers vs. Victoria: Ty Ronning 10-2-12, Tyler Benson 3-6-9, James Malm 3-6-9, Dylan Plouffe 3-5-8, Matt Barberis 2-6-8

ROYALS

Record: 39-27-4-2

Placings: Second in B.C., fifth in West, eighth overall

Home record: 24-10-1-1

Road record: 15-17-3-1

Goals for: 287

Goals against: 264

Power play: 24.9% (86/345)

Penalty kill: 74.1% (82/317)

Power play vs. Vancouver: 22.2% (10/45)

Penalty kill vs. Vancouver: 86% (6/43)

Royals top scorers vs. Vancouver: Matthew Phillips 8-1119, Dante Hannoun 3-8-11, Tyler Soy 3-5-8, Igor Martynov 3-4-7, Jared Freadrich 1-4-5

SERIES SCHEDULE

The series’ schedule has been altered, with Game 4 moved from next Wednesday to next Thursday to accommodate Sportsnet, which will be broadcasting the game. Here’s a look at the games:

Game 1: Vancouver at Victoria Friday, 7 p.m., TSN 1040 AM

Game 2: Vancouver at Victoria Saturday, 7 p.m., TSN 1410 AM

Game 3: Victoria at Vancouver, March 27, 7 p.m., TSN 1040 AM

Game 4: Victoria at Vancouver, March 29, 7 p.m., RSN; TSN 1040 AM

Game 5*: Vancouver at Victoria, March 31, 7 p.m., TSN 1040 AM

Game 6*: Victoria at Vancouver, April 2, 2 p.m., TSN 1410 AM

Game 7*: Vancouver at Victoria, April 3, 7 p.m., TSN 1040 AM