Los Angeles Kings vs Columbus Blue Jackets Prediction: Don’t expect many pucks

Prediction for the NHL match which will take place on February 21. Who will turn out to be stronger? Check the team conditions! Several betting options are available.

Los Angeles is the only club from the Californian trio, who, in recent years, have been trying to prove themselves in cup battles. Now, the Kings have a good chance to make the playoffs, but they've been lacking stability lately. They started the current regular season very well, which allowed them to be among the league leaders. Problems started in December and worsened in January when they had an 8-game losing streak. After that, the Blacks and Whites had a couple more bad stretches, but in February, they are playing very well. In the last six games, they have five wins, losing only to Buffalo - 0:7. The Californians are in seventh place in the Western Conference standings.

Columbus is a team that has been floundering in the group of league outsiders for the last few years, not trying to interfere in the distribution of cup places. From the very beginning of the current regular season, the Jackets have shown us that their level of ambition has not changed, as they have hardly ever won. Several protracted series of defeats immediately sent them to the usual positions where they are located until now. In the last six games, they have allowed four defeats, beating only St. Louis and San Jose 1:0 and 4:3, respectively. Such modest results leave the team in last place in the Eastern Conference standings.

Los Angeles and Columbus are opponents of different levels in the current regular championship. The Californians continue to fight for the playoffs, trying to earn the highest seeding in cup battles, but the Jackets are not solving any tournament problems, being hopeless outsiders in the league. Of course, this information alone is enough to consider the Kings as favorites for the upcoming clash. The head-to-head statistics are also in their favor, as they have won four of the last five friendlies.

You should not expect a high goal-scoring activity from the upcoming confrontation. The fact is that Los Angeles is a very pragmatic team, for which the main reference point is the reliability of defensive structures. In the last five games, the Kings have had only 25 shots on goal (5.00 average per game), which is a modest number in itself, and in four of the five games, they have either allowed less than two goals or scored.