The St. Louis Blues will play the Los Angeles Kings on Saturday night at crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles, California.
Blues Preview
The St. Louis Blues are 27-29-5 this season after they defeated the San Jose Sharks by a score of 6-3 in their last game. St. Louis was out shot by a total of 25-23 and went 2-3 on the power play in the win. The St. Louis Blues are averaging 3.05 goals per game, 3.64 goals against per game, 20.7% on the power play, and 76.7% on the penalty kill. Jordan Kyrou has led the Blues with 26 goals, 30 assists, and 201 shots on goal this season. The projected starting goalie for St. Louis is Jordan Binnington, who is 21-21-5 this season with a 3.29 goals against average and a .895 save percentage.
Kings Preview
The Los Angeles Kings are 35-20-8 this season after they defeated the Montreal Canadiens by a score of 3-2 in their last game. Los Angeles out shot Montreal by a score of 33-21 and went 0-4 on the power play in the game. The Los Angeles Kings are averaging 3.30 goals per game, 3.37 goals against per game, 25.1% on the power play, and 75.6% on the penalty kill. Kevin Fiala has led the Kings with 21 goals, 43 assists, and 193 shots on goal this season. The projected starting goalie for Los Angeles is Pheonix Copley, who is 19-4-2 this season with a 2.79 goals against average and a .899 save percentage.
Trends
St. Louis is 2-5 in their last 7 games against the Pacific and 1-6 in their last 7 games. The over is 33-16-7 in St. Louis’ last 56 games. Los Angeles is 4-0 in their last 4 home games and 7-3 in their last 10 games. The over is 15-6-1 in Los Angeles’ last 22 games. The under is 6-1 in these two teams last 7 head to head meetings in LA.
Pick
St. Louis was able to snap their losing streak in their last game against the Sharks, but I think they will be in for a long game here. St. Louis traded away a lot of their production and it has produced some pretty poor results. Los Angeles has won three of their last four games and is tied for 1st place in the Pacific. I like the Kings to win this game by at least two goals.