Kings at Coyotes 3/9/19 - NHL Picks & Predictions

On Saturday the Los Angeles Kings look to bounce back from a loss when they visit the desert southwest to play the Arizona Coyotes. The Kings lost their last outing 4-0 to the St. Louis Blues. Los Angeles is dead last in the Pacific division at 24-35-8 with 56 points. The Kings have lost two straight and 12 of the last 13.

Arizona is coming off a 2-0 win on Thursday over the Calgary Flames. Darcy Kuemper stopped all 30 shots he faced in net for Arizona to earn the shutout, while Clayton Keller and Jakob Chychrun provided all the offense the Coyotes needed with a goal apiece. Arizona is fourth in the Pacific at 33-29-5 and 71 points Anze Kopitar is the Kings leader in goals with 19 and points with 48. Drew Doughty leads the Kings in assists with 31. Goalie Jonathan Quick is 12-19-6 with a goals against average of 3.32 and .891 save percentage. Los Angeles is 30th in goals scored per game at 2.34 and 21st in goals against at 3.15.

Brad Richardson leads the Coyotes in goals scored with 16. Clayton Keller is the leader in assists with 29 and points with 42. In goal, Darcy Kuemper is 21-15-5 with a goals against average of 2.49 and save percentage of .920. On the season, Arizona is 28th in goals per game at 2.61 and 9th in goals against at 2.76.