LA Kings vs SJ Sharks Prediction: Who will turn out to be stronger?

Prediction for the NHL match which will take place on January 23. Who will turn out to be stronger? Check the team conditions! Several betting options are available.

The Kings had a very productive debut of the season, showing a bright game, which they managed to combine with excellent results. For a while, the Californians even was near the league leaders. They gave away an 8-match losing streak, after which they beat Carolina - 5:2, lost to Dallas and Nashville - 1:5 and 1:2, respectively, but the day before they beat the Rangers - 2:1. Such a disappointing stretch led to the fact that the Black and Whites are now only seventh in the Western Conference standings.

For San Jose, the current regular season is expectedly bad. In recent years, the Sharks have been a hopeless underdog in the league, and during the course of last season, the club's management noted that they were ready for a global personnel rebuild, and therefore all players were available for trade. At the turn of December and January, they gave a 12-match streak without scoring points, but in the last five games they still beat Montreal and San Jose - 3:2 and 5:3, respectively, but it did not help to leave the last place in the Western Conference standings.

Los Angeles and San Jose are approaching the face-off in bad shape. At the same time, it is important to note that the Californian teams have a completely different level of skill and ambition. While the Kings have stalled, they remain in the playoff zone, the Sharks are hopeless underdogs in the league, having lost 17 of their last 19 games. 

Both teams have a history of losing points, so now it's important for them to stop the losing streak. To do that, they will try to play extremely pragmatic and defensively, and they will leave the bright and attacking hockey until better times. In addition, in the last four head-to-head meetings, the Kings and Sharks have combined for only 19 goals (4.75 average per game).