Nashville Predators vs Los Angeles Kings 10/18/22 NHL Picks, Predictions, Odds

The Los Angeles Kings and the Nashville Predators meet in NHL action from Bridgestone Arena on Tuesday night.

The Los Angeles Kings will look to build on back-to-back wins, improving to 2-2 with a 5-4 OT win over Detroit last time out. Anze Kopitar and Adrian Kempe each have 6 points with Kopitar logging 5 assists while Kempe has a team-high 4 goals. Gabriel Vilardi, Alex Iafallo and Kevin Fiala each have 5 points as well with Vilardi logging 3 goals and a pair of assists while Iafallo has 2 goals with 3 apples and Fiala has 4 assists. Jonathan Quick’s gone 1-2 with a 3.73 GAA and an .895 save percentage in goal for the Kings while Cal Petersen is 1-0 with a 6.00 GAA and an .829 save percentage this season.

The Nashville Predators will try to bounce back from back-to-back losses, falling to 2-2 with a 5-1 loss to Dallas last time out. Nino Niederreiter leads the Predators with 4 goals while Mikael Granlund, Eeli Tolvanen and Ryan Johansen all have 3 points with Granlund logging a team-high 3 assists while Tolvanen and Johansen each have a goal and 2 assists. Juuse Saros has gone 1-2 with a 2.54 GAA and an .889 save percentage between the pipes for Nashville while Kevin Lankinen is 1-0 with a 2.00 GAA and a .939 save percentage.

Los Angeles is 1-4 in their last 5 games overall and 6-2 in their last 8 games played on no rest while the over is 4-1 in their last 5 games against the Central division. Nashville is 1-5 in their last 6 home games and 2-7 in their last 9 games overall while the under is 3-0-1 in their last 4 games overall.

I get the case to be made for either side here, but while I was initially leaning towards the Predators at home, I think I’m going to switch course and back the Kings here. Los Angeles showed a ton of fight in taking care of the Red Wings, not giving up despite multiple comeback attempts from the Red Wings in Monday’s game. Nashville’s a solid group, but the goaltending’s been shaky since returning back from Europe and I just want no part of the Preds in their current form. The Kings did their best work on the road last season and I think they can win another one here. Give me Los Angeles and the plus money.