{"id":535240,"date":"2026-04-01T19:13:24","date_gmt":"2026-04-01T19:13:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/535240\/"},"modified":"2026-04-01T19:13:24","modified_gmt":"2026-04-01T19:13:24","slug":"nhl-best-bets-blues-vs-kings-ducks-vs-sharks-expert-picks-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/535240\/","title":{"rendered":"NHL Best Bets: Blues vs Kings &#038; Ducks vs Sharks Expert Picks Today"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>NHL Best Bets &amp; Picks: Blues vs Kings &amp; Ducks vs Sharks \u2013 Expert Game Previews<\/p>\n<p>The National Hockey League (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rotowire.com\/hockey\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NHL<\/a>) has just three games on the slate Wednesday evening, including the Anaheim Ducks and San Jose Sharks in the nationally-televised game at 9 p.m. ET on TNT\/truTV\/HBO Max.<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;ll provide single plays and parlay opportunities you could potentially pair with Wednesday&#8217;s MLB, NBA and NIT college basketball action. Good luck with all of your plays! Let&#8217;s get started.<\/p>\n<p>Top up your bankroll thanks to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rotowire.com\/betting\/sportsbook-promo-codes\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">sportsbook promos<\/a> like this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rotowire.com\/betting\/betmgm\/bonus-code\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">BetMGM bonus code<\/a> offering $1,500 in bonus bets.<\/p>\n<p>For the latest\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rotowire.com\/betting\/nhl\/odds\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NHL Odds<\/a>, including\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rotowire.com\/betting\/nhl\/futures.php\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NHL Futures<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rotowire.com\/betting\/nhl\/player-props.php\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NHL player props<\/a>, visit RotoWire&#8217;s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rotowire.com\/betting\/nhl\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NHL Betting<\/a>\u00a0page. For up-to-date\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rotowire.com\/hockey\/news.php\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NHL player news<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rotowire.com\/hockey\/injury-report.php\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NHL Injury Report<\/a>\u00a0info, head to RotoWire&#8217;s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rotowire.com\/hockey\/nhl-lineups.php\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NHL Lineups<\/a>\u00a0page. You can find more picks at<a href=\"https:\/\/bookies.com\/picks\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\"> Bookies.com\/picks<\/a>. Here are our NHL Best Bets today, featuring expert NHL picks for an action-packed slate of games.<\/p>\n<p>St. Louis Blues <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/100STL.png\" class=\"article__logo\" alt=\"STL\"\/> at Los Angeles Kings <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/100LAK.png\" class=\"article__logo\" alt=\"LAK\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The Blues (31-31-11) and the Kings (29-26-18) meet at Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles at 9 p.m. ET on ESPN+.<\/p>\n<p>St. Louis enters play with 73 points and nine games remaining in the season, sitting four games back of the Nashville Predators for the final wild-card spot. With Utah sitting with 82 points, there is basically just one wild-card spot remaining, and as many as six teams with a realistic shot at it.<\/p>\n<p>The Kings are also one of those teams, one point back of the Predators with a game in hand. The Winnipeg Jets also have 76 points, while the San Jose Sharks have 75 points, with two games in hand on the Preds, so they&#8217;re very much in the mix, too.<\/p>\n<p>In essence, this is an elimination game in the wild-card hunt; especially if a team loses in regulation, it&#8217;s almost a death knell. You can&#8217;t give up two points to your competitor and hope for a positive outcome in the playoff race. That&#8217;s why this game is so wildly interesting.<\/p>\n<p>The Blues weren&#8217;t even expected to be here, as they traded off veteran rearguards <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rotowire.com\/hockey\/player\/justin-faulk-3547\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Justin Faulk<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rotowire.com\/hockey\/player\/brayden-schenn-3252\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Brayden Schenn<\/a>, waving the white flag at the NHL trade deadline. But the veterans and younger players have some tremendous heart, fighting tooth and nail to stay in the hunt. That&#8217;s admirable.<\/p>\n<p>While St. Louis lost one of those head-to-head battles with the Sharks in San Jose on Monday, they fell 5-4, and put up a valiant effort. That halted a four-game win streak, which also included a 2-1 OTW against the Sharks in St. Louis on March 26.<\/p>\n<p>The Under is 7-1-1 in the past nine games for the Blues, and 12-2-1 across the previous 15 outings. For the Kings, the Under has a 3-2 edge in the past five games, and 6-4 mark in the past 10.<\/p>\n<p>Los Angeles was dusted 6-2 by the Utah Mammoth, and it is just 1-2-3 in the past six games. They&#8217;ve gone to OT and\/or a shootout frequently lately, and the Kings have ended up in OT\/SO with the Blues in four straight meetings, winning three of them, including both previous matchups this season.<\/p>\n<p>Let&#8217;s back the Kings to gut out a narrow win, and we&#8217;ll go low on the total, which is 5-1 in the past six in this series.<\/p>\n<p>Kings ML (-140 at Bet365, Fanatics, FanDuel and Hard Rock Sportsbooks)Under 5.5 (-110 at Caesars and Fanatics Sportsbooks)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rotowire.com\/betting\/apps\/missouri\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Missouri sports betting<\/a>\u00a0is live, and you can check in on the best\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rotowire.com\/betting\/promos\/missouri\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Missouri sportsbook promos<\/a>\u00a0if you&#8217;re located in the Show Me State.<\/p>\n<p>Anaheim Ducks <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/100ANA.png\" class=\"article__logo\" alt=\"ANA\"\/> at San Jose Sharks <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/100SJS.png\" class=\"article__logo\" alt=\"SJS\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The Ducks (41-28-5) and Sharks (34-31-7) meet at SAP Center in the nationally-televised game at 9 p.m. ET.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Anaheim is first in the Pacific Division with 87 points, two points ahead of the Edmonton Oilers, also with a game in hand. San Jose is two points back of Nashville for the final wild-card spot, so this could conceivably be a playoff preview if things break a certain way.<\/p>\n<p>The Ducks are just 18-18-2 on the road this season, and despite being in first place, they have a minus-7 goal differential overall through 74 games. The Sharks are 18-12-5 at home, having been a tough out at SAP Center in this resurgence season.<\/p>\n<p>The road team has won each of the first two meetings, both high-scoring affairs. In San Jose back on Oct. 11, the Ducks outlasted the Sharks 7-6 in overtime as moderate favorites (-135) as the Over (6.5) cashed, while the Sharks nipped the Ducks 5-4 as moderate &#8216;dogs (+140) on Dec. 29, also as the Over (6.5) comfortably hit. Each of the past three meetings has been decided by a single goal as the Over hit in both outings.<\/p>\n<p>San Jose is just 2-5-1 in the past eight games, but it has rallied for two wins in a row. The Under has posted four victories in the past six outings. However, remember that series trend.<\/p>\n<p>Anaheim is 5-1-2 in the past eight games, as it looks to stave off Edmonton, the two-time defending Western Conference champs. Let&#8217;s take the Ducks to get the job done, and we&#8217;ll go high on the total until we see some shred of defense in this series.<\/p>\n<p>Ducks ML (-110 at Fanatics and Hard Rock Sportsbooks)Over 6.5 (-125 at Bet365 and BetMGM Sportsbooks)<\/p>\n<p>Don&#8217;t make any bets on your favorite <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rotowire.com\/betting\/sports-betting-apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">sports betting apps<\/a> without first consulting the latest <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rotowire.com\/betting\/nhl\/odds\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NHL odds<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Parlay Strategy and Super Parlay Picks for NHL Betting Slates4-Leg NHL Super Parlay (+843 at FanDuel Sportsbook)Kings ML (-140) vs. BluesUnder 5.5 (-114) &#8211; Kings vs. BluesOver 6.5 (-134) &#8211; Ducks at SharksDucks ML (-114) at Sharks2-Leg NHL Sides Parlay (+221 at FanDuel Sportsbook)Kings ML (-140) vs. BluesDucks ML (-114) at Sharks2-Leg NHL Totals Parlay (+227 at FanDuel Sportsbook)Under 5.5 (-114) &#8211; Kings vs. BluesOver 6.5 (-134) &#8211; Ducks at Sharks<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NHL Best Bets &amp; Picks: Blues vs Kings &amp; Ducks vs Sharks \u2013 Expert Game Previews The National&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":535241,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5123],"tags":[2210,233,5292,1739,5,55615,4],"class_list":{"0":"post-535240","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-anaheim-ducks","8":"tag-anaheim","9":"tag-anaheim-ducks","10":"tag-anaheimducks","11":"tag-ducks","12":"tag-hockey","13":"tag-minor-league-stats","14":"tag-nhl"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nhl\/116331047831986882","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/535240","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=535240"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/535240\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/535241"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=535240"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=535240"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=535240"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}