Los Angeles Kings vs San Jose Sharks Prediction: Who will be stronger?

Prediction for the NHL match which will take place on December 28. Who will turn out to be stronger? Check the team conditions! Several betting options are available.

Los Angeles is having a good regular season, but gradually, we have become accustomed to the fact that the Kings are permanent participants in the playoffs. Therefore, we should expect further progress from them. Indeed, they showed solid results through the first few days of December but then had a small streak of three straight losses. After that, they improved again, beating Seattle and San Jose - 3:2 and 4:1, respectively, and lost to the same Krakens - 1:2, but in the final game before the break, they were stronger than Calgary - 5:3. So far, the Black and Whites sit sixth in the Western Conference standings, seven points behind the leader.

San Jose can only dream of cup battles, as the Sharks fail regularly. Suffice it to say, they started with an 11-match losing streak. After that, they started to cling to points, but they still won far less often than they lost. The Californians had their best stretch in November and December when they won five out of seven games, but that was the end of their exploits. In their last five games, the Black and Green lost to Arizona 0:1 and 2:5, Colorado 2:6, Los Angeles 1:4, and Vancouver 4:7. Five consecutive games without a point have allowed San Jose to consolidate in last place in the Western Conference standings.

San Jose is the main outsider of the Western Conference in the current regular season. Of course, the Sharks are in last place in the standings, and they had a good stretch a month earlier, but after that, the Californians fell apart again, allowing a five-game streak without points. It will be extremely difficult to break it now, as their next opponent will be Los Angeles. For Black and White, it is going very well. They are in the group of league leaders, and in the last seven head-to-head meetings with San Jose, they won without fail.

Los Angeles is far from the league's most spectacular and attacking team. On the contrary, the Kings try to play solid defensively, pragmatically collecting their points. All of this is reflected in their performance: in their last eight home games, they have scored and conceded only 39 goals (4.88 per game on average).