Los Angeles Kings Vs. New York Islanders Odds, Picks, and Predictions (1/27/22)
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After playing the Rangers on Monday and losing in the sixth round of a shootout, the Kings travel to Elmont, NY to play the Islanders. It was Los Angeles’ fourth loss in their last five games. The Kings are 21-16-6 with 48 points, third in the Pacific Division. The Kings are four for 28 with the man advantage over their last nine games, per NHL.com. In their last game, the Islanders beat the Flyers, 4-3 on Tuesday at home. Veteran Zach Parise scored the tiebreaking goal at 11:51 of the third period and second-year goalie, Ilya Sorokin made 14 saves in the victory. The Islanders are 15-14-6 with 36 points, sixth in the Metropolitan Division. The Islanders are 13-2-2 when they score at least three goals.
Los Angeles Kings Vs. New York Islanders Betting Odds
Los Angeles is 5-1 in their last six game vs. Metropolitan Division opponents. The Kings are 1-4 in their last five games overall. Los Angeles is 0-5 in the last five meetings in New York. The home team is 9-1 in the last 10 meetings between the Kings and Islanders. Under is 7-1 in the Islanders last eight home games. New York is 6-1 in their last seven games when their opponent scores two goals or less in their previous game. Under is 5-1 in Islanders last six Thursday games.
Los Angeles Kings Betting Odds
Captain Anze Kopitar is the Kings leading scorer with 37 points (13 goals and 24 assists); averaging .86 points per game. The two-time Stanley Cup winner has 13 points on the power play this year (four goals and nine assists). The 2015-16 Lady Byng Trophy winner has two game winning goals this season and averaging 21:09 of ice time per game. Kopitar has won 56.5% of his face-offs in 2021-22. Alex Iafallo is Los Angeles second leading scorer with 27 points (13 goals and 14 assists). Iafallo has scored three goals during his current four-game point streak. He’s a +4 with five points on the power play this season (two goals and three assists). He’s averaging 18:53 of ice time per game and has blocked 36 shots this campaign. Adrian Kempe leads the team in goals with 17 and is tied for third on the team in scoring with 25 points. He has registered 51 hits and averaging 18:16 of ice time per game. Kempe leads the club in game winning goals with four. Viktor Arvidsson is tied for third on the team in scoring with 25 points (10 goals and 15 assists). In his first year with the Kings, he has six points on the power play (three goals and three assists). Phillip Danault leads the team in plus/minus at +13 while averaging 17:54 of ice time per game. In 41 games this season, he has 22 points (10 goals and 12 assists) and has won 55.6% of his face-offs this season.
Four-time All-Star Drew Doughty leads the Kings defensive group in points with 21 (four goals and 17 assists). The two-time Stanley Cup winner is a +5 and averaging 25:20 of ice time per game this season, ninth overall in the NHL. The 2015-16 Norris Trophy winner has nine points on the power play in 2021-22 (three goals and six assists). Matt Roy has played in 43 games this year and has registered 13 assists. He’s second on the team in plus/minus at +12 while averaging 21:07 of ice time per game. Roy leads the Kings in blocked shots with 66 and is third on the club in hits with 76. In his third season in the NHL, Michael Anderson has appeared in 42 games for Los Angeles this year leading the team in hits with 92. Additionally, he’s blocked 46 shots while averaging 20:13 of ice time per game.
Two-time Stanley Cup winner Jonathan Quick has started 26 games this season for Los Angeles. In 2021-22, he’s 11-10-5 with a .914 save percentage and a 2.53 GAA. Additionally, Quick has two shutouts on the season. Backup Cal Petersen has started 16 games for the Kings. He’s 9-6-1 with a .900 save percentage and a 2.70 GAA this campaign.
New York Islanders Betting Odds
New York’s leading scorer is Matthew Barzal, who has 26 points this year (eight goals and 18 assists). He has scored eight points on the power play in 2021-22 (one goal and seven assists). In his sixth season, he has one game winning goal and is averaging 18:33 of ice time per game. In 321 career games, the young center has 278 points (84 goals and 194 assists); averaging .87 points per game. In his ninth season, center Brock Nelson leads New York in goals scored with 13, he has 19 points on the season; tied for second on the team in scoring. Nelson has had a tough season as he was out nearly three weeks due to a lower body injury and battled COVID-19. Islanders captain, Anders Lee has scored 11 goals, three on the power play and is averaging 17:00 of ice time per game. In his 14th season with New York, Josh Bailey is tied for second on the team in scoring with 19 points (three goals and 16 assists). Anthony Beauvillier has scored 14 points on the season (six goals and assists). He’s scored two power play goals and is averaging 16:54 of ice time per game. Jean-Gabriel Pageau has struggled this season, scoring 11 points (five goals and six assists). But he’s done well at the face-off dot winning 57% of his draws. Pageau is averaging 17:14 of ice time per game. Cal Clutterbuck and Zach Parise are the only forwards to play in all 35 games this season. In his first season with the Islanders, Parise has 12 points (three goals and nine assists).
Noah Dobson is leading New York’s defensive group with 15 points (six goals and nine assists) and is a +4. Additionally, he leads the team with 68 blocked shots and is averaging 20:59 of ice time per game. Adam Pelech leads the Islanders in plus/minus at +10 this season. He’s third on the team in blocked shots with 51 and leads the defensive unit in takeaways with 21. In his seventh season, Pelech has 10 points on the campaign (one goal and nine assists) and is averaging 21:20 of ice time per game. Scott Mayfield has played in all 35 Islander games this season. He’s second on the team in blocked shots with 64 and is averaging 20:00 of ice time per game. Zdeno Chara had an assist in the victory over Philadelphia on Tuesday which was his third assist this season and the 462nd of his 24-year NHL career. The sure-fire Hall of Famer is tied for second on the team in plus/minus at +5.
Ilya Sorkin has won seven of his last nine starts and has allowed 18 goals over that time. On the season he is 12-7-5 with a .926 save percentage and a 2.26 GAA. Semyon Varlamov has played in 12 games for New York this year. In his 14th season, he’s 3-7-1 with a .914 save percentage and a 2.65 GAA in 2021-22.
Los Angeles Kings Vs. New York Islanders Picks & Prediction
Los Angeles is scoring 2.8 goals per game, which is 22nd in the league. Defensively they’re allowing 2.7 goals per game, ranked seventh overall and allowing 28.9 shots per game, fifth overall. New York is scoring 2.4 goals per game, ranking them 29th in the NHL. On the defensive side, they’re allowing 2.6 goals per game which ranks fifth in the league.
The Kings, who have lost four of five (1-3-1) following a four-game winning streak. The Islanders are 8-2-1 in their last 11 games at UBS Arena after starting 0-5-2 in their new building. Both teams are desperate for points especially the Kings who currently are only one point behind Anaheim for second place in the Pacific Division. I’m going with Los Angeles to win this game and be over five goals combined in this contest.
