The Los Angeles Kings will travel to Washington, District of Columbia to face the Washington Capitals at the Capital One Arena with the puck scheduled to drop at 3:00 PM ET on Sunday afternoon and will air on the NHL Network.

Los Angeles has been one of the better teams in the Western Conference as they enter this game with a record of 20-9-6 and 46 points which puts them in 3^rd place in the Pacific Division and gives them the 6^th best record in the conference, however, the Kings are on a four-game losing streak following a 3-4 overtime loss at home against the Detroit Red Wings on Thursday. The success of the Kings this season can be attributed to their defensive play and goalies as they enter this game allowing the 2^nd fewest goals per game while having the best penalty-kill percentage as they are allowing an average of 2.49 goals per game while having a penalty-kill percentage of 87.27%. 

Cam Talbot has also been one of the best goalies in the league this season as he enters this game with a record of 14-8-3 with a .925 save percentage while allowing an average of 2.1 goals per game which is the 2^nd lowest goals allowed per game and the 3^rd best save percentage in the NHL. The Los Angeles Kings will look to end their four-game losing streak when they travel to face the Washington Capitals.

The Washington Capitals enter this game with a record of 18-13-6 and 42 points which puts them in 7^th place in the Metropolitan Division and puts them in 11^th place in the Eastern Conference and are on a two-game losing streak following a 2-6 loss at home against the Carolina Hurricanes on Friday. 

The Capitals have been a slightly above-average team defensively as they are allowing the 12^th fewest goals per game and have the 12^th best penalty-kill percentage as they are allowing an average of 3 goals per game and have a penalty-kill percentage of 81.08%, however, they have been one of the lowest-scoring teams in the NHL as they are averaging the 3^rd fewest goals per game and have the 5^th worst power-play success rate with an average of 2.44 goals per game and a power-play success rate of 13.73%.

 

Alex Ovechkin is nearing the end of his career, however, he leads the team in points this season with 25 points. The Washington Capitals will look to end their two-game losing streak when they host the Los Angeles Kings on Sunday afternoon.

BookMaker has the Los Angeles Kings listed as -160 moneyline favorites on the road against the Washington Capitals on Sunday afternoon. Washington has won seven of the last ten and two of the last three meetings. The Capitals have won by an average margin of .6 goals per game over the last ten while both teams are averaging 2.67 goals per game over the last three games in the series.

The Washington Capitals are one of the worst teams offensively in the league this season while the Kings are one of the best defensive teams. Cam Talbot has been one of the best goalies this season with a .925 save percentage and is allowing an average of 2.1 goals per game. The under has been the trend in the series, hitting in seven of the last ten and two of the previous three meetings. Take the under 6 total goals when the Los Angeles Kings travel to face the Washington Capitals on Sunday afternoon.