Flames vs Kings Picks and Prediction – 4/12/2024

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The Calgary Flames continue a west coast road trip Thursday with a game in Los Angeles against the Los Angeles Kings. Calgary has already been eliminated from playoff contention and are just playing to play as of now. The Calgary offense has been mediocre all season averaging just 3.04 goals on 31.5 shots. Defensively Calgary has struggled immensely giving a 3.25 goals on just under 30 shots per game. For other NHL news see our NHL Picks.

Dustin Wolf did the work in the net for Calgary in their last outing posting a .909 save percentage for giving up just two goals on 22 shots in just under 62.5 minutes on the ice. Andrei Kuzmenko and Nazem Kadri led the way for the Calgary offense with one goal and one assist each.

The Los Angeles Kings return home Thursday with 41 wins on the year following the two goal loss against Anaheim that ended a three-game win streak. The Kings offense has done just enough this season averaging 3.09 goals on 32 shots. Defensively Los Angeles has been top tier however giving up just 2.58 goals and 28.2 shots despite giving up three goals in their last outing.

Cam Talbot was terrible in the net for Los Angeles giving up three goals on 27 shots to post a .889 save percentage in just over 57 minutes on the ice. Akil Thomas led the scoring for Los Angeles pumping in the lone goal of the game, while two other kings players chipped in with one assist each.