NHL Betting Preview: Kings vs Sharks

The Los Angeles Kings square off against the San Jose Sharks at SAP Center, with face-off scheduled for 22:00 on Thursday, November 20.

Kings Look a Great Wager to Land Victory

The Kings are available at -105 when it comes to the 3-Way Moneyline. Our prediction is that the visitors will beat the Sharks in regulation time and there’s value available when it comes to these odds.

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7 Victories for Kings in Previous 10 H2H Games

Los Angeles Kings were defeated in their previous game. On the road, they suffered a 2-1 loss against Washington Capitals at Capital One Arena. Anze Kopitar was the solitary scorer after Kings registered 31 shots.

San Jose Sharks last game was a 3-2 (OT) victory over Utah Mammoth at SAP Center. That means it’s now been three home wins on the spin. Macklin Celebrini had a hat trick and was +1 in total. Goalie Yaroslav Askarov made a total of 24 saves (.923).

Head-to-Head Statistics

The Kings have claimed victories in the last two encounters against the Sharks. At Crypto.com Arena, the scoreline was 8-1 and then we saw 4-3 at SAP Center. The previous 10 H2H meetings have involved the Kings winning seven times.

Starting Goalies

Anton Forsberg (Confirmed)

Season	W-L-OTL:	GAA:	SV%:	SO:
24/25	3-2-1	3	.890	1
23/24	15-12-0	3.21	.890	2

Yaroslav Askarov (Expected)

Season	W-L-OTL:	GAA:	SV%:	SO:
24/25	6-5-1	3	.905	0
23/24	1-0-0	1.47	.943	0

Los Angeles Kings – Last 10 Games

6 wins, 3 losses and 1 overtime loss, averaging 2.7 goals from 28.8 shots on goal, with a 11.4% powerplay efficiency. The Kings have been giving up 2.3 goals from 24.8 shots, averaging 2.6 penalties with a penalty-killing efficiency of 88.5%.

Corey Perry is the top points scorer with 9 points, 5 goals and 4 assists, with Quinton Byfield recording 9 points, 2 goals and 7 assists, over the past 10 games. Goalie Darcy Kuemper have a 2.13 goal against average with a .917 save percentage, including one shutout.

San Jose Sharks – Last 10 Games

The Sharks have 7 wins, 2 losses and 1 overtime loss, averaging 2.7 goals from 22.6 shots on goal, with a 12.5% powerplay efficiency. They have been conceding 1.8 goals from 31.7 shots, averaging 3.2 penalties per game with a penalty-killing efficiency of 90.6%.

The top points scorer is Macklin Celebrini with 14 points, 7 goals and 7 assists, while Will Smith is next best after having 10 points, 4 goals and 6 assists. Goalie Yaroslav Askarov have a 1.15 GAA with a .964 SV%.

Los Angeles Kings vs San Jose Sharks Prediction & Picks

Make the most of Los Angeles Kings vs San Jose Sharks with our betting analysis that includes an expert match prediction, expected scoreline and a hand-picked bet builder designed for value.

Game Prediction

We are having a wager on Los Angeles Kings in this NHL encounter and they could prove too strong. You can back our pick at -105 on the 60-minute line and we think this offers great value.

We track all injuries that could impact each franchise before making our hockey predictions. The form guide and latest stats also help the Sportsgambler.com team crunch the numbers ahead of the NHL action.

Key Kings vs Sharks stats:

Kings have won 8 of their last 10 games on the road.
Kings have won 4 of their last 5 games.
Sharks have lost 13 of their last 20 games at home.
Sharks have lost their last 2 games against Kings.

Kings 3-Way Moneyline Probability

Based on the odds from the top NHL sportsbooks, there’s a 51.3% likelihood of our pick delivering a return. In the opinion of our analysts, there’s actually a probability of success between 55-60%. This is why we can recommend this hockey wager.

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Our Game Prediction

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Same Game Parlay Picks

3-Way Moneyline Kings

Totals Under 5.5

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Correct Score Prediction

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There are odds of +800 available that the Kings land a 3-2 win. We like the correct score option as there’s a nice reward if you can accurately predict the outcome.

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Los Angeles Kings vs San Jose Sharks 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.

Tight Clash on the Cards According to the Books

Los Angeles Kings are regarded as having a 63% chance of winning this game according to the latest betting odds. The sportsbooks have priced them up at -169. San Jose Sharks are regarded as a long shot to win and you can currently back them at +140.

1.5 is the puck line and 5.5 is the total goals line. Having a bet on Totals is one of the most popular hockey wagers. If you want to wager Over 5.5, there are odds of -122.

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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

Kings

NHL: 18/11 Kings1 Capitals 2
NHL: 16/11 Kings1 Senators 0
NHL: 14/11 Kings4 Maple Leafs 3
NHL: 12/11 Kings5 Canadiens 1
NHL: 09/11 Kings3 Penguins 2

Sharks

NHL: 19/11 Mammoth2 Sharks 3
NHL: 16/11 Sharks1 Kraken 4
NHL: 14/11 Sharks0 Flames 2
NHL: 12/11 Sharks2 Wild 1
NHL: 09/11 Panthers1 Sharks 3

Head to Head

LA Kings vs San Jose

NHL: 29/10 2025 Kings 4 Sharks 3
NHL: 31/03 2025 Sharks 1 Kings 8
NHL: 26/11 2024 Kings 2 Sharks 7
NHL: 30/10 2024 Kings 2 Sharks 4
NHL: 25/10 2024 Sharks 2 Kings 3
NHL: 05/04 2024 Kings 2 Sharks 1
NHL: 23/01 2024 Sharks 4 Kings 3
NHL: 28/12 2023 Sharks 1 Kings 5
NHL: 20/12 2023 Kings 4 Sharks 1
NHL: 12/01 2023 Sharks 3 Kings 4

Team Stats

Latest regular season and playoff games stats.

Los Angeles Kings Stats

San Jose Sharks Stats

Moneyline

6 wins and 4 defeats in the last 10 games
8 wins and 2 defeats in the last 10 games on the road

Moneyline

7 wins and 3 defeats in the last 10 games
5 wins and 5 defeats in the last 10 home games

Puck Line

-1.5 Betting Line: Have covered the -1.5 puck line in 2 of the last 10 games
-1.5 Betting Line on the Road: Have covered the -1.5 puck line in 2 of the last 10 games on the road

Puck Line

+1.5 Betting Line: Have covered the +1.5 puck line in 8 of the last 10 games
+1.5 Betting Line at Home: Have covered the +1.5 puck line in 8 of the last 10 home games

Total Goals

Game Totals: An average of 5.10 goals in the previous 10 games
Game Totals on the Road: An average of 5.00 goals in the previous 10 games on the road
Over 5.5: Covered in 5 of the previous 10 games
Over 5.5 on the Road: Covered in 4 of the previous 10 games on the road
Team Totals: Have scored an average of 2.70 goals and allowed 2.40 goals in the last 10 games
Team Totals on the Road: Have scored an average of 3.00 pts and allowed 2.00 goals in the last 10 games on the road

Total Goals

Game Totals: An average of 4.60 goals in the previous 10 games
Game Totals at Home: An average of 5.80 goals in the previous 10 home games
Over 5.5: Covered in 2 of the previous 10 games
Over 5.5 at Home: Covered in 4 of the previous 10 home games
Team Totals: Have scored an average of 2.70 goals and allowed 1.90 goals in the last 10 games
Team Totals at Home: Have scored an average of 2.80 goals and allowed 3.00 goals in the last 10 home games

Team Stats - Avg/Game

Last 10 Games

Goals Powerplay: 0.4
Shots: 28.8
Goals Shorthanded: 0.1
Penalties: 2.6
Empty Net Goals: 0.2
Penalty Minutes: 5.5
Blocks: 17
Faceoff Wins : 25.9
Hits: 13.7
Giveaways: 14.6
Takeaways: 3.2

Last 10 Games on the Road

Goals Powerplay: 0.4
Shots: 26.8
Goals Shorthanded: 0.1
Penalties: 3.1
Empty Net Goals: 0.2
Penalty Minutes: 6.5
Blocks: 14.5
Faceoff Wins : 26.7
Hits: 13.3
Giveaways: 16.5
Takeaways: 3.9

Team Stats - Avg/Game

Last 10 Games

Goals Powerplay: 0.4
Shots: 22.6
Goals Shorthanded: 0.1
Penalties: 3.2
Empty Net Goals: 0.1
Penalty Minutes: 6.4
Blocks: 15.4
Faceoff Wins : 24.6
Hits: 17.9
Giveaways: 13.5
Takeaways: 3.7

Last 10 Home Games

Goals Powerplay: 0.3
Shots: 25.3
Goals Shorthanded: 0
Penalties: 2.8
Empty Net Goals: 0.1
Penalty Minutes: 5.9
Blocks: 15.3
Faceoff Wins : 26.2
Hits: 18.6
Giveaways: 14.5
Takeaways: 4

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Los Angeles Kings Player Stats & Roster

#	Player	GP	MIN	G	A	P	+/-
9	Adrian Kempe	20	19.43	6	13	19	3
55	Quinton Byfield	20	19.94	4	13	17	2
22	Kevin Fiala	20	18.83	9	6	15	-4

	Corey Perry	14	14.69	7	5	12	5
14	Alex Laferriere	20	16.1	5	5	10	-1
11	Anze Kopitar	16	18.55	3	7	10	7
55	Brandt Clarke	20	17.69	2	7	9	5
40	Joel Armia	20	13.95	3	5	8	3
6	Joel Edmundson	20	17.36	1	7	8	4
8	Drew Doughty	19	22.54	2	6	8	7
96	Andrei Kuzmenko	17	14.98	3	4	7	-1
5	Cody Ceci	20	17.71	1	4	5	-7
44	Mikey Anderson	20	19.58	1	4	5	7
12	Trevor Moore	19	16.04	3	2	5	1
24	Phillip Danault	20	16.8	0	4	4	1
15	Alex Turcotte	20	9.33	0	3	3	-2
37	Warren Foegele	15	13.61	3	0	3	0
39	Jeff Malott	16	7.92	2	0	2	-2
2	Brian Dumoulin	20	19.41	0	2	2	-4
43	Jacob Moverare	2	6.75	0	0	0	-1
79	Samuel Helenius	2	9.15	0	0	0	-1

#	Goalies	GP	GAA	SV%
31	Anton Forsberg	6	2.96	0.89
29	Pheonix Copley	-	-	-
35	Darcy Kuemper	14	2.42	0.904

San Jose Sharks Player Stats & Roster

#	Player	GP	MIN	G	A	P	+/-
71	Macklin Celebrini	20	20.52	13	17	30	4
2	Will Smith	20	18.07	7	12	19	5
72	William Eklund	16	19.84	5	8	13	-7

9	Dmitri Orlov	20	22.34	0	11	11	0
96	Philipp Kurashev	18	17.32	5	6	11	3
21	Alexander Wennberg	20	20.7	5	6	11	-6
73	Tyler Toffoli	20	16.6	5	6	11	2
53	Jeff Skinner	17	12.36	4	3	7	-4
51	Collin Graf	19	15.21	2	5	7	0
10	Ty Dellandrea	20	14.15	1	5	6	-5
3	John Klingberg	13	21.07	2	3	5	-6
81	Adam Gaudette	16	11.78	4	1	5	-5
37	Timothy Liljegren	14	20.63	0	4	4	-1
38	Mario Ferraro	20	20.83	1	3	4	-1
85	Shakir Mukhamadullin	9	16.82	0	4	4	4
	Michael Misa	7	11.74	1	2	3	-1
75	Ryan Reaves	16	7.34	2	0	2	-3
5	Vincent Desharnais	16	16.19	0	2	2	2
6	Sam Dickinson	15	14.47	1	1	2	-1
4	Nick Leddy	9	17.51	0	2	2	-4
23	Barclay Goodrow	20	11.69	0	1	1	-4
56	Ethan Cardwell	4	12.35	1	0	1	1
54	Patrick Giles	3	8.87	0	1	1	1
30	Yaroslav Askarov	12	60.27	0	0	0	0
	Vincent Iorio	6	16.33	0	0	0	-3
63	Zack Ostapchuk	2	10.25	0	0	0	0

#	Goalies	GP	GAA	SV%
33	Alex Nedeljkovic	8	2.97	0.902
	Jakub Skarek	-	-	-

Injuries & Suspensions

Los Angeles Kings Injury Table

Type

Name

Info

Drew Doughty

Injured

San Jose Sharks Injury Table

Type

Name

Info

Jeff Skinner

Injured

Michael Misa

Injured

Ryan Ellis

Injured

Carey Price

Injured

Logan Couture

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

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Kings 1-2 Capitals

Metropolitan	GP	W	L	OT	PTS	P%	RW	ROW	GF	GA	DIFF	Home	Road	S/O	L10	Strk
1 Carolina	20	13	5	2	28	0.7	9	12	73	58	15	6-2-1	7-3-1	1-1	6-4	1L
2 New Jersey	19	13	5	1	27	0.711	8	11	62	57	5	7-0-1	6-5-0	2-0	5-5	1L
3 Pittsburgh	19	10	5	4	24	0.632	10	10	62	50	12	5-2-1	5-3-3	0-3	4-6	1W
4 NY Islanders	20	11	7	2	24	0.6	8	11	64	64	0	4-3-1	7-4-1	0-2	7-3	1W
5 Washington	20	10	8	2	22	0.55	9	10	60	53	7	6-4-1	4-4-1	0-2	4-6	2W
6 Columbus	20	10	8	2	22	0.55	6	7	62	65	-3	5-3-1	5-5-1	3-1	4-6	1L
7 NY Rangers	21	10	9	2	22	0.524	7	9	53	52	1	1-7-1	9-2-1	1-0	6-4	2L
8 Philadelphia	18	9	6	3	21	0.583	4	5	51	51	0	6-3-2	3-3-1	4-0	5-5	1L

East Atlantic	GP	W	L	OT	PTS	P%	RW	ROW	GF	GA	DIFF	Home	Road	S/O	L10	Strk
1 Detroit	20	12	7	1	25	0.625	9	10	62	62	0	7-3-1	5-4-0	2-0	5-5	2W
2 Boston	22	12	10	0	24	0.545	8	11	72	73	-1	8-4-0	4-6-0	1-0	7-3	2L
3 Montreal	19	10	6	3	23	0.605	5	10	63	66	-3	5-4-1	5-2-2	0-2	4-6	4L
4 Tampa Bay	19	10	7	2	22	0.579	8	10	59	56	3	5-5-0	5-2-2	0-0	7-3	1W
5 Ottawa	19	9	6	4	22	0.579	6	7	64	65	-1	6-3-2	3-3-2	2-0	5-5	1L
6 Florida	19	10	8	1	21	0.553	9	9	58	59	-1	7-2-1	3-6-0	1-1	6-4	1W
7 Toronto	20	9	9	2	20	0.5	6	9	70	74	-4	8-4-2	1-5-0	0-0	4-6	1W
8 Buffalo	20	7	9	4	18	0.45	5	6	58	71	-13	6-4-2	1-5-2	1-0	3-7	1L

East Central	GP	W	L	OT	PTS	P%	RW	ROW	GF	GA	DIFF	Home	Road	S/O	L10	Strk
1 Colorado	19	13	1	5	31	0.816	12	13	78	47	31	7-0-2	6-1-3	0-2	8-2	6W
2 Dallas	20	12	5	3	27	0.675	9	10	66	57	9	6-4-1	6-1-2	2-1	6-4	1L
3 Winnipeg	19	12	7	0	24	0.632	10	11	64	52	12	6-3-0	6-4-0	1-0	6-4	2W
4 Chicago	19	10	5	4	24	0.632	9	10	64	49	15	5-2-2	5-3-2	0-1	6-4	2W
5 Minnesota	21	10	7	4	24	0.571	6	8	60	64	-4	7-3-3	3-4-1	2-0	7-3	3W
6 Utah	20	10	7	3	23	0.575	7	10	62	61	1	5-1-1	5-6-2	0-0	2-8	3L
7 St Louis	20	6	9	5	17	0.425	6	6	55	78	-23	3-5-4	3-4-1	0-2	3-7	3L
8 Nashville	20	6	10	4	16	0.4	4	5	49	70	-21	5-5-2	1-5-2	1-0	2-8	1L

West Pacific	GP	W	L	OT	PTS	P%	RW	ROW	GF	GA	DIFF	Home	Road	S/O	L10	Strk
1 Anaheim	20	13	6	1	27	0.675	9	12	74	63	11	7-1-0	6-5-1	1-0	7-3	2W
2 Vegas	19	9	4	6	24	0.632	8	9	60	55	5	5-3-3	4-1-3	0-1	4-6	1W
3 LA Kings	20	10	6	4	24	0.6	6	9	56	57	-1	1-4-2	9-2-2	1-3	6-4	1L
4 Seattle	19	9	5	5	23	0.605	6	9	51	54	-3	6-1-3	3-4-2	0-2	4-6	1L
5 Edmonton	22	9	9	4	22	0.5	4	9	67	82	-15	5-1-2	4-8-2	0-2	4-6	2L
6 San Jose	20	9	8	3	21	0.525	4	9	59	65	-6	5-3-3	4-5-0	0-1	7-3	1W
7 Vancouver	21	9	10	2	20	0.476	5	7	67	77	-10	3-5-1	6-5-1	2-0	4-6	1L
8 Calgary	22	6	13	3	15	0.341	5	5	51	69	-18	3-4-2	3-9-1	1-2	4-6	1W

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Correct Score Prediction

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