Mark Stone, William Karlsson, and the Vegas Golden Knights will do battle against Anze Kopitar, Drew Doughty, and the Los Angeles Kings at the Staples Center for a divisional showdown. AT&T SportsNet Rocky Mountain will broadcast the action, which gets going at 4 p.m. ET on Saturday, November 16.
Vegas Golden Knights vs. Los Angeles Kings Odds
Moneyline and Over/Under (O/U) odds have not yet been posted for this matchup.
Vegas is 9-11 straight up (SU) and has lost 8.7 units for moneyline bettors this year. Through 20 regular season matches, 11 of its games have gone over the total, while nine have gone under and none have pushed. This 2019-20 Golden Knights team is 5-5 SU on the road.
Vegas has converted on 22.1 percent of its power play chances this year, a mark that’s right around league average. Its penalty kill is ranked third overall, and the team’s successfully killed off 87.8 percent of all penalties..
With a .914 save percentage and 27.3 saves per game, Marc-Andre Fleury (9-7-1) has been the top option in goal for Vegas this season. If head coach Gerard Gallant chooses to rest him, however, Vegas could go with Malcolm Subban (0-4-2 record, .899 save percentage, 3.21 goals against average).
On the other side of the ice, Los Angeles is 7-12 straight up (SU) and has lost 4.4 units for moneyline bettors this year. Nine of its games have gone over the total, while eight have gone under and just one has pushed. It’s 5-4 SU at home this year.
The Kings have converted on just 10.3 percent of their power play chances this year, a mark that’s ranked 30th in the NHL. On the other hand, its penalty kill is ranked 29th overall, and it’s successfully killed off 72.3 percent of all opponent power plays.
Jonathan Quick (26.5 saves per game) has been the primary option in goal for the Kings. Quick has four wins and eight losses and has recorded a pedestrian 3.80 goals against average and a poor .876 save percentage this year.
Vegas Golden Knights vs. Los Angeles Kings Betting Predictions
Prediction: SU Winner – Kings, O/U – Over
Betting Notes
- Two clubs that have pounded opposing goalies with shots, Vegas has taken the league’s sixth-most shots on goal (33.8) and Los Angeles’s attempted the second-most (35.4).
- Four of Vegas’ last ten games have been decided by two goals or more. The team is 1-3 in those games.
- Vegas skaters have accounted for the league’s fourth-most hits per game (27.2), but that number’s down to just 22.0 hits over their last five away games.
