Los Angeles Kings vs Vegas Golden Knights Prediction, 10/8/2025 NHL Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Los Angeles Kings vs Vegas Golden Knights

Date: Wednesday, October 8, 2025

Location: T-Mobile Arena in Paradise, NV

TV: TNT/HBO Max

Odds/Point Spread: Kings (+126) Golden Knights (-152)

T-Mobile Arena is the site where the Vegas Golden Knights (50-22-10 last year) will play the Los Angeles Kings (48-25-9 last season) on Wednesday. The odds on this game have the Kings at +126 and the Golden Knights open at -152. The over/under comes in at 6.

The Los Angeles Kings had a rough game after their 6-4 loss to the Oilers their last time on the ice. The Kings had a solid offensive performance and it showed in the loss. In the outing, they finished 4 of the 27 shots they tried. In addition, they had 2 attempts on the power play but weren't able to make the most of them. Los Angeles accounted for 2 penalty mins in this matchup.

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In terms of their goal scoring prowess, the Los Angeles Kings racked up 249 goals (14th in the league) over the course of last season and allowed 203. For the previous campaign, they scored 105 points and their points percentage was .640. Los Angeles finished with 207 power play opportunities and notched 37 goals out of those tries, earning them a percentage of 17.87%. While at even strength, the Kings allowed the opponent to score 159 goals while notching 212. Los Angeles tried 2,302 shots and were the owners of a shot percentage of 10.8%. The Kings had 2,090 shots taken against them and had a save percentage of .903. Los Angeles Kings opposition had 237 power play opportunities (11th in professional hockey) and racked up 44 goals in those chances.

Protecting the goal for this matchup will be Darcy Kuemper. Opponents have racked up 1,055 goals against Kuemper in his career and his goals against average is 2.87. Kuemper has participated in 439 games over the course of his professional hockey career. He has a save percentage of .915 during his 22,073 minutes on the ice. He has accumulated an overall record of 209-146-53 and he was named the starter in 418 games. During his career on the ice, Kuemper has accounted for 235 quality starts and his quality starts rate sits at .562. Kuemper has seen 12,365 shot attempts taken against him and he has 11,310 total saves.

Their last time out, Vegas went up against the Oilers in a matchup where the Golden Knights ended up losing by a mark of 1-0. The Golden Knights recorded 0 goals out of the 24 shots on goal they tried. They had 1 opportunity on the power play in this game but weren't able to put one in the back of the net.

Last season, the Vegas Golden Knights finished the season with 274 goals, 110 points, in addition to a points percentage of .671. They allowed 214 goals to be scored by way of 173 goals at even strength and 41 goals while they had less men on the ice. The Golden Knights finished with 221 goals at even strength and 53 goals (12th in the NHL) while on the power play. They had a total of 187 chances on the power play and they have accumulated a power play rate of 28.34%. Vegas attempted 2,482 shots (4th in pro hockey) and accumulated a shooting percentage of 11.04%, while allowing their opponent 2,141 shots. They accumulated a penalty kill rate of 75.74% on their opponent's 169 power play chances, and their save percentage came in at 90.0%.

Across the ice you are going to see Adin Hill in goal. The opposition is averaging 3.60 goals per game and he has yielded 452 goals altogether. Hill's rate of quality starts comes out to 53.2% and he has 92 quality starts in his professional career. He has started in 173 contests and has accumulated 7,542 minutes. Hill has accumulated a lifetime mark of 96-64-13 and has been in net for 186 games. He has a tally of 4,513 stops out of the 4,965 shots tried, giving him a save % of .909.

Who will win tonight's NHL game against the spread or moneyline?

Tony's Pick: Take Los Angeles (+126)

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