San Jose Sharks VS Los Angeles Kings ( BETTING TIPS, Match Preview & Expert Analysis )
PREVIEW & TIPS San Jose Sharks VS Los Angeles Kings
Sharks vs. Kings – that would have been a top game very often in recent years. Today, in tabular form, it’s just a fight for the lower positions in the West Division. After all, it’s a California derby and since the two teams hate each other, there should be a lot of fire in the game. At least for the Kings it’s also about the playoffs. Five points behind in one game less – there is still room for improvement. For the Sharks, this is much more difficult with nine points behind.
San Jose Sharks News
The Sharks bite too rarely this season. The 2: 1 against the Kings on Monday was an exception lately. They had all lost the four previous games and only scored eight goals.2.00 goals on average were even less than their already weak value over the season. 2.70 means rank 20 in the league and their power play value of 18.6% doesn’t exactly put opponents into shock.
In addition to the mediocre offense, the main problems of the Sharks lie further behind – with their defense. This allows an average of 3.40 goals per game, the fourth worst value in the entire league.The weaknesses that were already apparent in the previous year were not eliminated in the last off-season either. On the contrary: the number of goals you conceded rose again by 0.19 goals per game. A clear backward trend.
Los Angeles Kings News
The Kings are hard to catch this season. In the end, it is also the franchise that relies most heavily on its own talents and attaches great importance to club membership. In addition, there are always good draft decisions that sometimes surprise some experts.The result is a team that can even play for the playoff ranks and has no real weaknesses. In all important statistics, LA is among the top 18 teams in the league, and in penalty killing it even ranks 4th.
Similar to the upcoming opponent from San Jose, the top players in the Kings are the oldest. Your top 3 scorers Kopitar, Doughty and Brown are all well over 30, have been in the franchise for over twelve years and therefore also know how to win several Stanley Cups.It’s almost unbelievable in this day and age of trades and cuts, but of the 20 Kings players who have scored for LA this season, there are only three who have played on any team other than the Kings. The franchise is therefore the best example of how team spirit can arise.