Boston at Los Angeles

Boston won 4-2 at Anaheim on Friday night with 22 shots for and 27 against, and it is back on the ice in Los Angeles tonight. The Kings last played Tuesday. Los Angeles is 0-3-2, and Boston is 6-2, yet the Kings have outshot opponents 153 to 133 and been outscored 21 to 11. Los Angeles puts 30.6 shots a game on net, sixth in the league, and Boston allows 28.5, tenth-most. Boston allows 2.25 goals a game, the second-fewest, come on those shots. The Kings outshot Colorado, San Jose, and Edmonton, and they put 40 on the Oilers while allowing 17. Los Angeles scores 2.2 goals a game, 29th in the league. Mats Zuccarello and Alex Turcotte went on injured reserve, retroactive to October 6, with undisclosed injuries, and the Kings have scored one goal in each of the two games played without them. Boston’s only two losses, 4-1 at Minnesota and 4-1 to Ottawa, were both by three goals, and I’m laying the puckline with Los Angeles tonight.