Nashville Predators at Los Angeles Kings 1/6/22 - NHL Picks & Predictions

The Nashville Predators will be on the road Thursday night for an inter conference matchup with the Los Angeles Kings. Nashville is one of the top teams in the east this season with a 21-11-2 record overall riding  a two game win streak after a one goal victory against Vegas last game out. Filip Forsberg carried the Nashville offense against Vegas with two goals on four shots in just under 15.5 minutes on the ice. Yakov Trenin added one goal as well to complete the Nashville scoring. 

For the year Nashville is averaging just over 3 goals per game on 29.5 shots as a team. Roman Josi leads Nashville in scoring with 30 points and Mkael Granlund posts a team high 25 assists including eight on the power play. Filip Forsberg is the top goal scorer for Nashville with 17 on 74 shots. 

The Los Angeles Kings continue a homestand Thursday night 16-12-5 on the year riding a two game win streak after a 6-3 win against Philadelphia. Viktor Arvidsson had his best game of the season for Los Angeles with two goals and two assists in just over 16 minutes on the ice, while Phillip Danault added one goal and two assists as well. Trevor Moore chipped in one goal and three assists and Adrian Kempe added one goal as well.

This season Los Angeles has used a 3 goalie set combining to post a .917 save percentage after stopping 921 of 1006 shots against. Jonathan Quick leads the way for the Los Angeles goalies with ten wins in 21 games with a .923 save percentage allowing 2.37 goals per game.