Los Angeles Kings vs Ottawa Senators Prediction: Don’t expect a very productive game

Prediction for the NHL match which will take place on March 8. Who will turn out to be stronger? Check the team conditions! Several betting options are available.

Los Angeles started very successfully, which allowed to go for a long time in the group of league leaders, but the Kings could not stay at the set level. At the end of December, they had a slump, when they issued an 8-match losing streak. After that, the Californians began to cling to points more often, but they still have a decent number of misfires. In the last five meetings the team has beaten only Vancouver and New Jersey - 5:1 each, with losses to Edmonton - 2:4, Calgary - 2:4, and Vancouver in overtime - 1:2. For now, the Black and Whites remain in sixth place in the Western Conference standings, but the risk of dropping out of the top-8 still remains.

Ottawa has no global tournament intrigue in the current regular season. The Senators tried to win consistently only in the very beginning of the regular season, after which their results went sharply downward, and they still haven't been able to overcome a series of failures. All this time they have been floundering among the league's outsiders, with no real cup prospects. At the turn of February and March, they alternately lost to Washington - 3:6, Nashville - 1:4, Arizona - 3:5, as well as Philadelphia - 2:4, and then went on a tough tour of California. The Redblacks are still in penultimate place in the Eastern Conference standings.

Los Angeles recently can not boast consistently good results, because of which the tournament position of the Californians is gradually deteriorating. They risk falling outside the cup eight of the Western Conference, which is highly undesirable for them. For this reason, they must cope with the league outsiders. In the upcoming battle, the opponent will be of that status, as Ottawa is performing very poorly this season and has no tournament motivation, sitting in the basement of the Eastern Conference.

The confrontation between Los Angeles and Ottawa in recent times is not characterised by high goal activity. In nine previous head-to-head meetings, the rivals have scored only 44 pucks (4.89 average per game). In addition, it is important to note the very poor performance of the Senators, who have scored only 12 pucks in the last seven meetings (1.71 average per game).