Kings Road Favorites At Wild In Monday NHL Picks

• What: Monday NHL Picks
• Who:  Los Angeles Kings at Minnesota Wild
• When: Monday, March 17, 8:00 p.m.

The good news for the Los Angeles Kings in the Monday NHL picks is that oddsmakers are liking their chances against the Minnesota Wild. LA is set as -140 road favorites against the Wild.

The bad news is that LA is a road favorite. The Kings are 0-5 straight up in the last five games they've been given the betting nod as an away team.

Let's look at the latest betting line on this game. Odds are subject to change.

	Puck Line	Moneyline	Total
Los Angeles Kings	-1.5 (+195)	-140	O 5.5 (+117)
Minnesota Wild	+1.5 (-135)	+120	U 5.5 (-138)

There are just five NHL games on the agenda during a slow Monday night of action. This is one of the games that we think provides the best bets of the night in the NHL picks.

The Kings show only 13 road wins this season. That's the fewest of any current NHL playoff team.

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Kings vs Wild Betting Trends

The Kings are 4-1 straight up in the last five games facing the Wild. Los Angeles is 3-1 SU in the last four visits to Minnesota. Take it back a bit further and LA is 5-12 SU over the last 17 games played at Minnesota. Overall, the Kings are 7-3 SU in the last 10 games against the Wild.

Los Angeles is 5-0 SU over the past five games. This run has come on the heels of a five-game losing streak. The Kings are 2-4 SU in their last six meetings with Western Conference opposition. LA is 2-8 SU over the club's past 10 road games.

Minnesota is 1-4 SU over the past five games. The Wild are 4-9 SU through the past 13 contests facing a Western Conference club. They are 2-3 SU in their last five home games.

The under is 4-2-1 on the total in the last seven LA vs Minnesota games. At Minnesota, the over is 4-1-1 through the past six games.

The under is 5-1 in the last six Kings games. Of LA's past five road games, four have gone over. Four of the last six games the Kings have played against Western Conference opponents have hit on the under.

Four of Minnesota's last five games have gone under. As well, the under is 5-1 through the last six home games played by the Wild.

The Wild are 10-21 against the puck line as a home team. Minnesota is 14-17-2 SU this season as the betting underdog. LA is 21-14-6 SU as the favorite in the betting line. The Kings are 17-18 against the puck line on the road.

Kings Coming In Hot

Los Angeles will be taking the club's third five-game winning streak of the season to the ice at Minnesota on Monday. The only one hotter than the Kings is LA center Quinton Byfield. He's scored a goal in six successive games. Two of those goals were overtime winners.

Quinton Byfield's currently on a SIX game goal streak.

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— PuckEmpire (@puckempire) March 16, 2025

Defense is the name of the game when it comes to the LA success story. The Kings are allowing 2.55 goals per game. That's second-best in the NHL. Goalie Darcy Kuemper, who recently won his 200th NHL game, has been the winning netminder in four of the five games during the club's current streak. He's allowed just two goals over those four games and has an active shutout streak of over 154 minutes.

Hurting Wild Can't Score

Minus injured core forwards Kirill Kaprizov and Jonathan Eriksson Ek, the Wild offense has grown tame. Minnesota is tied with Chicago for the NHL's sixth-worst attack, scoring 2.77 goals per game.

so like what's the hang time on this?? pic.twitter.com/pJ1kfYcbrg

— Minnesota Wild (@mnwild) March 16, 2025

The Wild are 1-3-1 SU over the last five games. Forwards Matt Boldy and Marco Rossi each have 21 goals, but are in the midst of scoring slumps. Boldy hasn't scored since Feb. 22. Rossi is without a goal since Feb. 25.

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With one win in the last five games and only three in the past 10 outings, the Wild are clearly scuffling. They are 11-15 SU since Jan. 9.

Los Angeles Kings To defeat Minnesota Wild

-140

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However, the Kings and prosperity away from home are not a common partnership. LA has just just four wins in 14 road games during 2025. Still. it's hard to ignore that these are two teams heading in opposite directions. Go with the Kings in the Monday NHL picks.