{"id":533833,"date":"2026-04-01T01:13:16","date_gmt":"2026-04-01T01:13:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/533833\/"},"modified":"2026-04-01T01:13:16","modified_gmt":"2026-04-01T01:13:16","slug":"kings-vs-blues-prediction-picks-april-1-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/533833\/","title":{"rendered":"Kings vs. Blues Prediction &#038; Picks &#8211; April 1"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Los Angeles Kings (29-26-18) host the St. Louis Blues (31-31-11) at Crypto.com Arena on Wednesday, April 1 at 9 p.m. ET on ESPN+. The Kings have fallen in four in a row at home.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/affiliates.routy.app\/route\/66358?affId=3147&amp;ts=5002712&amp;pa=1668&amp;pb=968385&amp;cid=VysXnuiJdD\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Sign up for ESPN+ today<\/a> to watch 1,000+ out-of-market NHL games, ESPN+ Hockey Night &amp; more.<\/p>\n<p>Get ready for this matchup with a look at who we project to emerge with the victory in Wednesday&#8217;s game.<\/p>\n<p>The Blues&#8217; offense has totaled 29 goals over their last 10 outings, while their defense has conceded 19 goals. They have had 20 power-play opportunities during that span, and have scored four goals (20.0%). They are 6-2-2 over those contests.<\/p>\n<p>Kings vs. Blues Predictions for Wednesday<\/p>\n<p>Our computer projection model for this contest expects a final tally of Kings 4, Blues 2.<\/p>\n<p>Moneyline Pick: Kings (-143)<br \/>\nTotal Pick: Over 5.5 (computer predicts 5.7 goals on average)<br \/>\nSpread Pick: Kings (-1.5)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/affiliates.routy.app\/route\/66358?affId=3147&amp;ts=5002712&amp;pa=1648&amp;pb=968383&amp;cid=VysXnuiJdD\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Watch 1,000+ out-of-market NHL games, ESPN+ Hockey Night &amp; more streaming all season on ESPN+.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Kings Splits and Trends<\/p>\n<p>The Kings have a 29-26-18 record overall, with a 10-18-28 record in contests that have needed overtime.<br \/>\nIn the 29 games Los Angeles has played that were decided by one goal, it has a 13-6-10 record (good for 36 points).<br \/>\nLooking at the 18 times this season the Kings ended a game with just one goal, they have a 1-13-4 record, good for six points.<br \/>\nLos Angeles has finished 5-9-5 in the 19 games this season when it scored a pair of goals (registering 15 points).<br \/>\nThe Kings are 23-4-9 in the 36 games when they have scored more than two goals (to record 55 points).<br \/>\nIn the 30 games when Los Angeles has capitalized on a lone power-play goal, it registered 33 points after finishing 14-11-5.<br \/>\nIn the 41 games this season in which it has outshot its opponent, Los Angeles is 16-17-8 (40 points).<br \/>\nThe Kings have been outshot by opponents 29 times, and went 12-8-9 (33 points).<br \/>\nBlues Splits and Trends<\/p>\n<p>The Blues have earned a record of 4-11-15 in overtime matchups to contribute to an overall mark of 31-31-11.<br \/>\nSt. Louis has earned 39 points (16-8-7) in its 31 games that finished with a one-goal margin.<br \/>\nThis season the Blues recorded only one goal in 12 games and have gone 2-7-3 (seven points).<br \/>\nWhen St. Louis has scored a pair of goals this season, they&#8217;ve earned 13 points (5-12-3 record).<br \/>\nThe Blues have scored at least three goals 39 times, earning 53 points from those matchups (24-10-5).<br \/>\nSt. Louis has scored a single power-play goal in 27 games this season and has registered 30 points from those matchups.<br \/>\nWhen outshooting its opponent this season, St. Louis is 13-15-3 (29 points).<br \/>\nThe Blues&#8217; opponents have had more shots in 41 games. The Blues went 18-16-7 in those contests (43 points).<\/p>\n<p>Looking for NHL tickets? <a href=\"https:\/\/affiliates.routy.app\/route\/67619?affId=3147&amp;ts=5002712&amp;pa=2994&amp;pb=968393&amp;cid=VysXnuiJdD\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Head to StubHub today<\/a> and see your team live.<\/p>\n<p>Team Stats Comparison<\/p>\n<p>Kings vs. Blues Game Time and TV Channel<\/p>\n<p>When: Wednesday, April 1, 2026 at 9 p.m. ET<br \/>\nTV Channel: ESPN+<br \/>\nLive Stream: <a href=\"https:\/\/affiliates.routy.app\/route\/66358?affId=3147&amp;ts=5002712&amp;pa=1691&amp;pb=968373&amp;cid=VysXnuiJdD\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Watch this game on ESPN+<\/a><br \/>\nWhere: Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles, California<\/p>\n<p>Sign up for <a href=\"https:\/\/affiliates.routy.app\/route\/66358?affId=3147&amp;ts=5002712&amp;pa=1684&amp;pb=968384&amp;cid=VysXnuiJdD\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">ESPN+<\/a> to watch the Kings take on Blues.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Los Angeles Kings (29-26-18) host the St. Louis Blues (31-31-11) at Crypto.com Arena on Wednesday, April 1&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":533220,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5126],"tags":[833,5,186,1760,240,5303,793,145,5304,5302,835,4,61,834,84],"class_list":{"0":"post-533833","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-los-angeles-kings","8":"tag-ds-sports","9":"tag-hockey","10":"tag-kings","11":"tag-la","12":"tag-la-kings","13":"tag-lakings","14":"tag-los-angeles","15":"tag-los-angeles-kings","16":"tag-losangeles","17":"tag-losangeleskings","18":"tag-men","19":"tag-nhl","20":"tag-nhl-predictions","21":"tag-professional","22":"tag-st-louis-blues"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nhl\/116326800130123506","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/533833","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=533833"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/533833\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/533220"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=533833"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=533833"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=533833"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}