St. Louis Blues vs Los Angeles Kings Prediction, 11/3/2021 NHL Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: St. Louis Blues vs Los Angeles Kings

Date: Wednesday, November 3, 2021

Location: Staples Center in Los Angeles, CA

TV: Bally Sports West

Odds/Point Spread: Blues (-121) Kings (+100)

Staples Center is the site where Cal Petersen and the Los Angeles Kings (3-5-1) will take on the St. Louis Blues (6-1-0) on Wednesday. The Kings open this contest at +100 while the Blues are priced at -121. The total is set at 5.5.

The Blues had a good night with a 1-0 win against the Blackhawks in their previous outing. The Blues could have played much better offensively in this victory. For the game, they scored on 1 out of the 37 shots they looked to score on. Moreover, they had 3 attempts on the power play and scored 1 goal. St. Louis accrued 6 penalty minutes in this game. The Corsi for the Blues was 58 and the Corsi against was 49 which had their Corsi percentage coming in at 54.2%. Their Fenwick came in at 47 and the Fenwick Against sat at 35, meaning they had a Fenwick percentage of 57.3%. They garnered 24 face-off wins when at even strength and lost on 21 attempts to gain puck control. When starting in the offensive zone they came in at 51.4% and their PDO rating was 100.0 in this game.

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The Blues have had 237 shots taken against them and are the owners of a save percentage of .937. When at even strength, the Blues have conceded 13 goals while notching 22 themselves. St. Louis Blues opponents have tallied 23 power play opportunities (21st in the NHL) and have a total of 2 goals in those attempts. For the season, they have accumulated 12 points and their points percentage is sitting at .857. St. Louis has attempted 229 shots and is the owner of a shot percentage of 12.7%. In terms of scoring goals, the St. Louis Blues have racked up 29 goals (6th in the NHL) for the season and have surrendered 15. St. Louis has accounted for 20 power play opportunities and they have scored 7 goals out of those tries, garnering them a percentage of 35.00%.

Protecting the goal for this matchup will be Jordan Binnington. Opponents have notched 309 goals versus Binnington in his NHL career and his average for goals against per game is 2.43. Binnington has played in 131 matchups during his hockey career. He has a save percentage of .915 for his 7,643 mins played. He has an overall mark of 77-33-16 and he has gotten the start in 127 games. In his career, Binnington has 72 quality starts and his percentage for quality starts is .567. Binnington has had 3,644 shots against him and has recorded 3,335 saves.

The last time they were on the ice, Los Angeles faced off against the Sabres in an outing where the Kings notched a victory by a tally of 3-2. They had a PDO of 104 and they finished the game with an oZS percentage of 57.7%. They had 6 power play attempts in this contest and converted 1 goal out of those chances. Their Fenwick rate was 58.6% by way of having a Fenwick of 34 and the Sabres finishing with a 24 Fenwick at even strength. The Kings tallied 3 goals of the 34 shots on goal they were seeking. Los Angeles had a 58.1% Corsi rate. These Corsi stats tell us the story of the kind of game Los Angeles played and you can say they had a mediocre outing.

For the year, the Los Angeles Kings are sitting with 24 goals, 7 points, in addition to a points percentage of .389. They have permitted 27 goals to be scored by way of 19 goals at even strength and 8 goals while they had less men on the ice. The Kings are sitting with 16 goals at even strength and 8 goals (5th in pro hockey) while having a power play advantage. They have recorded 34 opportunities on the power play and they have a power play percentage of 23.53%. Los Angeles has attempted 322 shots (1st in the league) and has earned a shot percentage of 7.45%, while allowing the opposition 267 shots. They have accumulated a penalty kill rate of 69.23% on their oppositions 26 power play tries, and their save percentage is currently 89.9%.

For the opposition you are likely to see Calvin Petersen in net. He has racked up 1,685 saves out of 1,843 shots attempted, which gives him a save % of .914. Petersen is the owner of a career record of 21-27-6 and has been in net for 58 games. He has made the start in 54 games and has accumulated 3,353 minutes. Petersen's percentage of quality starts comes out to 55.6% and he has made 30 quality starting assignments in his career. His opposition is averaging 2.83 goals per contest and he has yielded 158 goals overall.

So what is Tonights Parlay prediction?

Parlays Pundit's Pick: Take Los Angeles (+100) and under 5.5 goals

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