NHL Betting Preview: Kings vs Canadiens

The Los Angeles Kings go up against the Montreal Canadiens at Bell Centre, with face-off scheduled for 19:00 on Tuesday, November 11. Our betting preview features expert NHL predictions, betting tips, the latest odds, H2H stats, player stats, team news and the starting lineups.

Can Canadiens Gain the Upper Hand?

We’re keeping our prediction simple and backing the Canadiens to win. The home team should be able to gain the upper hand over the Kings and the Moneyline offers a tempting -118.

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8 Wins in Previous 10 H2H Games for Kings

Los Angeles Kings have won their previous three road games. A 3-2 triumph recently occurred at PPG PAINTS Arena when playing Pittsburgh Penguins. Anze Kopitar, Kevin Fiala and Corey Perry scored one goal apiece. Goalie Darcy Kuemper stopped 31 shots (.939).

Montreal Canadiens won their last game, beating Utah Mammoth at home. It was a 6-2 win at Bell Centre. Cole Caufield managed 2 goals and was +2 in total. Goalie Sam Montembeault made a total of 25 saves (.926).

Head-to-Head Statistics

The Kings won the last encounter between the pair. Enjoying a 6-3 triumph when facing the Habs at Crypto.com Arena. It’s been eight victories on the bounce for the Kings when playing the Habs. On the head-to-head front, they have won 8 of the past 10.

Starting Goalies

Darcy Kuemper (Expected)

Season	W-L-OTL:	GAA:	SV%:	SO:
24/25	5-3-3	2.5	.905	1
23/24	13-14-3	3.31	.890	1

Sam Montembeault (Expected)

Season	W-L-OTL:	GAA:	SV%:	SO:
24/25	4-3-1	3.5	.864	0
23/24	16-15-9	3.14	.903	0

Los Angeles Kings – Last 10 Games

6 wins, 2 losses and 2 overtime losses, averaging 2.8 goals from 29.1 shots on goal, with a 13.5% powerplay efficiency. The Kings have given up 2.5 goals from 26.6 shots, averaging 3.4 penalties with a penalty-killing efficiency of 82.4%.

Corey Perry is the top points scorer with 11 points, 7 goals and 4 assists, with Adrian Kempe recording 10 points, 4 goals and 6 assists, in the past 10 games. Goalie Darcy Kuemper have a 2.21 goal against average with a .917 save percentage, including one shutout.

Montreal Canadiens – Last 10 Games

The Habs have 6 wins, 2 losses and 2 overtime losses, averaging 3.9 goals from 24.4 shots on goal, with a 27.3% powerplay efficiency. They have conceded 3.2 goals from 28.6 shots, averaging 4.7 penalties per game with a penalty-killing efficiency of 85.1%.

The top points scorer is Nick Suzuki with 13 points, 4 goals and 9 assists, while Cole Caufield is next best after registering 11 points, 7 goals and 4 assists. Goalie Sam Montembeault have a 3.78 GAA with a .861 SV%.

Los Angeles Kings vs Montreal Canadiens Prediction & Picks

This Los Angeles Kings vs Montreal Canadiens betting breakdown features a main match prediction, a correct score insight and a sharply constructed bet builder to guide your wagers.

Game Prediction

There is merit in backing Montreal Canadiens to have the edge over the visitors in this NHL game. Especially as odds of -118 are available when it comes to this pick.

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Key Kings vs Canadiens stats:

Canadiens have won 15 of their last 20 games at home.
Canadiens have won 7 of their last 10 games at home.
Kings have lost 13 of their last 20 games.
Kings have lost 3 of their last 5 games.

Canadiens Moneyline Probability

If you go by the best NHL sportsbooks, our pick has a 54.1% chance of landing a return. Taking all factors into consideration, our cappers think there’s a stronger chance of success and estimate the probability to be closer to 60%. It’s why we think it’s worth placing this hockey wager.

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Correct Score Prediction

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Los Angeles Kings vs Montreal Canadiens 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.

Books Predicting a Close-Run Battle

There’s the opportunity to back Montreal Canadiens at -118 on the Moneyline although Los Angeles Kings are priced up at betting odds of -102. The probability of the home team winning this game is 54% according to the sportsbooks.

1.5 is where the puck line lies, with total goals being 5.5 right now. A wager on Totals allows bettors to use the latest data to good effect. The Over 5.5 selection is available to back at -130.

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3-Way Moneyline

Puck Line

Total Goals

Best Betting Offers

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Last 5 Games

Kings

NHL: 09/11 Kings3 Penguins 2
NHL: 07/11 Panthers5 Kings 2
NHL: 05/11 Jets0 Kings 3
NHL: 02/11 Devils4 Kings 1
NHL: 31/10 Red Wings4 Kings 3

Canadiens

NHL: 09/11 Mammoth2 Canadiens 6
NHL: 07/11 Canadiens3 Devils 4
NHL: 05/11 Flyers5 Canadiens 4
NHL: 02/11 Senators3 Canadiens 4
NHL: 29/10 Canadiens4 Kraken 3

Head to Head

LA Kings vs Montreal

NHL: 06/02 2025 Canadiens 3 Kings 6
NHL: 18/10 2024 Kings 4 Canadiens 1
NHL: 08/12 2023 Kings 4 Canadiens 0
NHL: 25/11 2023 Canadiens 0 Kings 4
NHL: 03/03 2023 Canadiens 2 Kings 3
NHL: 11/12 2022 Kings 4 Canadiens 2
NHL: 10/11 2021 Kings 3 Canadiens 2
NHL: 30/10 2021 Canadiens 2 Kings 5
NHL: 10/11 2019 Kings 2 Canadiens 3
NHL: 06/03 2019 Canadiens 3 Kings 1

Team Stats

Latest regular season and playoff games stats.

Los Angeles Kings Stats

Montreal Canadiens Stats

Moneyline

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

Moneyline

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

Puck Line

+1.5 Betting Line: Have covered the +1.5 puck line in 8 of the last 10 games
+1.5 Betting Line on the Road: Have covered the +1.5 puck line in 9 of the last 10 games on the road

Puck Line

-1.5 Betting Line: Have covered the -1.5 puck line in 2 of the last 10 games
-1.5 Betting Line at Home: Have covered the -1.5 puck line in 4 of the last 10 home games

Total Goals

Game Totals: An average of 5.50 goals in the previous 10 games
Game Totals on the Road: An average of 6.60 goals in the previous 10 games on the road
Over 5.5: Covered in 4 of the previous 10 games
Over 5.5 on the Road: Covered in 5 of the previous 10 games on the road
Team Totals: Have scored an average of 2.80 goals and allowed 2.70 goals in the last 10 games
Team Totals on the Road: Have scored an average of 3.40 pts and allowed 3.20 goals in the last 10 games on the road

Total Goals

Game Totals: An average of 7.20 goals in the previous 10 games
Game Totals at Home: An average of 7.30 goals in the previous 10 home games
Over 5.5: Covered in 9 of the previous 10 games
Over 5.5 at Home: Covered in 9 of the previous 10 home games
Team Totals: Have scored an average of 3.90 goals and allowed 3.30 goals in the last 10 games
Team Totals at Home: Have scored an average of 4.10 goals and allowed 3.20 goals in the last 10 home games

Team Stats - Avg/Game

Last 10 Games

Goals Powerplay: 0.5
Shots: 29.1
Goals Shorthanded: 0.2
Penalties: 3.4
Empty Net Goals: 0.2
Penalty Minutes: 7.4
Blocks: 15.3
Faceoff Wins : 30.2
Hits: 13.1
Giveaways: 16.9
Takeaways: 4.1

Last 10 Games on the Road

Goals Powerplay: 0.5
Shots: 27.5
Goals Shorthanded: 0.2
Penalties: 4
Empty Net Goals: 0.1
Penalty Minutes: 8.9
Blocks: 14.9
Faceoff Wins : 30
Hits: 19.3
Giveaways: 18.6
Takeaways: 4.5

Team Stats - Avg/Game

Last 10 Games

Goals Powerplay: 0.9
Shots: 24.4
Goals Shorthanded: 0
Penalties: 4.7
Empty Net Goals: 0.1
Penalty Minutes: 11.4
Blocks: 12.4
Faceoff Wins : 29.2
Hits: 19.6
Giveaways: 13.3
Takeaways: 3.9

Last 10 Home Games

Goals Powerplay: 0.8
Shots: 25.7
Goals Shorthanded: 0
Penalties: 4.1
Empty Net Goals: 0.2
Penalty Minutes: 10.2
Blocks: 12.6
Faceoff Wins : 28.2
Hits: 26
Giveaways: 13.5
Takeaways: 3.1

Team News

Los Angeles Kings Player Stats & Roster

#	Player	GP	MIN	G	A	P	+/-
9	Adrian Kempe	16	19.56	6	11	17	1
22	Kevin Fiala	16	18.65	7	5	12	-5
55	Quinton Byfield	16	19.99	2	10	12	-1

	Corey Perry	10	14.81	7	4	11	5
11	Anze Kopitar	12	18.73	2	6	8	5
55	Brandt Clarke	16	17.03	2	5	7	4
40	Joel Armia	16	13.91	2	5	7	2
96	Andrei Kuzmenko	16	15.44	3	4	7	0
14	Alex Laferriere	16	16.01	3	4	7	-3
8	Drew Doughty	16	23.38	2	4	6	2
6	Joel Edmundson	16	17.08	0	6	6	4
12	Trevor Moore	15	16.11	3	2	5	-1
5	Cody Ceci	16	17.49	1	3	4	-5
15	Alex Turcotte	16	9.36	0	3	3	-1
24	Phillip Danault	16	16.83	0	3	3	0
44	Mikey Anderson	16	19.69	1	2	3	3
39	Jeff Malott	13	7.77	2	0	2	-1
2	Brian Dumoulin	16	19.53	0	1	1	-4
37	Warren Foegele	11	13.18	1	0	1	-1
79	Samuel Helenius	2	9.15	0	0	0	-1
43	Jacob Moverare	1	3.2	0	0	0	0

#	Goalies	GP	GAA	SV%
31	Anton Forsberg	5	3.54	0.878
35	Darcy Kuemper	11	2.52	0.905
29	Pheonix Copley	-	-	-

Montreal Canadiens Player Stats & Roster

#	Player	GP	MIN	G	A	P	+/-
14	Nick Suzuki	15	20.15	4	16	20	11
13	Cole Caufield	15	18.32	12	6	18	9
93	Ivan Demidov	15	13.83	4	9	13	5

48	Lane Hutson	15	22.99	1	12	13	3
15	Alex Newhook	15	15.15	6	6	12	8
53	Noah Dobson	15	22.37	1	10	11	7
91	Oliver Kapanen	15	12.75	6	4	10	3
20	Juraj Slafkovsky	15	18.16	6	3	9	5
8	Mike Matheson	15	25.05	3	6	9	11
77	Kirby Dach	12	13.73	5	2	7	2
11	Brendan Gallagher	15	13.23	0	7	7	3
76	Zachary Bolduc	15	13.29	4	2	6	1
45	Alexandre Carrier	15	18.48	1	5	6	-5
17	Josh Anderson	15	14.89	1	2	3	-5
71	Jake Evans	15	16.01	2	1	3	-8
47	Jayden Struble	11	15.44	0	3	3	1
21	Kaiden Guhle	5	19.24	1	1	2	1
72	Arber Xhekaj	14	11.16	0	1	1	-2
92	Patrik Laine	5	12.76	0	1	1	-3
90	Joe Veleno	10	11.34	0	0	0	-5
62	Owen Beck	2	8.35	0	0	0	-1
89	Joshua Roy	1	8	0	0	0	0

#	Goalies	GP	GAA	SV%
75	Jakub Dobes	7	2.25	0.92
35	Sam Montembeault	9	3.51	0.863

Injuries & Suspensions

Los Angeles Kings Injury Table

Type

Name

Info

No players are currently reported injured or suspended.

Montreal Canadiens Injury Table

Type

Name

Info

Patrik Laine

Injured

Kaiden Guhle

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 Los Angeles Kings Lineups

09 Nov NHL

Kings 3-2 Penguins

Metropolitan	GP	W	L	OT	PTS	P%	RW	ROW	GF	GA	DIFF	Home	Road	S/O	L10	Strk
1 New Jersey	16	11	4	1	23	0.719	8	10	54	47	7	7-0-1	4-4-0	1-0	6-4	1L
2 Carolina	15	11	4	0	22	0.733	8	10	59	42	17	5-1-0	6-3-0	1-0	6-4	4W
3 Pittsburgh	17	9	5	3	21	0.618	9	9	57	48	9	4-2-1	5-3-2	0-3	4-6	2L
4 Philadelphia	15	8	5	2	18	0.6	4	5	43	39	4	6-3-1	2-2-1	3-0	6-4	1L
5 NY Islanders	16	8	6	2	18	0.563	7	8	53	53	0	4-3-1	4-3-1	0-2	5-5	2W
6 NY Rangers	17	8	7	2	18	0.529	6	8	41	43	-2	1-6-1	7-1-1	0-0	5-5	1W
7 Washington	15	7	7	1	15	0.5	6	7	42	38	4	4-4-0	3-3-1	0-1	3-7	2L
8 Columbus	15	7	7	1	15	0.5	5	6	48	50	-2	3-3-0	4-4-1	1-0	5-5	4L

East Atlantic	GP	W	L	OT	PTS	P%	RW	ROW	GF	GA	DIFF	Home	Road	S/O	L10	Strk
1 Montreal	15	10	3	2	22	0.733	5	10	57	47	10	5-1-1	5-2-1	0-1	6-4	1W
2 Boston	17	10	7	0	20	0.588	6	9	57	56	1	7-3-0	3-4-0	1-0	7-3	6W
3 Ottawa	16	8	5	3	19	0.594	5	6	57	58	-1	5-2-1	3-3-2	2-0	6-4	2W
4 Tampa Bay	15	8	5	2	18	0.6	6	8	46	41	5	4-3-0	4-2-2	0-0	7-3	2W
5 Detroit	16	9	7	0	18	0.563	6	7	46	51	-5	5-3-0	4-4-0	2-0	4-6	3L
6 Florida	16	8	7	1	17	0.531	7	7	43	48	-5	5-1-1	3-6-0	1-1	5-5	1W
7 Toronto	16	8	7	1	17	0.531	6	8	59	60	-1	7-4-1	1-3-0	0-0	5-5	2L
8 Buffalo	15	5	6	4	14	0.467	4	4	41	49	-8	5-3-2	0-3-2	1-0	3-7	3L

East Central	GP	W	L	OT	PTS	P%	RW	ROW	GF	GA	DIFF	Home	Road	S/O	L10	Strk
1 Colorado	16	10	1	5	25	0.781	9	10	64	42	22	4-0-2	6-1-3	0-2	5-5	3W
2 Dallas	16	9	4	3	21	0.656	7	7	49	51	-2	5-3-1	4-1-2	2-1	6-4	2W
3 Chicago	16	8	5	3	19	0.594	7	8	53	41	12	3-2-1	5-3-2	0-1	6-4	3W
4 Winnipeg	15	9	6	0	18	0.6	8	9	47	39	8	5-3-0	4-3-0	0-0	5-5	3L
5 Utah	16	9	7	0	18	0.563	6	9	51	50	1	4-1-0	5-6-0	0-0	5-5	3L
6 Minnesota	17	7	7	3	17	0.5	5	6	50	57	-7	4-3-2	3-4-1	1-0	4-6	2W
7 Nashville	18	5	9	4	14	0.389	4	4	47	65	-18	4-5-2	1-4-2	1-0	2-8	5L
8 St Louis	16	5	8	3	13	0.406	5	5	44	63	-19	2-4-3	3-4-0	0-1	2-8	1L

West Pacific	GP	W	L	OT	PTS	P%	RW	ROW	GF	GA	DIFF	Home	Road	S/O	L10	Strk
1 Anaheim	15	11	3	1	23	0.767	8	10	63	46	17	5-1-0	6-2-1	1-0	9-1	7W
2 Vegas	15	7	4	4	18	0.6	6	7	48	45	3	4-3-2	3-1-2	0-1	4-6	3L
3 Seattle	15	7	4	4	18	0.6	4	7	39	44	-5	4-1-2	3-3-2	0-1	4-6	1L
4 LA Kings	16	7	5	4	18	0.563	4	6	45	51	-6	1-4-2	6-1-2	1-3	6-4	1W
5 Edmonton	17	7	6	4	18	0.529	4	7	52	61	-9	5-1-2	2-5-2	0-2	4-6	1W
6 San Jose	16	7	6	3	17	0.531	4	7	53	56	-3	4-3-3	3-3-0	0-1	7-3	3W
7 Vancouver	17	8	8	1	17	0.5	4	6	50	58	-8	3-4-1	5-4-0	2-0	4-6	1L
8 Calgary	17	4	11	2	10	0.294	3	3	36	55	-19	2-4-1	2-7-1	1-1	3-7	2L

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