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Los Angeles vs. San Jose: NHL Match Prediction
Los Angeles and San Jose will play in the final game of the game day on October 25. The Sharks still have not won a single game this season and remain the worst team in their conference. The Kings return to California after a long series of away games and will play at the Crypto.com Arena for the first time. Meetings between the rivals often go into overtime, and the Sharks have not been able to beat the Kings in regulation time for nine games. How will the first game of the season between the Pacific Division rivals go? Are the visitors capable of winning? We answer these questions in our game prediction
Command Analysis
Los Angeles Kings
USACurrent form
Los Angeles is in tenth place in the Western Conference standings with eight points after seven games. The team from California has still not played on home ice and has been playing away all of October. The Kings debuted in Buffalo (3:1), where they immediately earned important points from a psychological point of view. Then Jim Hiller charges lost in Boston (1:2, OT), Ottawa (7:8, OT) and Toronto (2:6), earning only two points in three games. The Kings beat Montreal (4:1) and Anaheim (4:1), but ended their away tour with a crushing defeat to Vegas (1:6).
Anze Kopitar team cannot boast of stability at the start of the regular season. In winning games, the Californians played well on their half of the court, but when they lost, they almost always missed a lot. The hosts have problems when playing in unequal compositions. Los Angeles has only 73.3% of neutralized attempts of the majority of opponents. The leader of the club is the captain of the Kings. The Slovenian forward made eight effective actions (3+5) and is among the 30 best scorers of the league.
Disqualifications and injuries
Drew Doughty, Darcy Kuemper and Artur Kaliyev will not play in the match due to injuries.
Interesting trends for betting
- Los Angeles' opponents average 28 shots per game
The home team doesn't allow too many shots on goal, but the Kings' goalies are missing 12.7% of shots.
- The Kings earn ten minutes of penalty time per game.
Jim Hillier men are often sent off and are often punished for poor discipline.
San Jose Sharks
USACurrent form
San Jose finished last season in the last place in the NHL and in the new regular season the visitors risk finishing in the same place. The Sharks played seven games in October, scored only two points, and were still unable to win. Now the club from the state of California is in 16th place in the West and it is unlikely that anything will change in the near future. In the last away series, Ryan Warfovsky charges clung to points in Texas (2:3, B), but after that, without a chance of a positive result, they lost to Chicago (2:4), Winnipeg (3:8) and Anaheim (1:3), in the process losing to Colorado on home ice (1:4).
Due to injuries to the leading attackers, the Sharks are unable to fully express themselves in attack. In the previous four games, San Jose has scored only seven times, while conceding as many as 19 goals. Tyler Toffoli and Mikael Grandlund have scored seven points each in the goal+pass system and are currently trying to improve the situation on their own. One positive aspect is the good play of the visitors in the majority. The Sharks are capitalizing on every fifth penalty of the opponent.
Disqualifications and injuries
Thomas Bordeleau, MacLean Celebrini, Logan Couture and Marc-Edouard Vlasic will be unable to help their teammates in Los Angeles.
Interesting trends for betting
- San Jose opponents block 18 shots from the Sharks
The visitors often try to shoot from any position, but these attacks do not reach the opposing goalkeepers.
- The Sharks are winning 50.5 percent of their faceoffs.
Faceoff win percentage is one of the few stats the Californians can still put down as a positive.
Trends
Bet 2nd period: total over 1.5 goals
In four out of five matches between the teams, the second period was productive
1.75Bet 2nd period: home team to score
In four out of five matches, the visitors conceded in the second period
1.30Tip and bets
Los Angeles is returning home and will play on home ice for the first time this season. Anze Kopitar team will be determined to beat their opponent, because the hosts need points in terms of their standings. At the same time, the Kings are unlikely to lose to a team that their competitors handled so easily. San Jose has lost all seven games in the regular season. First of all, the Sharks are playing very poorly in defense, but now the Sharks' offense is also weakened by injuries. We believe that the Kings will win confidently with a difference of at least two goals. We offer a bet on the minus handicap of the first.
Prediction - Los Angeles win with Asian handicap (-1.5) for 1.85
Bet on total
Los Angeles has been pretty reliable in the games the Kings have won. We mustn't forget that San Jose simply has nothing to lose, so the Sharks will go forward immediately when they start losing. Tyler Toffoli and Mikael Grandlund are capable of helping the visitors score at least two or three times. We expect at least six accurate shots between the teams.
We bet on total over 5.5 goals for 1.77
Bet on individual total
The Sharks are one of the most goal-scoring teams not only in the West, but in the entire league as a whole. Los Angeles has three games where the Kings have scored at least four goals. We believe that the Sharks' defense will fail once again and the hosts will score a large number of goals. Let play the Kings' individual total over.
We bet on the individual total of Los Angeles over 3.5 goals for 1.90
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