Flames at Kings: Two Struggling West Teams Meet in L.A.

Two teams near the bottom of the Western Conference meet Saturday at crypto.com Arena. Calgary is 13th at 8-10-1 with 17 points, but it is just 2-5-1 on the road and went LWLLW over its last five. Los Angeles is 14th at 5-10-2 with 12 points. The Kings are 2-7-0 at home and have lost four of their last five. They will also be without Artemi Panarin, who is out for personal reasons.

Goaltending is the clearest gap. Anton Forsberg starts for the Kings with a 2.44 GAA and a .907 save percentage in seven games. Dustin Wolf starts for the Flames with a 3.75 GAA and a .869 save percentage in 10 games.

That difference is why Chirp's Sim leans toward Los Angeles. In 10,000 simulations, the Kings won 61% of the time and the Flames 39%. The most likely final is Kings 4, Flames 3.