- 1 Los Angeles Kings vs Pittsburgh Penguins: a 1-6-1 road team against the NHL’s last-ranked penalty kill
- 2 Los Angeles Kings: 63.0% on the penalty kill, and five straight wins from Kuemper
- 3 Pittsburgh Penguins: three straight one-goal losses, and a 10th-ranked penalty kill
- 4 Free NHL Prediction: Los Angeles Kings vs Pittsburgh Penguins
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Los Angeles Kings vs Pittsburgh Penguins: a 1-6-1 road team against the NHL’s last-ranked penalty kill 
Pittsburgh has won one of its eight road games. That record, 1-6-1, goes to Crypto.com Arena on Saturday 7 November, puck drop 9:00pm ET, and it’s about to get a harder schedule: the Penguins play in Anaheim the next night.
They’re 5-8-2 with 12 points, seventh in the Metropolitan and on a three-game losing run going into Thursday’s home game against Boston. All three of those defeats came by a single goal, 3-2 to Vegas, 5-4 in Montreal and 4-3 in overtime to Utah.
Los Angeles has the same 12 points from one fewer game, at 5-7-2, and sits seventh in the Pacific. The Kings beat San Jose 7-2 on Wednesday with a hat trick from Adrian Kempe, four assists from Artemi Panarin and two goals from Quinton Byfield.
The Kings are also 2-1 on a seven-game homestand and rested, with Thursday off and practice on Friday. Their home record overall is only 2-4-0, which is the number Pittsburgh would point to.
Last season’s series was split, with Pittsburgh winning 4-2 in Los Angeles on 16 October 2025 and the Kings winning 3-2 in Pittsburgh on 9 November. Saturday is the first meeting of this season. We couldn’t confirm a sportsbook line at the time of writing.
Los Angeles Kings: 63.0% on the penalty kill, and five straight wins from Kuemper 
Darcy Kuemper has won five straight starts. He made 30 saves on 32 shots against San Jose and is now 5-3-1, though his season numbers, a 3.46 goals-against average and a .885 save percentage, show how rough the opening weeks were.
The other goalie, Forsberg, is 0-4-1 despite a 2.51 goals-against average and a .902 save percentage. Kuemper’s run makes him the likelier starter on Saturday, but the team hasn’t said so.
Panarin leads the Kings with 17 points, eight of them goals, and Kempe has moved to 12 with his hat trick. Clarke adds 11 and Laferriere 10. Los Angeles scores 3.07 goals a game and allows 3.36, and the last five games have swung from 7-2 and 6-3 wins to a 6-5 overtime win over Ottawa and one-goal losses to Buffalo and Chicago.
The penalty kill is the weak spot. At 63.0% it ranks 32nd of 32, and a team allowing a power-play goal on more than a third of its chances can’t afford to take many penalties. The power play is 14th at 22.0%, which offsets some of that, and it sits nearly four points above Pittsburgh’s rate.
Injuries have taken a chunk of the forward group. Fiala, who broke his leg at the Olympics and hasn’t played this season, is on injured reserve and has started full-contact practice. Turcotte rejoined practice on Tuesday, Zuccarello is out through at least 10 November and Dvorak through at least 28 November.
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Pittsburgh Penguins: three straight one-goal losses, and a 10th-ranked penalty kill 
Erik Karlsson leads Pittsburgh with 16 points, 13 of them assists, an unusual top line for a roster that still includes Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin. Novak has 12, Malkin 11 and Crosby 10, and Malkin and Robertson share the team lead with six goals.
The Penguins score 3.20 goals a game and allow 3.40, and they haven’t won since 24 October, a 3-2 overtime game against Nashville. Before that they beat Florida 4-0, and those two wins sit alongside a 3-6-1 record over the last 10.
Pittsburgh’s penalty kill is a real strength at 82.1%, 10th in the league. Its power play is much less so at 18.2%, 23rd, with eight goals from 44 chances, which limits how much it can do against the worst kill in the league.
Silovs has carried the goaltending at 5-4-1 with a 2.99 goals-against average, a .888 save percentage and two shutouts. Murashov is 0-4-1 at 3.83 and .871. With Los Angeles on Saturday and Anaheim on Sunday, the Penguins have a back-to-back to manage, and the team hasn’t said who starts which game.
Malkin was day-to-day with a lower-body injury but expected back for Thursday. Rust is out through at least 5 December, Graves through at least 28 November and Soderblom through at least 14 November, and van Riemsdyk was on injured reserve through at least Thursday. Korczak, day-to-day earlier this week, has eight assists and no goals.
Probable lineup Los Angeles Kings: Not announced at time of publication
Probable lineup Pittsburgh Penguins: Not announced at time of publication
Free NHL Prediction: Los Angeles Kings vs Pittsburgh Penguins
Our prediction: Los Angeles Kings to win
We’re backing the rested home team against a road team that’s won once in eight tries. Pittsburgh flies across the country after hosting Boston on Thursday, and it has a game in Anaheim 24 hours later to think about, while Los Angeles has been at home since late October and has Panarin and Kempe scoring.
The penalty kill is the worry, since 63.0% gives any opponent a chance, and the Kings’ 2-4-0 home record doesn’t inspire confidence. Pittsburgh has also kept its last three games within a goal, and its 82.1% penalty kill should limit what the Kings get from their power play.
Pittsburgh’s 23rd-ranked power play is one of the less dangerous units to face with a kill that weak, though, and Kuemper’s five straight wins are the most reliable goaltending form in this game. Confirm the starter on Saturday, and the price against our 1.45 floor.
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