Slumping Kings Take on Suddenly Mortal Blackhawks<\/strong><\/p>\n The Los Angeles Kings will attempt to snap a 126 minute streak without a goal on Monday night when they head to the Windy City to take on a Chicago team that is still miles ahead in the NHL overall standings but has three regulation losses in their last 10 games. <\/p>\n Los Angeles Kings (17-12-1-1) at Chicago Blackhawks (24-3-0-3)<\/strong> Matchup<\/a> | Preview<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n Check out our in-house NHL Handicapper!!! Buy Razor Ray’s NHL Picks Today!<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n While the Hawks have been remarkably consistent this year, the Kings have been all over the map and are in the midst of one of their sketchy stretches. This will be the third and final meeting of the season between the two teams \u2013 Chicago has won both so far during their incredible history making start to the regular season.<\/p>\n The Los Angeles Kings looked as though they had turned the corner after an average start to their season but lately they have fallen back to the form that saw them become one of the lowest scoring teams in the NHL last season. The Kings have averaged a middle-of-the-pack 2.81 goals per game this season but they have failed to score in the last two games \u2013 home losses to Dallas and a short-handed Vancouver Canucks team. The Kings have generated 60 shots on goal in those games but have not been able to get one past the keeper.<\/p>\n A look at the output of the stars on the team reveals the reasons for the recent goal scoring woes. Team leader in goals Jeff Carter is pointless in his last three games, Dustin Brown is pointless in four games and stud defenseman Slava Voynov has been held off the score sheet in his last four overall.<\/p>\n Goaltending and defense have been predictably good this season. The Kings allow 2.42 goals per game despite Jonathan Quick looking average at times. But he hasn\u2019t been the problem lately. Quick is just 1-2-0 in his last three games but does have a very good 1.01 GAA and .957 save % age over that span.<\/p>\n The Chicago Blackhawks return home on the heels of a 3-1-0 road trip. Their only loss came against the other monster of the West \u2013 the Anaheim Ducks. They are facing a little adversity for the first time this season \u2013 Marion Hossa sat out Friday and is questionable Monday and Patrick Sharp remains on IR.[ad-4437448]<\/p>\n Chicago enters Monday night\u2019s contest as one of the best defensive teams in the league. They are allowing just 2.10 goals per game \u2013 incredible. Corey Crawford has been in goal for all three of Chicago\u2019s three losses but he has been terrific on the whole. He has a sterling 1.86 goals against average and a .926 save % age on the season.<\/p>\n Offensively the Hawks are near the top of the league as well. They average 3.27 goals per game so far and are absolutely stacked up front. Jonathan Toews has four goals and three assists in his past three games, Patrick Kane has seven points in three games and there are six others on the Hawks roster that are averaging a point per game in their last three. Chicago is as deep a team as there is in the league \u2013 on offense and on defense.<\/p>\n Needless to say – there are absolutely no weaknesses on this team.<\/p>\n A few trends to consider:<\/p>\n \u2022 LA are 15-3 in their last 18 Mon. games. You certainly don\u2019t want to be a struggling team when faced with the prospect of taking on the league\u2019s best team. Unfortunately for the Kings, that is exactly what they are. Although there is a slight smell of a break-out for the Kings in this one, betting against Chicago has been suicide this season. They have lost just once at United Center all year \u2013 I can\u2019t see the bumbling Kings making it two.<\/p>\n Pick:<\/strong> Chicago Blackhawks -137<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Kings vs Hawks NHL Spread\/Handicapping Slumping Kings Take on Suddenly Mortal Blackhawks The Los Angeles Kings will attempt to snap a 126 minute streak without a goal on Monday night when they head to the Windy City to take on a Chicago team that is still miles ahead in the NHL overall standings but has […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":23016,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[53103,1547,2993,2276,1956,25501,25502,25503,25505,21185,58634,3801,2284,895],"class_list":["post-61149","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nhl","tag-53103","tag-betting-predictions","tag-free-nhl-picks","tag-hockey-betting","tag-hockey-odds","tag-kings-blackhawks-odds","tag-kings-blackhawks-picks","tag-kings-vs-blackhawks","tag-l-a-kings-vs-chicago-blackhawks","tag-l-a-vs-chicago","tag-l-a-vs-chicago-free-pick","tag-nhl-free-predictions","tag-nhl-odds","tag-nhl-picks"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61149","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=61149"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61149\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":61157,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61149\/revisions\/61157"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23016"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=61149"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=61149"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=61149"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Bet On NHL Hockey Today at One of our top online sportsbooks!!!<\/a><\/h3>\n
\n When: 8:00 PM ET, Monday, March 25, 2013<\/strong>
\n Where: United Center, Chicago, Illinois<\/strong>
\n Broadcast: TSN2, NBCSN, CSN-CH<\/strong>
\n Kings vs. Hawks Betting Lines from Bovada<\/a><\/strong>
\n Los Angeles Kings +1\u00bd -240 +124 Ov 5 -126<\/strong>
\n Chicago Blackhawks -1\u00bd +200 -137 Un 5 +114<\/strong><\/p>\nClick here now to check out the TOP NHL Cappers at CappersPicks.com!!!<\/a><\/h3>\n
Betting Prediction<\/h3>\n
\n\u2022 CHI are 9-2 in their last 11 vs. Pacific.
\n\u2022 Under is 11-4-1 in CHI last 16 home games.
\n\u2022 CHI are 19-7 in their last 26 Mon. games.
\n\u2022 Under is 19-5-3 in the last 27 meetings in Chicago.
\n\u2022 LA are 2-7 in the last 9 meetings in Chicago.<\/p>\n