Los Angeles Kings at Tampa Bay Lightning 1/28/23 - NHL Picks & Predictions

The Los Angeles Kings play the second half of a back-to-back on Saturday when visiting the Tampa Bay Lightning after playing on the road Friday versus the Florida Panthers. Los Angeles is 27-17-6 with 60 points and third in the Pacific Division, one point behind co-leaders Seattle and Vegas. The Kings defeated the Philadelphia Flyers 4-3 on Tuesday and have won each of the last two .

Adrian Kempe is the leading goal scorer for LA with 19, while Kevin Fiala is the leader in assists with 34 and in points with 51. In goal, Phoenix Copley is 14-3-0 with a goals against average of 2.80 and save percentage of .897. LA scores an average of 3.18 goals per game and allows an average of 3.38 goals per game. The LA power play scores 24.3% of the time and its penalty kill unit is successful 74.0% of the time.

Tampa Bay looks for its third consecutive victory on Saturday when hosting the Los Angeles Kings. Tampa Bay is 31-15-1 with 63 points and third in the Atlantic division, 17 points behind the first place Boston Bruins. Tampa Bay defeated the Bruins 3-2 on Thursday night for their 11th consecutive victory at home. Tampa Bay has won seven of its last nine.

Brayden Point is the leading goal scorer for Tampa Bay with 27, while Nikita Kucherov is the leader in assists with 51 and in points with 71. In goal, Andrei Vasilevsky is 22-12-1 with a goals against average of 2.54 and save percentage of .918. Tampa Bay scores an average of 3.60 goals per game and allows an average of 2.94 goals per game. Tampa Bay's power play scores 27.0% of the time and its penalty kill unit is successful 80.6% of the time.