The Los Angeles Kings will travel to St. Louis, Missouri to face the St. Louis Blues at the Enterprise Center with the game scheduled to start at 2:00 PM ET on Sunday afternoon and will air on the NHL Network, Bally Sports West, and Bally Sports Midwest.

Los Angeles has been one of the better teams in the Western Conference as they enter this game in 4^th place in the Pacific Division with a record of 22-15-9 and 53 points which also gives them the 7^th-best record in the conference, however, they have lost five of their last six games and are on a three-game losing streak following Friday’s 1-5 loss on the road against the Colorado Avalanche. The success of the Kings this season can be attributed to their defensive play and goalies as they are allowing the 6^th fewest goals per game with an average of 2.74 goals per game and have the best penalty-kill percentage at 87.14%. 

Offensively, Los Angeles has been a middle-of-the-pack team as they rank 16^th in goals per game and 15^th in power-play success rate with a 21.43% power-play success rate and an average of 3.15 goals per game. David Rittich has had a solid season despite only playing in seven games with a record of 4-1-2 with a .927 save percentage and is allowing an average of 1.86 goals per game. The Los Angeles Kings will look to end their three-game losing streak when they travel to face the St. Louis Blues.

The St. Louis Blues have been one of the hotter teams in the NHL as they are on a four-game winning streak following a 4-3 overtime win on the road against the Seattle Kraken on Friday which has improved their record to 25-20-2 and 52 points which puts them in 5^th place in the Central Division and 9^th place in the Western Conference. St. Louis has been one of the lowest-scoring teams in the NHL this season as they are averaging the 7^th fewest goals per game and have the 8^th worst power-play success rate at 15.44% and an average of 2.91 goals per game. 

Defensively, the Blues have also been below average as they rank 18^th in goals allowed per game and 23^rd in penalty-kill percentage with a 77.78% penalty-kill percentage and are allowing an average of 3.17 goals per game. Robert Thomas has been one of the better players on the team and leads the team in goals, assists, and points with 17 goals, 34 assists, and 51 points this season. The St. Louis Blues will look to extend their winning streak to five games when they host the Los Angeles Kings on Sunday afternoon.

BookMaker has the Los Angeles Kings listed as -155 moneyline favorites on the road against the St. Louis Blues on Sunday afternoon. Los Angeles is 7-2-1 in the last ten and has won the previous five meetings. The Kings have won by an average margin of .8 goals per game over the last ten and 2.33 goals per game over the last three games in the series.

The Los Angeles Kings have been the better team this season and have dominated the series, going 7-2-1 in the last ten and winning the last five matchups against St. Louis. The Kings have won by an average margin of .8 goals per game over the last ten and 2.33 goals per game in the last three games in the series which is why I am taking the moneyline for the Los Angeles Kings when they travel to face the St. Louis Blues on Sunday afternoon.