The Los Angeles Kings and Detroit Red Wings meet Monday in NHL action at the Little Caesars Arena. The Los Angeles Kings look to rebound from a 1-2 start. The Detroit Red Wings look to build on their 2-0 record.
The Los Angeles Kings are averaging 3.67 goals per game and are scoring on 21.4 percent of their power play opportunities. Adrian Kempe leads Los Angeles with 3 goals, Anze Kopitar has 4 assists and Trevor Moore has 11 shots on goal. Defensively, the Los Angeles Kings are allowing 4.67 goals per game and are killing 70.6 percent of their opponent’s power plays. Jonathan Quick has given up 7 goals on 72 shots faced, and Cal Petersen has allowed 6 goals on 35 shots.
The Detroit Red Wings are averaging 4 goals per game and are scoring on 0 percent of their power play opportunities. Michael Rasmussen leads Detroit with 1 goal, Dylan Larkin has 3 assists and Moritz Seider has 9 shots on goal. Defensively, the Detroit Red Wings are allowing 1 goal per game and are killing 100 percent of their opponent’s power plays. Ville Husso has given up 0 goals on 29 shots faced, and Alex Nedeljkovic has allowed 2 goals on 39 shots.
The Kings are 2-5 in their last 7 games playing on 1 days rest and 1-4 in their last 5 overall. The Red Wings are 1-4 in their last 5 home games and 67-140 in their last 207 overall. The under is 4-1 in Kings last 5 games playing on 1 days rest. The over is 22-8-1 in Red Wings last 31 home games. The Kings are 9-26-1 in the last 36 meetings in Detroit and 4-0 in the last 4 meetings. The favorite is 32-11 in the last 43 meetings. The home team is 16-6 in the last 22 meetings.
The Los Angeles Kings are probably the better team on paper, but there’s not a massive difference between the clubs, and they haven’t done much especially defensively through 3 games to deserve to be favored on the road. The Detroit Red Wings are on fire at both ends of the ice through 2 games, and the crowd is out in full force to provide that spark. The Los Angeles Kings don’t have a favorable history playing in Detroit over the years, and the home team overall has dominated this series. Give me the Red Wings and the plus money.