Los Angeles Kings vs. Seattle Kraken NHL Betting Tips and Predictions
by Daniel Utts | Mar 25, 2022
Kings vs. Kraken Betting Picks & Predictions
The Los Angeles Kings and Seattle Kraken are coming off a defeat and a win, respectively, heading into their meeting at Staples Center on Saturday at 10:30 PM ET. The Kraken are big underdogs on the road, at +180, and the Kings are -225. Find more below on the Kings vs. Kraken betting line, injury report, head-to-head stats, best bets and more.
Kings vs. Kraken Betting Line
Kings vs Kraken Betting Information
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Kings vs. Kraken Game Info
- Game Day: Saturday, March 26, 2022
- Game Time: 10:30 PM ET
- Location: Los Angeles, California
- Arena: Staples Center
Computer Predictions for Kings vs. Kraken
Computer picks for Kings vs Kraken
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Kings 4 Kraken 2
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Kings vs. Kraken Betting Trends
Los Angeles has won 20 of the 28 games it’s played as the moneyline favorite this season.
Across one game with moneyline odds shorter than -225, the Kings have not won once.
The moneyline odds imply that Los Angeles has a 69.2% chance of winning this contest.
Los Angeles Kings Leaders
Anze Kopitar is currently one of Los Angeles’ leading contributors (55 total points), having amassed 16 goals and 39 assists.
Through 66 games, Trevor Moore has 13 goals and 29 assists.
Viktor Arvidsson’s 39 points this season have come via 18 goals and 21 assists.
Cal Petersen has a record of 17-10-1. He has allowed 75 goals (2.65 goals against average) and racked up 689 saves.
Los Angeles Kings Season Stats
The Kings’ 2.8 average goals per game add up to 188 total, which makes them the 18th-ranked scoring team in the league.
The Kings are ranked 11th in league play in goals against this season, having given up 183 total goals (2.8 per game).
The team is ranked 17th in goal differential at +5.
The 32 power-play goals the Kings have put up this season (on 203 power-play chances) rank 23rd in the league.
The Kings rank 28th in the NHL with a 15.8% power-play conversion rate this season.
The Kings’ eight shorthanded goals this season rank fourth.
The Kings kill 75.1% of their opponent’s power plays, the 27th-ranked penalty-kill percentage in the NHL.
The Kings win the fifth-highest percentage of faceoffs in the NHL at 53.1%.
The Kings convert 8.1% of their shots, ranking 32nd in the league.
The Kings have yet to shut out an opponent this season, averaging 20.1 hits and 12.7 blocked shots per game.
Kraken vs. Kings Betting Trends
This season the Kraken have 13 wins in the 49 games in which they’ve been an underdog.
Seattle has won two of its 13 games when it is the underdog by +180 or longer on the moneyline.
The moneyline implies a 35.7% chance of victory for the Kraken.
Seattle Kraken Leaders
Yanni Gourde has recorded 16 goals (0.3 per game) and collected 22 assists (0.4 per game), taking 1.7 shots per game and shooting 16.5%. That makes him among the leaders for Seattle with 38 total points (0.7 per game).
Seattle’s Jared McCann has racked up 37 total points (0.7 per game), with 23 goals and 14 assists.
Jordan Eberle has 15 goals and 21 assists for Los Angeles.
Philipp Grubauer has a 15-26-5 record this season, with an .889 save percentage (49th in the league). In 47 games, he has 1115 saves, and has conceded 139 goals (3.2 goals against average).
Seattle Kraken Season Stats
The Kraken’s 166 total goals (2.6 per game) rank 28th in the league.
The Kraken’s 227 total goals conceded (3.6 per game) rank 28th in the league.
Their -61 goal differential ranks 30th in the league.
The Kraken have put up 27 power-play goals this season (30th in the NHL) on 178 power-play chances.
The Kraken’s power-play conversion rate (15.2%) ranks 29th in the league.
The Kraken have recorded seven shorthanded goals.
The 74.0% of opponent power plays the Kraken kill is the 31st-ranked penalty-kill percentage in the league.
The Kraken win 47.6% of their faceoffs. That’s the 25th-ranked rate in the NHL.
The Kraken are shooting 9.0% (23rd in the league).
The Kraken have yet to shut out an opponent this season.
Kings and Kraken Injury Report
Kings: Dustin Brown: Out (Undisclosed), Brendan Lemieux: Day To Day (Lower Body), Drew Doughty: Out (Undisclosed), Matt Roy: Out (Undisclosed), Mikey Anderson: Out (Upper body), Sean Walker: Out For Season (Lower body)
Kraken: Brandon Tanev: Out For Season (Knee)
We have the Kings -225 on the moneyline as our best bet in this contest after taking a look at all of the key trends and stats for this matchup. Our computer predicts the total score will be under the total of goals, with the covering the spread.
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