Los Angeles Kings vs Dallas Stars 1/3/23 NHL Picks, Predictions, Odds

The Dallas Stars and the Los Angeles Kings meet in NHL action from the Crypto.com Arena on Tuesday night.

The Dallas Stars will look to build on their four-game win streak after a 5-2 win over San Jose in their last game. Jason Robertson has a team-high 54 points and Roope Hintz has 42 points with Hintz logging 23 assists and Robertson posting a team-high 25 goals and 29 assists while Joe Pavelski also has 12 goals and 37 points this season. Jamie Benn also has 36 points with 15 goals and 21 assists this season. Jake Oettinger’s gone 17-5-3 with a 2.36 GAA and a .921 save percentage while Scott Wedgewood is 6-4-3 with a 3.03 GAA and a .910 save percentage in goal for the Stars so far this season.

The Los Angeles Kings will try to bounce back from a 4-2 loss to the Philadelphia last time out. Kevin Fiala has a team-high 37 points with a team-high 27 assists, while Gabe Vilardi has 24 points with a team-high 16 goals and Anze Kopitar also has 29 points with 19 assists. Viktor Arvidsson also has 30 points and Phillip Danault has 29 points as well this season. Jonathan Quick has gone 8-9-4 with a 3.40 GAA and an .884 save percentage while Pheonix Copley is 8-1 with a 2.58 GAA and a .905 save percentage this season.

Dallas is 4-0 in their last 4 games overall and 0-4 in their last 4 games after scoring 5 goals or more in their previous game while the under is 8-1 in their last 9 road games. Los Angeles is 6-1 in their last 7 games against the Western Conference and 6-0 in their last 6 games afters scoring 2 goals or less in their previous game while the under is 5-0 in their last 5 games after scoring 2 goals or less in their previous game.

I get the case to be made for either side in this game, but I’m backing the Stars here. I think Dallas is just the better team in this matchup even with the Kings being at home, and they’ve had a lot of the recent success against the Kings. I’ll back Dallas laying the cheap price here.