Kings at Blues 11/19/18 - NHL Picks & Predictions

On Monday, the Los Angeles Kings look to bounce back from defeat when they visit the St. Louis Blues. The Kings were beaten by Nashville 5-3 on Saturday. Anze Kopitar scored one goal and assisted on another for Los Angeles while Alex Iafallo and Nate Thompson also scored goals in the loss. The Kings have now lost four of the last five.

St. Louis was defeated 4-0 by the San Jose Sharks on Saturday. The Blues had won on Friday 4-1 on the road against Vegas but could not build any momentum off that victory in their game with the Sharks. St. Louis dropped to 7-8-3 on the season and into last place in the Central. Ilya Kovalchuk leads the Kings in goals scored with five in assists with 9 and points with 14. Goalie Jack Campbell 5-7-0 with a goals against average of 2.33 and .923 save percentage. Los Angeles is 31st in goals scored per game at 2.20, 23rd in goals against at 3.21, 29th in power play percentage at 13.3, and 22nd in penalty kill percentage at 76.5.

Ryan O’Reilly leads the Blues in goals scored with 10, in assists with 13 and points scored with 23. Goalie Jake Allen is 5-4-3 with a goals against average of 3.51 and save percentage of .890. St. Louis is 14th in goals scored per game at 3.11, 19th in goals against at 3.17, 9th in power play percentage at 25.0 and 14th in penalty kill percentage at 81.1.