Los Angeles Kings vs. St. Louis Blues
Free NHL Pick: Los Angeles Kings -110 (March 25th 2010 – Rocky Atkinson)
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Los Angeles is 21-7 this year when playing against a team with a losing record. St Louis is 6-19 this year at home when the total is 5 1/2. St Louis is only 11-23 SU at home this year. Kings are 6-0 in their last 6 in the fourth game of a 4-in-6 situation. Kings are 4-0 in their last 4 games playing on 0 days rest. Kings are 11-1 in their last 12 in the third game of a 3-in-4 situation. Kings are 6-1 in their last 7 road games vs. a team with a home winning % of less than .400. Kings are 5-1 in their last 6 games as a road favorite. Kings are 4-1 in their last 5 games as a favorite of -110 to -150. Kings are 20-6 in their last 26 vs. a team with a losing record. Kings are 12-4 in their last 16 games as a favorite. Kings are 9-4 in their last 13 road games. Blues are 7-15 in their last 22 home games. Blues are 23-50 in their last 73 home games vs. a team with a winning road record. Blues are 2-5 in their last 7 after scoring 2 goals or less in their previous game. Blues are 4-11 in their last 15 games playing on 0 days rest. Blues are 2-6 in their last 8 games as a home underdog. Blues are 1-4 in their last 5 games as a home favorite. Blues are 0-4 in their last 4 vs. Western Conference. We’ll recommend a small play on Los Angeles tonight! Thanks and good luck, Rocky
Columbus Blue Jackets vs. Los Angeles Kings
Free NHL Pick: Los Angeles (March 8th 2010 – Nick Parsons)
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The Kings are hoping to make it to the “promised land” (Playoffs) this season, but have dropped two in a row; for a number of different reasons I believe LA on the “puck line” is the prudent wager in this circumstance: Columbus (25-19-11) has lost two of its last three visits to visits to LA and is 0-2-2 since winning three in a row; the Blue Jackets lost 6-2 in the last matchup on Oct 25th. Columbus is coming off a disheartening 2-1 loss to the Sharks on Saturday, which was the beginning of a tough three-game California road-swing. Keep in mind that Columbus is just 1-4 its last five overall and a disturbing 4-19 its last 23 on the road. On the other side of the ice: Los Angeles’ Jonathan Quick made 21 saves Saturday but lost for the second straight start. He has beaten Columbus two straight times and is 2-1-0 with a 2.00 goals-against average versus the Blue Jackets this season. Los Angeles remains on a long-term 11-4 overall run; 5-2 at in front of the home town faithful.
Bottom line: The Kings have no mercy on “lesser opponents” as evident by their 18-7 (+6.2 units) mark against teams with a “losing record”. LA is also 12-6 (+3.7 units) after allowing 4 goals or more in its previous contest (lost 4-2 to the Habs on Sat.); which means of course that after a “sub-par” performance, this team responds with a much more concerted effort on both ends of the ice. I believe this is a very bad spot for Columbus as it catches a hungry home team in the middle game of a challenging road trip; lay the 1 1/2 here.
