Kings at Bruins 2/9/19 - NHL Picks & Predictions

The Los Angeles Kings will look for their fourth straight win on Saturday when they visit TD Garden to play the Boston Bruins. The Kings defeated the Philadelphia Flyers on Thursday 3-2 for their third consecutive victory. Tyler Toffoli scored the deciding goal in a shootout giving the Kings the win on the road.

The Boston Bruins look to bounce back from defeat on Saturday. Boston lost to the New York Rangers 4-3 in their most recent outing on Wednesday night in a shootout. Boston scored all three goals in the second period off the sticks of Danton Heinen, David Pastrnak and Patrice Bergeron to take a 3-1 lead but gave up two goals in the third to the Rangers to send it to overtime. Anze Kopitar is the Kings leader in goals with 16, in assists with 24 and points with 40. Goalie Jonathan Quick is 11-13-3 with a goals against average of 2.92 and .904 save percentage. Los Angeles is 30th = in goals scored per game at 2.33 and 15th in goals against at 2.94.

David Pastrnak leads the Bruins in goals scored with 31 and in points with 65. Brad Marchand is the team leader in assists with 42. Tuukka Rask is 16-8-4 in net with a goals against average of 2.30 and save percentage of .924. Boston on the season is 20th in goals scored per game at 2.85 and 4th in goals against per game at 2.56.