NHL Picks: It is rivalry Wednesday in the NHL on NBCSN as the Los Angeles Kings visit the Anaheim Ducks while the Boston Bruins take on the Toronto Maple Leafs. The Kings and Ducks played a classic playoff series a year ago that the Kings won in seven games while the Bruins and Leafs met in the playoffs two years ago in a great series that also went seven games with the Bruins staging a great comeback to win Game 7. Let’s look at both of these games for Wednesday night and NHL picks.
Los Angeles Kings at Anaheim Ducks (NBCSN)
The Kings had to win the last three games against the Ducks to win their playoff series a year ago on their way to winning the Stanley Cup. The Kings have gotten off to a bit of a slow start this season while the Ducks have been rolling. Anaheim has been playing excellent defense as they are in the top five in the league in fewest goals allowed and they are getting plenty of goals. The Ducks have seen their Stanley Cup odds drop as they are now one of the top contenders along with the Kings.
These teams have split their last ten meetings overall in Anaheim with the last two going over the NHL betting total. The Kings did take three of the four playoff meetings in Anaheim including Game 7 as they won that one by a score of 6-2.
Boston Bruins at Toronto Maple Leafs
The Bruins have been solid on the road this season, winning four of their six road games. They are averaging 2.6 goals per game while allowing 2.4 per contest. The Leafs dropped four of their first seven home games this season. They have been scoring 2.8 goals per game while allowing 2.6 goals per contest.
These two teams met in a classic playoff series two years ago that the Bruins ended up winning. The teams met four times last year with each team winning twice. The teams also split their two games in Toronto with Boston winning 5-2 and the Leafs winning 4-3. The teams played last month in Toronto and the Bruins won 4-1. The Bruins have won 7 of the last 10 in Toronto with two of the last three going over the NHL betting odds.
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The Ducks will be looking for revenge so we’ll take them to win against the Kings and we’ll take the Bruins to beat the Leafs.
