The St. Louis Blues and the Los Angeles Kings meet in NHL action from the Crypto.com Arena on Sunday night. Let’s dive into the odds, injuries, matchup history and make a prediction for this game.
Odds
Los Angeles is listed as a -200 home favorite while St. Louis is a +165 road underdog. The total for this game is set at 6 goals.
Injuries
St. Louis comes into this game with a clean injury report while Los Angeles has Sean Durzi listed as out until early April and Kevin Fiala is out indefinitely.
Matchup History
Los Angeles’ 4-2 win back on March 4th, 2023, made it three straight wins for the Kings in this head-to-head matchup.
Trends
St. Louis is 1-6 in their last 7 games against a team with a winning record and 4-11 in their last 15 games against the Western Conference while the over is 19-6-1 in their last 26 games played on no rest. Los Angeles is 8-2 in their last 10 games overall and 9-2 in their last 11 home games while the under is 5-2-1 in their last 8 home games.
Pick
I’m backing Los Angeles here. Both of these teams are on the back-to-back, but the Kings get to stay home and have a bit more rest for this spot and as much as I like the Blues and what they’re doing with Joel Hofer, the Kings are just playing too well right now to go against. I just think this is another great spot to keep on Los Angeles in the midst of their current run and as such, I’ll back them here.