Kings vs Oilers Pick – NHL Predictions & Odds 4/29/23
Edmonton Oilers (53-23-11) vs. Los Angeles Kings (49-27-11)
April 29, 2023 10:00 pm EDT
The Line: Los Angeles Kings +140 / Edmonton Oilers -160; Over/Under: +6.5
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The Edmonton Oilers and Los Angeles Kings meet Saturday in game 6 of the NHL West First Round Playoffs at the crypto.com Arena. Let’s preview this game and give out a pick and prediction.
The Edmonton Oilers are averaging 4 goals per game and are scoring on 57.1 percent of their power play opportunities. Leon Draisaitl leads Edmonton with 6 goals, Evan Bouchard has 6 assists and Connor McDavid has 24 shots on goal. Defensively, the Edmonton Oilers are allowing 3.20 goals per game and are killing 72.2 percent of their opponent’s power plays. Stuart Skinner has given up 15 goals on 129 shots faced, and Jack Campbell has allowed 1 goal on 28 shots.
The Los Angeles Kings are averaging 3.20 goals per game and are scoring on 27.8 percent of their power play opportunities. Adrian Kempe leads Los Angeles with 4 goals, Anze Kopitar has 5 assists and Trevor Moore has 17 shots on goal. Defensively, the Los Angeles Kings are allowing 4 goals per game and are killing 42.9 percent of their opponent’s power plays. Joonas Korpisalo has given up 17 goals on 177 shots faced, and Pheonix Copley has allowed 2 goals on 8 shots.
The Oilers are 20-8 in their last 28 road games and 35-17 in their last 52 overall. The Kings are 13-5 in their last 18 home games and 5-13 in their last 18 Conference Quarterfinals games. The over is 24-10 in Oilers last 34 road games. The under is 4-1-1 in Kings last 6 Saturday games. The Oilers are 7-3 in the last 10 meetings in Los Angeles and 5-2 in the last 7 meetings. The favorite is 38-15 in the last 53 meetings.
The Los Angeles Kings and the plus money is intriguing given their consistency at home, but I can’t pull the trigger with how they’ve looked their last two games. Instead, give me the over. Neither goalie has looked great in this series, and the offenses are way too comfortable. The Oilers are feasting on the power play and are 1 of 4 teams averaging at least 4 goals these playoffs. The Kings have scored 3 or more goals in 4 of the 5 games. Fireworks left and right. Give me the over.