Detroit Red Wings vs Los Angeles Kings Prediction, Picks & Odds | 30 Oct 2025

By Robert Carter, NHL Analyst | Published: 5 months ago | Last Updated: Oct 30, 18:28 | 6 min read

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Los Angeles Kings

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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 21:30 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.

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	12-9-5	3.1	.888	0
23/24	27-20-4	2.5	.913	3

Darcy Kuemper (Confirmed)

Season	W-L-OTL:	GAA:	SV%:	SO:
24/25	19-14-14	2.8	.892	3
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 best Detroit Red Wings vs Los Angeles Kings betting angles, including an expert match prediction, correct score forecast, top player prop bets and a value-focused bet builder.

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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Our Game Prediction

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Player Prop Picks

Top Pick: Alex DeBrincat Over 2.5 Shots -149

Alex DeBrincat (Red Wings) has had Over 2.5 shots on goal in 9 of the past 10 games. We think this could be a telling statistic and we’ll back him to cover the line which is available at odds of -149.

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Same Game Parlay Picks

Totals Over 5.5

To Score Dylan Larkin

Shots on Goal Alex DeBrincat Over 2.5

We’ve got a same game parlay with three options: Over 5.5 goals, Dylan Larkin (Red Wings) to score and Alex DeBrincat (Red Wings) to register Over 2.5 shots.

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Correct Score Prediction

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Kings

The Red Wings are available at +1200 to win by a 4-3 scoreline. Correct score betting allows us to bet at bigger odds and it’s also a fun type of wager.

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Detroit Red Wings vs Los Angeles Kings Odds

The odds and lines below are updated regularly and may differ from the prices shown in our picks, which are captured at the time of publication.

Kings Have the Shortest Odds to Win

The sportsbooks’ betting odds have Los Angeles Kings as -147 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 +122.

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 -118.

The top NHL sportsbooks offer a wide range of game lines and team props for every matchup. Make sure you look through all the available options before deciding which bet to place.

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Puck Line

Total Goals

Player Props & Micro Betting

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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

Team News

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

Warren Foegele

Injured

Kyle Burroughs

Injured

Trevor Moore

Unavailable

Starting Lineups

Line 1

Los Angeles Kings

Detroit Red Wings

Darcy Kuemper

Brian Dumoulin

Drew Doughty

Andrei Kuzmenko

Anze Kopitar

Adrian Kempe

Lucas Raymond

Dylan Larkin

Emmitt Finnie

Moritz Seider

Simon Edvinsson

Cam Talbot

Line 2

Los Angeles Kings

Detroit Red Wings

Darcy Kuemper

Joel Edmundson

Brandt Clarke

Kevin Fiala

Quinton Byfield

Corey Perry

Mason Appleton

Marco Kasper

Alex DeBrincat

Axel Sandin Pellikka

Ben Chiarot

Cam Talbot

Line 3

Los Angeles Kings

Detroit Red Wings

Darcy Kuemper

Mikey Anderson

Cody Ceci

Alex Laferriere

Phillip Danault

Joel Armia

Jonatan Berggren

J.T. Compher

Andrew Copp

Travis Hamonic

Albert Johansson

Cam Talbot

Line 4

Los Angeles Kings

Detroit Red Wings

Darcy Kuemper

Jacob Moverare

Jeff Malott

Alex Turcotte

James van Riemsdyk

Michael Rasmussen

Elmer Soederblom

Cam Talbot

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 Carolina	78	50	22	6	106	0.679	36	45	281	233	48	29-10-2	21-12-4	5-3	7-3	1W
2 Pittsburgh	78	40	22	16	96	0.615	33	37	280	250	30	20-12-8	20-10-8	3-10	6-4	2W
3 Philadelphia	78	40	26	12	92	0.59	25	31	233	232	1	18-13-8	22-13-4	9-4	7-3	3W
4 Columbus	78	39	27	12	90	0.577	27	32	245	241	4	20-11-8	19-16-4	7-2	3-7	1W
5 NY Islanders	78	42	31	5	89	0.571	28	38	226	229	-3	21-14-2	21-17-3	4-5	3-7	4L
6 Washington	79	40	30	9	89	0.563	34	38	252	240	12	24-11-5	16-19-4	2-6	6-4	1W
7 New Jersey	78	40	35	3	83	0.532	28	36	219	239	-20	20-16-3	20-19-0	4-1	5-5	1L
8 NY Rangers	79	33	37	9	75	0.475	24	30	232	243	-11	14-20-7	19-17-2	3-1	5-5	1L

East Atlantic	GP	W	L	OT	PTS	P%	RW	ROW	GF	GA	DIFF	Home	Road	S/O	L10	Strk
1 Buffalo	79	48	23	8	104	0.658	40	43	275	236	39	25-10-4	23-13-4	5-0	5-5	2W
2 Tampa Bay	78	48	24	6	102	0.654	39	44	281	221	60	25-13-1	23-11-5	4-2	5-5	2L
3 Montreal	78	46	22	10	102	0.654	32	42	273	245	28	23-14-2	23-8-8	4-5	9-1	1W
4 Boston	79	43	26	10	96	0.608	31	39	264	246	18	28-10-1	15-16-9	4-3	5-5	4L
5 Ottawa	78	41	27	10	92	0.59	35	38	264	240	24	21-12-6	20-15-4	3-1	6-4	2W
6 Detroit	78	40	29	9	89	0.571	29	38	228	238	-10	20-15-4	20-14-5	2-4	3-7	3L
7 Florida	78	37	37	4	78	0.5	29	32	233	266	-33	21-15-3	16-22-1	5-2	3-7	3L
8 Toronto	78	32	32	14	78	0.5	23	31	242	279	-37	18-13-8	14-19-6	1-4	3-7	3L

East Central	GP	W	L	OT	PTS	P%	RW	ROW	GF	GA	DIFF	Home	Road	S/O	L10	Strk
1 Colorado	77	51	16	10	112	0.727	45	48	290	197	93	24-9-5	27-7-5	3-6	7-3	1W
2 Dallas	78	46	20	12	104	0.667	35	41	262	214	48	24-11-4	22-9-8	5-4	3-7	1W
3 Minnesota	78	45	21	12	102	0.654	30	41	261	225	36	22-10-8	23-11-4	4-5	7-3	4W
4 Utah	77	41	30	6	88	0.571	31	41	254	223	31	20-14-3	21-16-3	0-0	7-3	4W
5 Nashville	78	37	31	10	84	0.538	27	32	238	256	-18	20-15-3	17-16-7	5-2	6-4	1W
6 Winnipeg	77	34	31	12	80	0.519	27	32	221	234	-13	19-14-6	15-17-6	2-4	6-4	2W
7 St Louis	77	33	32	12	78	0.506	29	32	206	241	-35	18-13-7	15-19-5	1-4	6-4	1L
8 Chicago	78	28	36	14	70	0.449	21	25	202	256	-54	13-16-8	15-20-6	3-5	2-8	1L

West Pacific	GP	W	L	OT	PTS	P%	RW	ROW	GF	GA	DIFF	Home	Road	S/O	L10	Strk
1 Edmonton	79	40	29	10	90	0.57	31	40	275	265	10	21-14-4	19-15-6	0-3	6-4	1W
2 Vegas	78	36	26	16	88	0.564	28	35	249	241	8	18-12-9	18-14-7	1-7	5-5	4W
3 Anaheim	78	41	32	5	87	0.558	24	33	257	276	-19	23-13-3	18-19-2	8-0	4-6	6L
4 LA Kings	77	32	26	19	83	0.539	19	27	211	236	-25	13-17-9	19-9-10	5-9	4-6	2W
5 San Jose	77	37	33	7	81	0.526	25	35	236	274	-38	21-14-5	16-19-2	2-1	5-5	1L
6 Seattle	77	32	34	11	75	0.487	25	31	214	248	-34	17-16-5	15-18-6	1-6	1-9	6L
7 Calgary	77	32	36	9	73	0.474	25	28	202	247	-45	21-12-5	11-24-4	4-3	6-4	1L
8 Vancouver	77	22	47	8	52	0.338	15	17	202	297	-95	8-27-5	14-20-3	5-2	1-9	3L

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