Los Angeles Kings Vs. Vegas Golden Knights Odds, Picks, and Predictions (2/18/22)

By Scott Steinberg | Feb 18, 2022, 6:30am

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Playing in their first game in nearly two weeks, the Los Angeles Kings lost to the Edmonton Oilers, 5-2 on Tuesday evening. Phillip Danault and Arthur Kaliyev scored for Los Angeles and Cal Petersen made 24 saves in the losing effort. The loss to the Oilers snapped the Kings six-game point scoring streak. Los Angeles is 24-17-7 with 55 points, third in the Pacific Division. The Golden Knights lost to the Colorado Avalanche on Wednesday night, 2-0, spoiling the debut of former Buffalo Sabres captain, Jack Eichel. Laurent Brossoit made 23 saves in the loss. The Golden Knights are 28-18-3 with 59 points, second in the Pacific Division.

Los Angeles Kings Vs. Vegas Golden Knights Betting Odds

Over is 4-0 in the Kings last four games overall. Los Angeles is 4-0 in their last four games playing on two days’ rest. The Kings are 6-0 in their last six games following a home loss of three or more goals; they lost on Tuesday to Edmonton by three goals. The road team is 4-1 in the last five meetings between Los Angeles and Vegas. The Golden Knights are 1-5 in their last six games vs. Western Conference opponents. Under is 4-0-1 in Vegas’s last five games playing on one days’ rest. Over is 9-1 in the Golden Knights last 10 games when their opponent allows five goals or more in their previous game. Vegas is +700, to win the 2021-22 Stanley Cup.

Los Angeles Kings Odds

Captain Anze Kopitar is the Kings leading scorer with 42 points (14 goals and 28 assists). 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 and averaging 21:01 of ice time per game this season. Viktor Arvidsson is second on the team in scoring with 30 points (13 goals and 17 assists). In his first year with the Kings, he has seven points on the power play (four goals and three assists). Adrian Kempe leads the team in goals with 19 in 45 games and is tied for third on the team in scoring with 28 points. Kempe leads the club in game winning goals with five. Alex Iafallo is tied for third on the Kings in scoring with 28 points (14 goals and 14 assists). He’s a +5 with five points on the power play this season (two goals and three assists). He’s averaging 18:47 of ice time per game and has scored two game winning goals this campaign. Phillip Danault is tied for the team lead in plus/minus with Trevor Moore at +14. In 46 games this season, he has 26 points (13 goals and 13 assists) and has won 54.4% of his face-offs.

Drew Doughty is the fifth player in Kings history to appear in 1,000 games for the franchise. The four-time All-Star leads the Los Angeles defensive group in points with 25 (five goals and 20 assists). The two-time Stanley Cup winner is a +7 and averaging 25:41 of ice time per game this season. The 2015-16 Norris Trophy winner has nine points on the power play in 2021-22 (three goals and six assists). Two-time Stanley Cup winner, Olli Maata has played in 31 games and has blocked 52 shots this year. Matt Roy has played in 46 games, registering 13 assists this year. He’s tied for second on the club in plus/minus at +10 while averaging 21:05 of ice time per game. Roy leads the Kings in blocked shots with 70 and is third on the club in hits with 81. In 45 games, Michael Anderson leads the team in hits with 101. He’s tied for second on the team in plus/minus at +10 while averaging 19:56 of ice time per game. Anderson is currently out indefinitely due to an upper body injury.

Jonathan Quick, a two-time Stanley Cup winner, has started 28 games this season for Los Angeles. In 2021-22, he’s 12-10-6 with a .912 save percentage and a 2.60 GAA. Additionally, Quick has two shutouts on the year. Cal Petersen has started 19 games for the Kings in 2021-22. On the season he’s 11-7-1 with a .900 save percentage and a 2.69 GAA this campaign.

Vegas Golden Knights Odds

Superstar center, Jack Eichel acquired in November from Buffalo made his season and Vegas debut on Wednesday against the Avalanche. He became the first player in NHL history to play after having artificial disc replacement surgery on his neck. Eichel played on the first line with Max Pacioretty and Evegenii Dadanov (21 points this season), registering one shot on goal, one hit and 17:24 of playing time. Eichel has 355 points in 376 career games.

Chandler Stephenson is leading the Golden Knights in points with 38 (12 goals and 26 assists), besting his career high of 35 set last season. He’s a +1 with seven points on the power play (one goal and six assists) on the year. Stephenson has two game winning goals this season. Jonathan Marchessault leads the team in goals with 20 and is second on the team in scoring with 33 points in 44 games. He has 11 points on the power play (five goals and six assists) and is tied with Max Pacioretty in game winning goals with three. Pacioretty has 23 points in 22 games (12 goals and 11 assists). On the year he’s a +5 with seven points on the power play (three goals and four assists). Captain Mark Stone is out indefinitely due to a back injury. On the season he has 28 points in 28 games (eight goals and 20 assists). He’s a +8 with two game winning goals on the year.

Shea Theodore leads the Vegas defensive group in points with 32 (eight goals and 24 assists). He’s a +3 and blocked 49 shots while averaging 23:16 of ice time per game. Alex Pietrangelo who is +4000 to win the Norris Trophy is a +1 and averaging 25:31 of ice time per game. Playing his second season with the Golden Knights, he has 27 points (seven goals and 20 assists), while being second on the team in blocked shots with 108. Brayden McNabb has been a force in the defense end for Vegas this season. He leads the club with 125 blocked shots and is second on the club in hits with 103 (Keegan Kolesar leads the team with 129 hits).

Goalie Robin Lehner, who took over for Marc-Andre Fleury, who was traded to the Chicago Blackhawks in the off-season has won over 140 games in his career. He’s started 34 games and is 19-13-1 with a .907 save percentage and 2.86 GAA. Lehner is battling an upper body injury and is questionable for Friday’s games against the Kings. Laurent Brossoit has started 14 games in 2021-22 with a 9-4-2 with a .906 save percentage and a 2.62 GAA.

Los Angeles Kings Vs. Vegas Golden Knights Picks & Prediction

Los Angeles is scoring 2.8 goals per game, 22^nd in the league and taking 35.6 shots per game, third overall. Defensively the Kings are allowing 2.8 goals per game, ranked 12^th overall in the league. Vegas is scoring 3.2 goals per game, ranking them 15^th in the NHL and attempting 33.5 shots per game, eighth overall. On the defensive side, the Golden Knights are allowing 2.9 goals per game which ranks 19^th in the NHL and yielding 29.9 shots a game, eighth overall. I’m going with Vegas to win this game at home and under 5.5 combined goals scored in this contest.

Scott Steinberg

Scott has been a sports fan since he received a New York Mets jacket as a toddler. He’s been playing fantasy baseball and football for over 20 years, dating back to Frank Thomas being one of his first fantasy baseball picks. As a professional, he has covered the NFL, MLB, NCAAF, and NCAAB and is looked to as the go-to guy for fantasy sports amongst family, friends, and co-workers.