{"id":323117,"date":"2025-01-22T16:44:22","date_gmt":"2025-01-22T21:44:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/?p=323117"},"modified":"2025-01-22T16:44:22","modified_gmt":"2025-01-22T21:44:22","slug":"panthers-vs-kings-picks-and-odds-january-22-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/panthers-vs-kings-picks-and-odds-january-22-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Panthers vs. Kings picks and predictions Jan. 22: Bet on Fiala to put up shots, and fade Bennett"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Los Angeles Kings host the Florida Panthers on Wednesday night.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The pregame narrative:<\/strong> Los Angeles aims for its first home win since Jan. 4 as it takes on the reigning Cup champion Florida Panthers. With these two strong defensive teams, I&#8217;m backing a low-scoring game. I also have prop plays on Kevin Fiala and Sam Bennett.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Check out my Panthers vs. Kings picks for Jan. 22.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Panthers vs. Kings picks<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Go to full <a href=\"https:\/\/www.northstarbets.ca\/sportsbook\/sports-hub\/ice_hockey\/nhl\">NHL betting markets<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.northstarbets.ca\/sportsbook\/event\/1021142542\">Best bet: Fiala over 2.5 shots (-130)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This was my best bet on Monday this week when the Kings faced the Penguins. Fiala delivered then, producing five shots in a 5-1 loss. And while the Panthers pose a bigger threat defensively than Pittsburgh, I&#8217;m still backing the Swiss native.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Fiala has cleared this mark in six straight games, including 15 shots over his last two games.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Kings haven&#8217;t won at Crypto.com Arena in over two weeks so I expect them to come out firing in a big measuring stick game against the defending champs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Key stat:<\/strong> Fiala is averaging five shots per game over his last six contests.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Quick picks<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.northstarbets.ca\/sportsbook\/event\/1021142542\"><strong>Under 5.5 goals (-109):<\/strong> <\/a>Last season, these teams met twice and the under hit both times.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Kings, once again, are one of the strongest defensive teams in the NHL:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>No. 3 in goals allowed\/game (2.48)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>No. 1 in shots allowed\/game (24.9)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>T6th in penalty kill (82.6%)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Both Panthers goalies have looked sharp recently. Sergei Bobrovsky recorded a 28-save win against the Anaheim Ducks Tuesday. His backup Spencer Knight, who posted a 34-save shutout on Jan. 18 and has won his past three starts, is expected to be in the crease Wednesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Meanwhile, Kings goaltender Darcy Kuemper enters Wednesday&#8217;s contest with an impressive 2.10 goals against average and a .920 save percentage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.northstarbets.ca\/sportsbook\/event\/1021142542\">Bennett under 0.5 points (-148):<\/a><\/strong> Bennett snapped a 20-game goal drought in Anaheim Tuesday. Prior to that, Bennett had just one point in his past 14 games.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Since 2022, Bennett has recorded just one point in his five games versus the Kings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Picks made at 4:20 p.m. ET on 01\/22\/2025.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Los Angeles Kings host the Florida Panthers on Wednesday night. The pregame narrative: Los Angeles aims for its first home win since Jan. 4 as it takes on the reigning Cup champion Florida Panthers. With these two strong defensive teams, I&#8217;m backing a low-scoring game. I also have prop plays on Kevin Fiala and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":30,"featured_media":323153,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"sidebar_plugin_meta_block_field":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[58],"tags":[49,8],"class_list":["post-323117","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nhl","tag-nhl","tag-nhl-betting"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Panthers vs. Kings picks and odds: Jan. 22 | NorthStar Bets<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Check out Panthers vs. Kings picks and odds for Jan. 22. 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