Los Angeles Kings (11-7-1) vs. Seattle Kraken (9-5-3)
November 19, 2022 10:00 pm EDT
The Line: Seattle Kraken -116 / Los Angeles Kings -106; Over/Under: +6
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The Los Angeles Kings and the Seattle Kraken meet in NHL action from Climate Pledge Arena on Saturday night.
The Los Angeles Kings will try to find some consistency, alternating wins and losses in each of their last four games after a 4-1 loss to Vancouver last time out. Kevin Fiala has a team-high 18 points with a team-high 12 assists, while Gabe Vilardi has 15 points with a team-high 10 goals and Anze Kopitar also has 14 points with 11 assists. Trevor Moore also has 15 points with 5 goals and 10 assists while Adrian Kempe has 7 goals of his own this season. Jonathan Quick has gone 6-3-1 with a 3.09 GAA and an .892 save percentage while Cal Petersen has a 5-2 record with a 3.59 GAA and an .878 save percentage this season.
The Seattle Kraken will try to build on their 3-2 OT win over the Rangers last time out. Andre Burakovsky leads Seattle in scoring with 15 points including a team-high 11 assists while Jordan Eberle has 13 points with 4 goals and 9 assists and Jaden Schwartz has 1 points with 5 goals and 6 assists. Jared McCann’s also chipped in a team-high 6 goals as well on the year.Martin Jones has gone 8-4-2 with a 2.34 GAA and a .912 save percentage while Philipp Grubauer is 0-1-1 with a 3.77 GAA and an .860 save percentage in goal for Seattle this season.
Los Angeles is 1-4 in their last 5 road games and 5-2 in their last 7 games overall while the under is 3-0-1 in their last 4 games against a team with a winning record. Seattle is 6-2 in their last 8 games overall and 16-37 in their last 53 games against a team with a winning record while the under is 5-0 in their last 5 home games.
I get the case to be made for Seattle here as the Kraken have done a decent job stringing together positive results. The problem I have is that this is still the Seattle Kraken we’re talking about, and this Kraken team still has a lot of work to do to prove they’re worth backing, especially at home as the Kraken have played better on the road. The Kings thrived on the road last year nad I think they can swoop into Seattle and get a win here.
