NHL Betting Preview: Red Wings vs Kings

The Detroit Red Wings clash with the Los Angeles Kings in this NHL matchup at Crypto.com Arena, with face-off scheduled for 22:30 on Thursday, October 30. Our betting preview features expert predictions, betting tips, the latest odds, H2H stats, player stats, team news and the starting lineups.

Goals the Play in Red Wings at Kings

The Red Wings and the Kings are set to combine for a solid total and Over 5.5 looks well worth taking. This prediction can be backed at a tasty -132.

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7 Wins in Last 10 H2H Clashes for Kings

Detroit Red Wings have won back-to-back games. A 5-2 triumph recently occurred on the road at Enterprise Center when playing St Louis Blues. Dylan Larkin bagged two goals, while Ben Chiarot, Alex DeBrincat and Elmer Soederblom scored once.

Los Angeles Kings have suffered three home defeats on the bounce. Their last game was a 4-3 road victory at SAP Center against San Jose Sharks. Drew Doughty was among the goalscorers where four different players found the net. Goalie Darcy Kuemper made a total of 37 saves (.925).

Head-to-Head Statistics

The Red Wings won the most recent encounter between these teams. A 5-2 victory was registered against the Kings at Little Caesars Arena. In the past 10 H2H meetings, the Kings have won seven.

Starting Goalies

Cam Talbot (Confirmed)

Season	W-L-OTL:	GAA:	SV%:	SO:
24/25	3-1-0	3	.890	0
23/24	27-20-4	2.5	.913	3

Darcy Kuemper (Expected)

Season	W-L-OTL:	GAA:	SV%:	SO:
24/25	3-2-2	2.8	.895	0
23/24	13-14-3	3.31	.890	1

Detroit Red Wings – Last 10 Games

7 wins and 3 losses, averaging 3.5 goals from 27.5 shots on goal, with a 19.4% powerplay efficiency. The Red Wings have been giving up 3.1 goals from 26.3 shots, averaging 3.2 penalties with a penalty-killing efficiency of 87.5%.

Dylan Larkin is the top points scorer with 16 points, 8 goals and 8 assists, with Alex DeBrincat recording 10 points, 2 goals and 8 assists, over the last 10 games. Goalie John Gibson have a 3.20 goal against average with a .876 save percentage.

Los Angeles Kings – Last 10 Games

The Kings have 5 wins, 2 losses and 3 overtime losses, averaging 3.1 goals from 28.1 shots on goal, with a 17.2% powerplay efficiency. They have been conceding 3.0 goals from 29.1 shots, averaging 4.2 penalties per game with a penalty-killing efficiency of 76.2%.

The top points scorer is Adrian Kempe with 13 points, 5 goals and 8 assists, while Quinton Byfield is next in line after registering 8 points, 2 goals and 6 assists. Goalie Darcy Kuemper have a 2.60 GAA with a .904 SV%.

Detroit Red Wings vs Los Angeles Kings Prediction & Picks

We dive into the top Detroit Red Wings vs Los Angeles Kings betting angles, including our main match prediction, best correct score play and a bet builder tailored for value.

Game Prediction

The two teams should combine to go over the total goals line in this NHL clash. Our pick is available at -132 which looks an attractive price.

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Key Red Wings vs Kings stats:

The 5.5 line has been covered in the last 5 Red Wings games.
The 5.5 line has been covered in 7 of the last 10 Red Wings games.
The 5.5 line has been covered in 13 of the last 20 Red Wings games on the road.
The 5.5 line has been covered in 7 of the last 10 Kings games at home.
The 5.5 line has been covered in 13 of the last 20 Kings games.
The 5.5 line has been covered in the last 2 Kings games at home.

Over 5.5 Probability

The best betting sites are estimating that there is a 56.8% likelihood of this pick winning. However, our cappers have this figure between 60-65% based on their in-depth research. This is why we can recommend this hockey wager.

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Correct Score Prediction

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Detroit Red Wings vs Los Angeles Kings Odds

The odds and lines are updated on a frequent basis. You might therefore find that they are different to the ones listed for the above betting predictions.

Kings Have the Shortest Odds to Win

The sportsbooks’ betting odds have Los Angeles Kings as -149 favorites for this game, implying that they are 60% likely to win. If you’re looking for an alternative angle, Detroit Red Wings are trading at +125.

The puck line is 1.5 and total goals is 5.5. Having a bet on Totals is one of the most popular hockey wagers. There’s an opportunity to bet Over 5.5 at -132.

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Moneyline

3-Way Moneyline

Puck Line

Total Goals

Best Betting Offers

Last 5 & H2H

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Last 5 Games

Red Wings

NHL: 29/10 Red Wings5 Blues 2
NHL: 26/10 Blues4 Red Wings 6
NHL: 24/10 Red Wings2 Islanders 7
NHL: 23/10 Red Wings2 Sabres 4
NHL: 19/10 Oilers2 Red Wings 4

Kings

NHL: 29/10 Kings4 Sharks 3
NHL: 27/10 Kings3 Blackhawks 1
NHL: 26/10 Kings4 Predators 5
NHL: 24/10 Kings3 Stars 2
NHL: 22/10 Kings2 Blues 1

Head to Head

Detroit vs LA Kings

NHL: 28/01 2025 Kings 2 Red Wings 5
NHL: 17/11 2024 Red Wings 1 Kings 4
NHL: 14/01 2024 Kings 3 Red Wings 5
NHL: 05/01 2024 Red Wings 4 Kings 3
NHL: 13/11 2022 Red Wings 3 Kings 4
NHL: 18/10 2022 Kings 5 Red Wings 4
NHL: 03/02 2022 Kings 5 Red Wings 3
NHL: 09/01 2022 Red Wings 0 Kings 4
NHL: 16/12 2019 Kings 4 Red Wings 2
NHL: 15/11 2019 Red Wings 2 Kings 3

Team Stats

Latest regular season and playoff games stats.

Detroit Red Wings Stats

Los Angeles Kings Stats

Moneyline

7 wins and 3 defeats in the last 10 games
4 wins and 6 defeats in the last 10 games on the road

Moneyline

5 wins and 5 defeats in the last 10 games
4 wins and 6 defeats in the last 10 home games

Puck Line

+1.5 Betting Line: Have covered the +1.5 puck line in 7 of the last 10 games
+1.5 Betting Line on the Road: Have covered the +1.5 puck line in 6 of the last 10 games on the road

Puck Line

-1.5 Betting Line: Have covered the -1.5 puck line in 1 of the last 10 games
-1.5 Betting Line at Home: Have covered the -1.5 puck line in 2 of the last 10 home games

Total Goals

Game Totals: An average of 6.60 goals in the previous 10 games
Game Totals on the Road: An average of 6.10 goals in the previous 10 games on the road
Over 5.5: Covered in 7 of the previous 10 games
Over 5.5 on the Road: Covered in 6 of the previous 10 games on the road
Team Totals: Have scored an average of 3.50 goals and allowed 3.10 goals in the last 10 games
Team Totals on the Road: Have scored an average of 2.70 pts and allowed 3.40 goals in the last 10 games on the road

Total Goals

Game Totals: An average of 6.40 goals in the previous 10 games
Game Totals at Home: An average of 6.60 goals in the previous 10 home games
Over 5.5: Covered in 6 of the previous 10 games
Over 5.5 at Home: Covered in 7 of the previous 10 home games
Team Totals: Have scored an average of 3.20 goals and allowed 3.20 goals in the last 10 games
Team Totals at Home: Have scored an average of 3.20 goals and allowed 3.40 goals in the last 10 home games

Team Stats - Avg/Game

Last 10 Games

Goals Powerplay: 0.7
Shots: 27.5
Goals Shorthanded: 0
Penalties: 3.2
Empty Net Goals: 0.7
Penalty Minutes: 7.5
Blocks: 16.1
Faceoff Wins : 28.8
Hits: 21.6
Giveaways: 16
Takeaways: 4.2

Last 10 Games on the Road

Goals Powerplay: 0.4
Shots: 26.7
Goals Shorthanded: 0
Penalties: 2.8
Empty Net Goals: 0.2
Penalty Minutes: 6.7
Blocks: 16.2
Faceoff Wins : 27
Hits: 19.9
Giveaways: 13.4
Takeaways: 4.3

Team Stats - Avg/Game

Last 10 Games

Goals Powerplay: 0.5
Shots: 28.1
Goals Shorthanded: 0.2
Penalties: 4.2
Empty Net Goals: 0.1
Penalty Minutes: 9.3
Blocks: 15.1
Faceoff Wins : 29.4
Hits: 20.2
Giveaways: 19.3
Takeaways: 4.8

Last 10 Home Games

Goals Powerplay: 1.3
Shots: 29
Goals Shorthanded: 0
Penalties: 3.1
Empty Net Goals: 0
Penalty Minutes: 6.5
Blocks: 13.5
Faceoff Wins : 30.5
Hits: 27.3
Giveaways: 15.8
Takeaways: 4.1

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Detroit Red Wings Player Stats & Roster

#	Player	GP	MIN	G	A	P	+/-
71	Dylan Larkin	10	20.11	8	8	16	9
93	Alex DeBrincat	10	17.51	2	8	10	0
58	Emmitt Finnie	10	16.08	4	4	8	7

23	Lucas Raymond	8	16.95	2	6	8	5
37	J.T. Compher	10	16.57	2	3	5	1
22	Mason Appleton	10	14.64	3	2	5	1
88	Patrick Kane	5	17.24	2	3	5	-2
48	Jonatan Berggren	6	12.38	2	2	4	-2
18	Andrew Copp	10	14.94	1	3	4	-3
77	Simon Edvinsson	10	20.95	3	1	4	-1
53	Moritz Seider	10	24.98	0	3	3	5
8	Ben Chiarot	10	21.17	1	2	3	1
27	Michael Rasmussen	9	11.89	1	2	3	-3
20	Albert Johansson	10	15.24	0	2	2	1
	Axel Sandin Pellikka	10	19.1	1	1	2	-8
21	James van Riemsdyk	7	11.74	1	1	2	1
85	Elmer Soederblom	5	10.14	1	0	1	-3
92	Marco Kasper	10	15.9	1	0	1	-3
24	Jacob Bernard-Docker	8	12.63	0	1	1	3
28	Michael Brandsegg-Nygaard	9	12.46	0	1	1	-5
23	Travis Hamonic	3	13.2	0	1	1	0

#	Goalies	GP	GAA	SV%
39	Cam Talbot	5	2.98	0.89
36	John Gibson	6	3.2	0.876

Los Angeles Kings Player Stats & Roster

#	Player	GP	MIN	G	A	P	+/-
9	Adrian Kempe	11	19.35	5	9	14	3
22	Kevin Fiala	11	17.7	5	3	8	-4
55	Quinton Byfield	11	19.67	2	6	8	-3

55	Brandt Clarke	11	16.47	2	5	7	7
40	Joel Armia	11	14.24	2	4	6	2
96	Andrei Kuzmenko	11	15.92	2	4	6	3
6	Joel Edmundson	11	17.36	0	5	5	6
	Corey Perry	5	13.7	3	2	5	4
8	Drew Doughty	11	23.53	1	3	4	2
12	Trevor Moore	11	15.94	3	1	4	0
11	Anze Kopitar	7	18.84	0	4	4	4
14	Alex Laferriere	11	15.38	2	2	4	-4
24	Phillip Danault	11	16.97	0	3	3	3
15	Alex Turcotte	11	9.02	0	3	3	0
39	Jeff Malott	9	7.78	2	0	2	-1
5	Cody Ceci	11	18.11	1	1	2	-5
44	Mikey Anderson	11	20.36	1	0	1	2
37	Warren Foegele	10	13.37	1	0	1	-1
2	Brian Dumoulin	11	20.27	0	1	1	-4
79	Samuel Helenius	2	9.15	0	0	0	-1

#	Goalies	GP	GAA	SV%
35	Darcy Kuemper	7	2.81	0.895
31	Anton Forsberg	4	3.19	0.894
29	Pheonix Copley	-	-	-

Injuries & Suspensions

Detroit Red Wings Injury Table

Type

Name

Info

Patrick Kane

Injured

Los Angeles Kings Injury Table

Type

Name

Info

Kyle Burroughs

Injured

Warren Foegele

Injured

Starting Lineups

Both teams’ confirmed lineups will be published ahead of face-off. There is also the chance to look at the lineups from the previous 10 games.

Previous Detroit Red Wings Lineups

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Red Wings 5-2 Blues

Metropolitan	GP	W	L	OT	PTS	P%	RW	ROW	GF	GA	DIFF	Home	Road	S/O	L10	Strk
1 New Jersey	10	8	2	0	16	0.8	7	8	39	30	9	5-0-0	3-2-0	0-0	8-2	1L
2 Pittsburgh	11	7	2	2	16	0.727	7	7	40	30	10	3-1-1	4-1-1	0-2	6-4	1L
3 Carolina	9	6	3	0	12	0.667	3	5	34	28	6	2-1-0	4-2-0	1-0	6-3	2L
4 Washington	10	6	4	0	12	0.6	5	6	27	22	5	3-3-0	3-1-0	0-0	6-4	2L
5 Columbus	10	6	4	0	12	0.6	4	5	35	31	4	2-3-0	4-1-0	1-0	6-4	3W
6 Philadelphia	9	5	3	1	11	0.611	2	3	26	23	3	5-1-0	0-2-1	2-0	5-4	2W
7 NY Rangers	11	4	5	2	10	0.455	4	4	24	26	-2	0-4-1	4-1-1	0-0	4-6	1W
8 NY Islanders	9	4	4	1	9	0.5	4	4	32	33	-1	3-2-0	1-2-1	0-1	4-5	2L

East Atlantic	GP	W	L	OT	PTS	P%	RW	ROW	GF	GA	DIFF	Home	Road	S/O	L10	Strk
1 Montreal	11	8	3	0	16	0.727	4	8	40	33	7	3-1-0	5-2-0	0-0	8-2	2W
2 Detroit	10	7	3	0	14	0.7	6	7	35	31	4	5-1-0	2-2-0	0-0	7-3	2W
3 Florida	11	5	5	1	11	0.5	5	5	27	31	-4	4-1-1	1-4-0	0-1	4-6	1L
4 Ottawa	11	5	5	1	11	0.5	4	4	41	44	-3	3-2-1	2-3-0	1-0	4-6	1L
5 Toronto	11	5	5	1	11	0.5	3	5	38	42	-4	5-2-1	0-3-0	0-0	4-6	1L
6 Buffalo	10	4	4	2	10	0.5	4	4	30	31	-1	4-2-1	0-2-1	0-0	4-6	2L
7 Tampa Bay	10	4	4	2	10	0.5	3	4	29	30	-1	2-3-0	2-1-2	0-0	4-6	3W
8 Boston	12	5	7	0	10	0.417	4	5	39	44	-5	4-3-0	1-4-0	0-0	3-7	1W

East Central	GP	W	L	OT	PTS	P%	RW	ROW	GF	GA	DIFF	Home	Road	S/O	L10	Strk
1 Utah	11	8	3	0	16	0.727	6	8	40	30	10	4-0-0	4-3-0	0-0	8-2	1L
2 Colorado	11	6	1	4	16	0.727	6	6	41	30	11	3-0-2	3-1-2	0-2	5-5	1W
3 Winnipeg	10	7	3	0	14	0.7	6	7	34	25	9	3-3-0	4-0-0	0-0	7-3	1W
4 Dallas	10	6	3	1	13	0.65	5	5	29	30	-1	3-2-1	3-1-0	1-0	6-4	3W
5 Chicago	10	5	3	2	12	0.6	4	5	33	26	7	3-2-1	2-1-1	0-1	5-5	1W
6 Nashville	11	4	5	2	10	0.455	3	3	28	37	-9	3-3-1	1-2-1	1-0	3-7	2L
7 Minnesota	11	3	5	3	9	0.409	2	2	31	43	-12	1-2-2	2-3-1	1-0	2-8	4L
8 St Louis	10	3	6	1	7	0.35	3	3	29	44	-15	1-4-1	2-2-0	0-0	3-7	5L

West Pacific	GP	W	L	OT	PTS	P%	RW	ROW	GF	GA	DIFF	Home	Road	S/O	L10	Strk
1 Vegas	10	6	1	3	15	0.75	5	6	37	28	9	3-0-1	3-1-2	0-1	6-4	1W
2 Seattle	10	5	2	3	13	0.65	3	5	28	29	-1	3-0-1	2-2-2	0-1	5-5	1L
3 LA Kings	11	5	3	3	13	0.591	2	4	33	36	-3	0-2-1	5-1-2	1-2	5-5	2W
4 Edmonton	11	5	4	2	12	0.545	4	5	35	35	0	3-0-1	2-4-1	0-1	5-5	1W
5 Anaheim	9	5	3	1	11	0.611	3	4	32	31	1	1-1-0	4-2-1	1-0	5-4	1W
6 Vancouver	11	5	6	0	10	0.455	3	4	29	33	-4	2-3-0	3-3-0	1-0	4-6	1L
7 San Jose	10	2	6	2	6	0.3	0	2	32	46	-14	0-3-2	2-3-0	0-0	2-8	1L
8 Calgary	11	2	8	1	5	0.227	1	1	24	39	-15	1-3-1	1-5-0	1-0	1-9	1L

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Kings Have the Shortest Odds to Win

Last 5 & H2H

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Injuries & Suspensions

Detroit Red Wings Injury Table

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Starting Lineups

Previous Detroit Red Wings Lineups

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