Detroit vs Los Angeles Prediction: the Kings Look Terrible

Prediction for the NHL match between Detroit vs Los Angeles, which will take place on January 14th. Who will turn out to be stronger? Check the team conditions! Several betting options are available.

Detroit is planning to climb into the playoffs. The team is only two points short of eighth Tampa, which is not hard to win back. Currently, the Red Wings are 11th in the Eastern Conference with 43 points. They have also performed well in their last three games. First, they defeated Los Angeles away (4-3 in a shootout), then outplayed Anaheim (4-3), but lastly lost to Edmonton in overtime (2-3).

Los Angeles has lost some momentum. They failed the last seven games - three times cleanly and four after OT and shootouts. Of course, such stats influenced their tournament placement. Thus, the Kings dropped from the leading position to sixth, ahead of ninth Seattle by only four points. In the last meeting, the Kings lost to Florida in OT (2-3).

Analysts expect the visitors' success, but we would not jump to conclusions. Los Angeles isn't playing confidently, so we'll bet on performance. On average, Detroit scores 6.7 goals per game, while LA - 5.6. Also, the opponents had no problem scoring six or more goals in the four most recent H2H meetings.