Canucks vs Kings Picks and Prediction – 4/7/2024

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The Vancouver Canucks continue a west coast road trip Saturday with a game in Los Angeles against the Kings. Vancouver has 47 wins on the year following a one goal victory over Arizona on Wednesday. The Canucks offense has carried the team this season averaging 3.42 goals on 28.3 shots. Defensively Vancouver has been just as strong allowing just 2.6 goals per game after giving up only one against Arizona. For other NHL news see our NHL Picks.

Arturs Silovs led the way for the Vancouver defense against Arizona posting a .952 save percentage for giving up just one goal on 21 shots and 60 minutes of game time. Quinn Hughes led the way for the Vancouver offense with one goal and one assist on four shots in nearly 25 minutes on the ice. Conor Garland added one goal as well, while three other Vancouver players chipped in with one assist each.

The Los Angeles Kings return home Saturday with forty wins on the year riding a 2 game win streak. Offensively Los Angeles has done the work averaging 3.08 goals on 32 shots per game and have posted 3.5 goals per game during their two game-winning streak. Defensively Los Angeles has been one of the better teams in the entire league allowing just 2.5 seven goals per game on just over 28 shots.

David Rittich did the work for Los Angeles last time out giving up just one goal on 16 shots to post a .938 save percentage in the game. Adrian Kempe and Akil Thomas provided the scoring punch for Los Angeles scoring one goal apiece.