The Seattle Kraken and Los Angeles Kings meet Monday in NHL action at the crypto.com Arena. The Seattle Kraken look for a win after splitting their last six games. The Los Angeles Kings look for a win after splitting their last 10 games.

The Seattle Kraken are averaging 2.6 goals per game and are scoring on 15.2 percent of their power play opportunities. Jared McCann leads Seattle with 23 goals, Yanni Gourde has 22 assists and Jordan Eberle has 130 shots on goal. Defensively, the Seattle Kraken are allowing 3.5 goals per game and are killing 74 percent of their opponent’s power plays. Philipp Grubauer has given up 143 goals on 1,283 shots faced, and Chris Driedger has allowed 53 goals on 465 shots.

The Los Angeles Kings are averaging 2.8 goals per game and are scoring on 16.3 percent of their power play opportunities. Adrian Kempe leads Los Angeles with 28 goals, Anze Kopitar has 40 assists and Viktor Arvidsson has 190 shots on goal. Defensively, the Los Angeles Kings are allowing 2.8 goals per game and are killing 75.1 percent of their opponent’s power plays. Jonathan Quick has given up 97 goals on 1,062 shots faced, and Cal Petersen has given up 77 goals on 789 shots.

The Kraken are 8-23 in their last 31 road games and 16-38 in their last 54 overall. The Kings are 20-8 in their last 28 games as a favorite and 8-3 in their last 11 games as a home favorite. The under is 1-0-3 in Kraken last 4 overall. The over is 3-0-1 in Kings last 4 overall.

The Seattle Kraken continue to have issues defensively, and they can’t win on the road, so it’s hard to side with them even with big plus money. The Los Angeles Kings have been dominant as of late in the favorite role, and their defensive effort is head and shoulders more reliable. Give me the Kings and the PL for max betting value.