Los Angeles Kings vs. Calgary Flames Prediction, Preview, and Odds

The Los Angeles Kings (43-20-96, 2nd Pacific) continue their quest for first place in the Pacific Division when visiting the Calgary Flames (33-26-15, 5th Pacific) on Tuesday. Los Angeles defeated the St Louis Blues 7-6 on Sunday and have earned a point in 12 consecutive games which is a franchise record. Los Angeles is second in the Pacific Division just two points behind front-running Vegas. Calgary defeated the San Jose Sharks 5-3 on Saturday to keep alive their playoff hopes. The Flames trail the second and final wild card spot by four points with eight games remaining in the regular season.  Los Angeles does not have any players on its injury list. Calgary will play without Oliver Kylington and Michael Stone, while Chris Tanev is questionable.

Los Angeles scores more than enough but gives up too many

The Los Angeles Kings are scoring an average of 3.45 goals per game which is 8th best in the NHL but are allowing too much at 3.19 goals per game which is 17th. Los Angeles averages 32.6 shots per game which is 10th best in the NHL and is allowing an average of only 27.9 shots per game which is fourth best. The Kings’ power play is fifth best, scoring 24.6% of the time the Kings have the main advantage, while the penalty kill unit is 22nd, holding opponents scoreless 76.0% of the time Los Angeles is shorthanded.

The Los Angeles attack is led by Adrian Kempe with a team-best 36 goals, while Anze Kopitar is second with 26 goals. Los Angeles has four players with 22 or more goals. The leader in assists is Kevin Fiala with 48 and the left winger is also the leader in points with 70, Kopitar is second in points with 66 and Kempe is third with 58. Los Angeles has alternated between goalies this season. Phoenix Copley is 23-4-3 with a 2.72 goals against average and .899 save percentage, while veteran Jonathan Quick is 11-13-4 with a 3.50 goals against average and .876 save percentage. Copley has one shutout and Quick has two shutouts.

Calgary playing well at its own end of the ice

The Calgary Flames are allowing an average of 3.08 goals per game which is 15th in the NHL, while scoring an average of 3.14 goals per game which is 19th. Calgary is giving up an average of 27.3 shots per game which is second fewest in the NHL, while the Flames are averaging 35.6 shots per game which is second most in the league. The penalty kill unit for Calgary is 10th best holding opponents scoreless 81.7% of the time the Flames are short-handed. The power play for Calgary scores 20.4% of the time the Flames have the man advantage which is 19th.

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Tyler Toffoli is leading Calgary in both goals scored and points with 31 and 67 respectively. Nazem Kadri is second in goals scored with 23, while Elias Lindholm has the third most goals with 21 and is the leader in assists with 41. Lindholm is second in points with 62. Calgary has scored 46 goals on the power play in 74 games. Calgary's Jacob Markstrom is 20-20-10 with a 2.98 goals against average, .890 save percentage and one shutout. Markstrom has appeared in 52 of Calgary's 72 games this season.

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The Los Angeles Kings are on a run, posting a point in 12 consecutive games which set a new franchise record and have moved to within just two points of first place Vegas in the Pacific Division. Los Angeles is slightly below average at its own end of the ice allowing 3.19 goals per game but is well above average on attack, scoring an average of 3.45 goals per game. Los Angeles has won five of its last six overall and the Kings have won 15 of the last 20 when playing against an opponent from the Western Conference and even more specifically, LA has won nine of its last 10 against a team from the Pacific Division. Calgary has two defensemen out and a third who is questionable and that will put pressure on the thin blue for the Flames.

Prediction: Los Angeles Kings +110

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The total has finished over in nine of the last 11 games that Los Angeles has played on the road and the Kings are coming off a game on Sunday at home in which a total of 13 goals was scored when defeating the St Louis Blues. The total has finished over in five of Calgary's last seven games. As mentioned previously, Los Angeles scores an average of 3.45 goals per game and allows an average of 3.19 goals per game, while Calgary scores an average of 3.14 goals per game and allows an average of 3.08 goals per game

Prediction: OVER

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