Los Angeles Kings vs Tampa Bay Lightning 1/28/2023 Picks

Los Angeles Kings vs Tampa Bay Lightning 1/28/2023 Picks Predictions Previews

The Los Angeles Kings are heading to Florida at Amalie Arena in Tampa to face off with the Tampa Bay Lightning on Saturday night after a road match against the Florida Panthers on Friday.

Los Angeles is 27-17-6 with 60 points and placed third in the Pacific Division with just a point behind co-leaders Seattle and Vegas.

The Kings look for their third straight win after beating the Philadelphia Flyers 4-3 in their recent road match on Tuesday. Center Anze Kopitar scored two goals in leading the LA Kings in the victory.

LA’s Center Adrian Kempe led his team in goal-scoring with 19 while Kevin Fiala is the no.1 set-up man with 34 assists and also the top point-maker with 51 on the season.

Goaltender Phoenix Copley is 14-3-0 at the net with a record of 2.80 goals-against average and a .897 save percentage on the year.

The Kings’ offense marked an average of 3.18 goals per contest while their defense yielded an average of 3.38 goals per match.

While on a power play, LA scores 24.3% of the time and its penalty kill unit is successful 74.0% of the time.

The LA Kings’ right-wingmen Trevor Moore (upper body) and Arthur Kaliyev (lower body) will be sidelined in this match-up with injured reserve status.

Left-wingman Carl Grundstrom is also on injured reserve status due to a lower-body injury and Center Gabriel Vilardi will be out indefinitely due to an upper-body injury.

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Los Angeles Kings vs Tampa Bay Lightning Predictions 1/28/2023

The Tampa Bay Lightning will try to extend their winning streak to three when staying at home and hosting the Los Angeles Kings on Saturday night.

Tampa Bay is 31-15-1 overall with 63 points and placed third in the Atlantic Division, 17 points behind Boston in first place.

The Lightning electrocuted the no.1 team in the league, the Boston Bruins, in their recent encounter at home on Thursday night to a final score of 3-2.

Defenseman Victor Hedman hit the winning shot with his 3rd goal of the season in the 13:19 minute of the 3rd period of the match.

GK Andrei Vasilevskiy defended the net well for Tampa Bay after stopping 37 shots tried at him for a save percentage of .949 in the win.

The Lightning’s right-wingman Nikita Kucherov accumulated a team-high 71 points and Tampa Bay’s top setter with 51 assists while Center Brayden Point is the leading goal-scorer with 27 for the season.

Goalie Andrei Vasilevskiy is 22-12-1 at the goal with a .918 save percentage and a goals-against average of 2.54 for the Lightning.

Tampa Bay’s offense scored an average of 3.60 goals per match while their defense has given away 2.94 goals per contest.

On a power play, the Lightning scored 27.0% of the time while its penalty kill unit was successful 80.6% of the time.

The Tampa Bay Lightning reported only one skater on their injury list for the year. Tampa Bay’s left-wingman Rudolfs Balcers is on the injured reserve list after suffering from an upper-body injury since November 27, 2022.

Los Angeles Kings vs. Tampa Bay Lightning. The NHL Pick for this contest is Tampa Bay -217.

The Lightning gained much confidence and momentum after beating the league’s best team the Boston Bruins and also won each of their last 11 contests played at home.

While the LA Kings will still be playing their second back-to-back road match against the Florida Panthers, Los Angeles already lost five of its last seven against a rival from the Eastern Conference.

The prediction, Tampa Bay Lightning will win 4-1.

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