LiontipsLos Angeles - St. Louis: NHL match betting tip and bets
Command Analysis
Current form
The team from California still retains its place in the playoff zone, but competitors have already come close and may displace Los Angeles from the top eight. At the moment, Jim Hiller's players occupy only the seventh place in the conference and have 71 points to their credit after 60 starts. The Kings are playing poorly after the break and have lost five matches in a row. In the away series, they were defeated in Texas (2:6), Missouri (1:4) and Illinois (1:5), and then returned home and lost to St. Louis (2:3, B).
The hosts have stopped scoring and have been playing very poorly offensively since the beginning of the month. In the previous five matches, the Kings scored only eight goals, which is not enough to win in the NHL. Adrian Kempe retains the status of the club's top scorer with 50 points (26+24) in the goal+pass system. He is followed by Ange Kopitar, who scored 48 goals.
Disqualifications and injuries
All the team leaders will play against the Blues.
Interesting betting trends
- Los Angeles allows opponents to throw only 25 times on average per match.
- Kings block 16 shots on average per game
Current form
St. Louis improved dramatically after the break and became one of the main contenders for the playoffs. The team led by Jim Montgomery climbed to the tenth position in the West and is only one point behind Vancouver, but the Canadians played two fewer games. The musicians themselves scored 68 points in 64 starts and won in the last six out of seven games. They finished the month well and beat Los Angeles (3:2, B) and Anaheim (4:3) at the start of the new away series.
The Missouri team has improved in terms of reliability on its half of the ice and has conceded only 17 goals in the last seven matches. Jordan Binnington is in great shape right now, getting the right playing time at the Four Nations Tournament and taking heart. The Canadian improved his percentage of deflected shots to 89.84 per match.
Disqualifications and injuries
Tori Krug and Colton Pareiko will not be able to help their partners in the match against the Kings.
Interesting betting trends
- St. Louis Wins 51.1% of face-offs this Season
- Musicians earn 7.16 minutes of penalty time per duel
Trends
Bet period 3: total less than 1.5 pucks
In three of the four matches between the teams, the third period was not productive.
2.20Bet 1st period: St. Louis will score
The Blues have scored in the first period for six consecutive games.
1.83Tip and bets
Los Angeles is in very bad shape and continues to lose points. The team looked good after the break, but then something happened to the hosts and they started losing one meeting after another. The main problem of the hosts is the weak implementation of the moments, which often does not allow Jim Hiller's players to score points. St. Louis is very good, and only recently have the visitors beaten the Kings twice. We think that this time they will be able to catch on to a positive result. We suggest betting on a positive head start on the second one.
Our prediction is that St. Louis will win with an Asian handicap (+1) in 1.77
Betting on an individual total
Los Angeles has seriously slowed down in attack and was unable to please its fans with a bright game in early March. The Kings usually play strongly at home in attack, but in the last game they looked rather pale and scored only two accurate hits. St. Louis has improved in terms of reliability and shouldn't miss too much.
Prediction - Los Angeles' individual total is less than three goals in 1.82
Bet on the total
Most recently, the teams met twice with each other and the meetings between the rivals did not turn out to be too bright. The Blues are playing well on their side of the ice at this point in the season, but the Kings are terrible going forward. In both games, the teams failed to score more than five times between the two. We do not think that they will succeed even now. Let's place a bet on the total less.
Betting Tip - total less than 5.5 goals in 1.82
