Los Angeles Kings vs San Jose Sharks NHL Betting Prediction

NHL Angeles Kings vs San Jose Sharks Prediction 10/29/2024

The Los Angeles Kings (5-2-2) travel to face off against the San Jose Sharks (1-7-2) on Tuesday, October 29th. This game will be played at SAP Center in San Jose and televised on ESPN. Both team’s come into this one having won their previous games. Puck drop is set for 10:00 ET.

Kings vs Sharks

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The Los Angeles Kings Are Coming Off A Win

With a 3-2 win over the Utah Hockey Club, the Kings improved to 5-2-2 this season. Los Angeles, favored by -1.5 goals, didn’t cover the puck line. The total was set at 6 goals, but the combined 5 goals fell short of that mark.

Brandt Clarke got the Kings on the board at 12:09 in the second period. Los Angeles extended their lead to 3-1 before Utah narrowed the gap in the third period.

The San Jose Sharks Are Coming Off A Win

The Sharks finally secured their first win of the season, defeating the Utah Hockey Club 5-4 in overtime. San Jose trailed 4-1 before mounting a comeback, improving their record to 1-7-2.

As underdogs, the Sharks covered the puck line. The total for the game was set at 6 goals, but the teams combined for 9.

Los Angeles Offense Breakdown

After a scoreless first period, Brandt Clarke opened the scoring for the Kings with his first goal of the season, a power-play effort. Joel Edmundson followed with his first goal of the season and added another in the third period, bringing his total to two goals for the game.

Adrian Kempe contributed with two assists, giving him five for the season. Clarke, who scored earlier, also picked up his sixth assist on Edmundson’s second goal. The Kings took 23 shots on goal and registered 14 giveaways.

Sharks Offense Breakdown

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San Jose fired 45 shots on goal in their game against Utah, with Fabian Zetterlund scoring twice, bringing his season total to 5 goals. Mikael Granlund added his 6th goal of the season and picked up two assists, giving him 8 assists overall.

After a scoreless first period, Zetterlund put the Sharks on the board with his 4th goal of the season. Tyler Toffoli, now with 5 goals this season, scored late in the third period. Alexander Wennberg netted his first goal of the season in overtime, which came on a power play.

Los Angeles Team Defense

Defensively, the Kings will look to tighten things up after allowing a late goal in the 3rd period of their last game, which made it 3-2 with 10:13 remaining. They also gave up a goal late in the 2nd period. Darcy Kuemper made 24 saves with a 92.3% save percentage, and the defense recorded 3 takeaways and 26 hits.

San Jose Team Defense

San Jose’s defense struggled early, giving up the first two goals of the game and two more late in the second period, but they locked things down in the third, not allowing a goal after that point. Mackenzie Blackwood made 19 saves with a save percentage of 82.6%, and the Sharks’ defense added 6 takeaways and 29 hits.

Kings vs Sharks Trends

  • The Kings are 2-1 puck line in their three last road games and 2-1 straight-up.
  • When looking at their past five home matchups, San Jose has an puck line record of 2-3 while averaging 1 per game. The team went 0-5 overall in these games.
  • Through their last three games as the betting underdog, the Sharks have a strong record vs the puck line going 2-1. Their straight up mark in these contests is 1-2.
  • In their last three contests as the favorite, Los Angeles has a poor record vs the puck line going 1-2. But, they still put together a straight up mark of 3-0.

Kings vs Sharks Prediction

When it comes to a moneyline wager, I’m going with the Sharks to defeat the Kings while playing at home. Given the current moneyline odds at +216, I’m placing a wager on the Sharks to win outright.

Our projections have the Sharks pulling out a win as the underdog. But if you’re not as bullish as we are on the Sharks, we’d recommend at least getting a bet down on them to cover the puck line.

When considering the over/under line, which is currently at 6 goals, we believe that this game will go over that threshold, and we recommend wagering on the over.


All odds are courtesy of Action247 Sportsbook. Good luck!!


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