Kings vs Stars NHL Odds Preview
Tough Western Conference Battle on Tuesday
The Los Angeles Kings look to end their long road trip on a high note down in Big D as the Stars look to pick up their ninth win in the last twelve meetings against the Hollywood club. Let’s take a look and breakdown some key factors for this contest between Western Conference foes in this betting preview of Kings vs Stars NHL Odds matchup for Tuesday night down in Dallas.
Kings vs Stars 
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Location: American Airlines Center, Dallas, Texas
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King Nothing?
The Los Angeles Kings look to wrap up a season-long six-game road trip that has been anything but a pleasurable journey, losing in eight of their last nine games.
They snapped the eight game skid on Monday afternoon with a 5-2 victory over the Carolina Hurricanes, a NHL team that had beat the Kings in eight straight meetings previously.
Goaltender David Rittich made 30 saves on 32 shots faced to earn his third victory in four starts since being recalled from the American Hockey League after backup Pheonix Copley tore his Anterior Cruciate Ligament, ending his NHL regular season.
The Kings scored four goals in the third period past goaltender Antti Raanta, who suffered the first regulation lost in his career against Los Angeles in nine career starts.
Now the club will look to bottle up this good energy in this second leg of the back-to-back against a Dallas Stars squad that has dominated the series, winning nine of the last twelve meetings. Keep an eye on the health status of forward Blake Lizotte, who left yesterday’s contest in the first period with a lower-body injury.
Stars Shining Again
The Dallas Stars have been weathering the storm during the dog days of January in the National Hockey League, winning three of their last four contests after dealing with a previous three-game losing slide.
Now Coach Pete DeBoar’s club will take on a Los Angeles Kings club who just ended their own eight-game losing streak yesterday afternoon against the Carolina Hurricanes, before embarking on a four-game road trip out to the East Coast. Expected to start between the pipes is Jake Oettinger.
The All-Star returned from injury on January 12th, making 32 saves on 36 shots faced in a 6-3 losing effort against the Nashville Predators, then facing the Chicago Blackhawks, picking up a win in relief when Scott Wedgewood left the game with an undisclosed NHL injury midway through the second period.
Kings at Stars Betting Odds
Sportsbooks have the hosting Dallas Stars NHL Odds betting odds to win as short favorites against the visiting Los Angeles Kings on Tuesday night priced in the range around -130 to -140.
As previously mentioned, Los Angeles has lost eight of their last nine games, along with nine of their last twelve meetings against Dallas. The Stars have won three of their last four games overall and four of the last five meetings against the Kings at American Airlines Center.
Concluding the Kings vs Stars NHL Odds Betting Preview: The total for this contest is set at 6.5 goals shaded to the Over between -115 and -120. Los Angeles has been trending Over the total in four of the last six games, but yet have gone Under the total in five of the last seven contests against fellow Western Conference clubs.
Dallas has been an over machine at home, cashing in fourteen straight and 15 of their last 19 games overall. In head-to-head NHL matchups, the Under has cashed in five of the last seven meetings.
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