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(13-6-5) Carolina Hurricanes vs. Los Angeles Kings (13-9-4)
Date: Saturday December 3rd
Time: 10:30 PM ET
Venue: Crypto.com Arena, Los Angeles
NHL Hockey Moneyline Odds: Hurricanes -133 Kings +105 (Bet Now!)
NHL Hockey Puck Line Odds: Hurricanes -1.5 +162 Kings +1.5 -250
NHL Betting Total: O/U 6.0
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Following a victory over The Blues, Carolina heads right to Los Angeles to take on a team they’ve dominated in recent History. For substance, Carolina’s on a 5-game winning streak against The Kings, dating back to 2018.
Carolina Hurricanes
The Canes will be looking to continue their momentum they developed over their last three games. However, they’ve now lost 5 in a row after scoring 5 goals in their previous game and got shut out by Arizona 2 weeks ago.
Offensively speaking, Carolina’s possessing a top 5(3rd) shot total per game (35.4), but they’re only resulting in 2.8 goals(25th) on average.
Furthermore, The Hurricanes are ranked 27th on the powerplay, as they’re only capitalizing 17.4% of the time.
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In the defensive zone, they’re permitting a shockingly low 26.1 shots, and 2.8 goals against per tilt. Extravagantly, they’re ranked 9th for goals against, and very 1st for shots against.
While tasked with the penalty kill, Carolina’s posting a worrisome 78.3 PK%, earning a ranking of just 18th.
Regarding the goalie, Pyotr Kochetkov (4-1-3) is expected to play to defend the net for the road team. Impressively, he’s tallied a 2.30 GAA and 0.916 SV%, combined with one shutout
Los Angeles Kings
Unfortunately for Kings fans, they’ve now dropped 6 out of their last 8 games, with 3 overtime losses in this span. With that being said, LA’s proven to hang with the top-tier teams this season, and with a few adjustments could make a playoff run.
In the offensive zone, The Kings are getting off just 32.4 shots per outing, although resulting in 3.4 goal per game. Stats wise, these are ranked 11th for the former and 8th for the latter.
On the powerplay, they’re posting an elite 24.7 PP%, which places them 10th across all teams in the league.
Defensively speaking, Los Angeles’s is allowing 3.6 goals(25th), on 29.3 shots(6th) per matchup.
Further adding to their detriment, is their 26th ranked penalty killing efficiency (73.3%).
Also, Jonathon Quick (8-6-2), who’s currently posting a 3.28 GAA, and 0.889 SV% will play against Carolina.
NHL Betting Trends:
- Carolina is 0-5 SU in their last 5 games following a game they scored 5 goals or more.
- The total has gone UNDER in 8 of Carolina’s last 10 games.
- Los Angeles is 2-5 SU in their last 7 games.
- The total has gone OVER in 4 of Los Angeles’s last 5 games.
- Carolina is 5-0 SU in these teams last 5 matchups.
- The total has gone UNDER in 6 of the last 8 games these teams have played. (One push)
Free Carolina Hurricanes vs. Los Angeles Kings NHL Prediction
Despite Carolina’s dominance against LA, they appear to be a different team than the past few years. Additionally, The Canes have played terribly after scoring 5 or more in their previous game, which they just did.
4* Free NHL Betting Pick: Kings Moneyline (+105)
After careful consideration of this matchup, all the value appears to be for the home dog in this spot. Why? The total trends are complete opposite of each other, with one posting consistent unders, and the other overs
To add to this, The Kings have played well enough at home this season (7-4-2), and all losing streaks come to an end.
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