Los Angeles Kings Odds

Los Angeles Kings Odds & Betting Guide: 2026-27 Season

Where the Kings Stand

The Kings went 35-27-20 for 90 points last season, fourth in the Pacific Division and the West’s second wild card, then drew the Presidents’ Trophy-winning Colorado Avalanche in the first round and got swept in four games. That was a fifth straight playoff appearance and a fifth straight first-round exit. The number that defines the season sits in the middle of that record: Los Angeles set an NHL record with 20 losses after regulation. A team that reaches overtime that often banks a lot of loser points, and that inflates a standings line in a way the underlying play does not always support. Hold that thought for the point total and for the regression angle below. You can track where books price every Kings game on the live NHL odds board.

The bigger change happened behind the bench. General manager Ken Holland fired Jim Hiller shortly after the Olympic break, D.J. Smith finished the year as interim coach, and in June the Kings hired Peter Laviolette on a three-year deal. Laviolette has coached more than 1,500 NHL games and won a Cup in Carolina, and he carries a reputation for strong debut seasons. Books tend to price a coaching change conservatively until the new system shows up on the ice, so the first six weeks of Kings numbers are worth watching for a gap between reputation and results.

The roster turned over at the top. Captain Anze Kopitar retired after 20 seasons, which hands the top-center job to Quinton Byfield and leaves a real hole down the middle. Holland answered with veterans: Erik Haula on a two-year deal, Mats Zuccarello at 39 on a one-year deal, and Corey Perry back at 41, while Artemi Panarin begins his first full season in Los Angeles after arriving from the Rangers at last season’s deadline. Kevin Fiala opens the year on injured reserve after another leg procedure in September, so the forward group starts short a scoring winger.

In net, Darcy Kuemper is the confirmed No. 1 with Anton Forsberg behind him. Kuemper carried the Kings last season, which cuts two ways for bettors: his save rate is the engine of their defensive profile, and it is also a regression candidate if it dips toward career norms. The penalty kill is the other flashing light. Los Angeles killed at 74.6% last season, its worst rate since 1986-87, and the team finished near the bottom of the league in scoring with a minus-22 goal differential. This is a low-event team, and that shapes almost every market on the page.

Western Conference and Pacific Division Context

The Kings play in a Pacific Division where the top two are set and the rest is a scrum. The Vegas Golden Knights open as division favorites around +200 as the defending Pacific and Western Conference champs, with the Edmonton Oilers right alongside them near +190. Behind that pair, the Anaheim Ducks are the popular riser around +650 on the strength of their young core, while the Seattle Kraken sit well back and the Calgary Flames and Vancouver Canucks are the longest division prices. The San Jose Sharks are improving but still young.

That layout matters because of how the NHL seeds its playoffs: the top three in each division qualify automatically, then two wild cards fill out each conference. Division games make up 28 of the 84-game schedule, four meetings against each of the seven rivals, so the race for third in the Pacific and the chase for a wild-card spot carry real betting weight all year. For the Kings, the live questions are whether they can climb into the top three or settle back into the wild-card tier they occupied last season. Books currently price them closer to the wild-card line than to the division’s top two.

Kings 2026-27 Point Total

The NHL’s version of a win total is the season point total, because the league hands out a point for every overtime and shootout loss. BetOnline opened the Kings at 95.5 points, down three from their opening number a year ago. Eight teams opened within a single point of 95.5, so Los Angeles sits in a crowded middle tier rather than in clear contender or clear seller territory.

Two things to keep in mind before taking a side. First, the schedule runs 84 games this season rather than 82, the first expanded slate since 1993-94, which nudges point totals up across the board and makes raw comparisons to last season’s numbers misleading. Compare per-game pace, not the final tally. Second, the Kings banked 90 points last season partly on those record 20 overtime losses, and a team cannot count on that many free loser points repeating. A real points gain this year likely has to come from winning more games outright under Laviolette, not from living in overtime again.

The Kings angle: Los Angeles went 20-10-11 on the road and just 15-17-9 at home last season, a reverse split that most teams never show. Combine that with a league-record 20 overtime and shootout losses, a 5-9 shootout record, and the pile of one-goal games that profile produces, and you have a textbook regression setup. One-goal and shootout results are close to random year over year, so a team that spent a season living on the margins tends to drift back toward even. That cuts against the point total if the free loser points dry up, and it is worth tracking in their game-by-game pricing all season.

Kings 2026-27 Futures Odds

On the Stanley Cup board the Kings sit in the middle, roughly +3000 to +4000 depending on the book, which pegs them as a playoff team rather than a contender. Their conference and division prices say the same thing: live for a spot, long to win either. The stronger Kings futures markets this year are the team ones, the point total above and the make-the-playoffs line, where books have leaned toward Los Angeles qualifying again.

On the player side, Byfield is the name to watch. He draws Selke dark-horse buzz as he steps into the shutdown-center role, and Kempe, who led the team with 73 points last season, is the Kings’ best bet to carry a scoring prop if the Panarin pairing clicks. There is no obvious Calder candidate here; remember the award excludes anyone who has already played a full rookie slate, so confirm eligibility before chasing a price. You can see where the Kings land against the field on the Stanley Cup futures board.

Betting Kings Puck Lines

The NHL’s version of the point spread is the puck line. Books set it at 1.5 goals in nearly every game and adjust the price instead of the number.

Kings -1.5 (+165) / Golden Knights +1.5 (-200)

The Kings cover by winning by two or more goals. The Golden Knights cover by winning outright or losing by one. The half-goal means neither side can push. So many NHL games finish within one goal that the favorite usually pays plus money on the puck line, while the underdog costs a steep price. A winning $100 bet on the Kings at -1.5 (+165) returns $265: the $100 stake plus $165 in profit. Backing the Golden Knights at +1.5 (-200) means risking $200 to win $100.

That plus-money payout on the favorite is exactly why the puck line confuses readers coming from football and basketball, where the favorite lays juice. Late in close games the trailing team pulls its goalie for an extra skater, and an empty-net goal is often what turns a one-goal win into a puck line cover. For a Kings team that plays so many tight games, the empty-netter is a live factor on most nights. See how the puck line works for more, and check the season-long puck line standings to see which teams actually cover.

Betting Kings Totals

Books set a total for the combined goals both teams score, then let bettors take a side. Say books post Kings vs. Oilers at 6.5, with the over at +105 and the under at -125. The over cashes if the two teams combine for seven or more goals. The under cashes at six or fewer. A half-goal total cannot push; on a whole number like 6, a six-goal game pushes and both sides get their stake back.

NHL totals sit in a narrow band, mostly 5.5 to 6.5, so books move the juice far more often than the number. Overtime goals count toward the total, and most books add a goal to the winner’s score for a shootout win, so a 3-3 game decided in a shootout grades as seven. Check the book’s rules.

Why Kings totals move: this is one of the lower-event rosters in the league. The Kings finished near the bottom of the NHL in scoring last season, their penalty kill cratered to its worst rate in nearly 40 years, and Laviolette’s structure leans defensive. That combination pushes their games toward the under side of the band, and books know it, so the value when it appears usually hides in the juice rather than the number. The other mover is the crease: the starting goalie shifts NHL totals more than any other input, and books often wait for confirmed starters before settling the price. When you want a read before puck drop, lean on the nightly picks. If you are opening an account to bet these, the bet365 bonus code walks through the current sign-up offer.

Betting the Kings Moneyline

The moneyline asks one question: who wins. At most books it includes overtime and the shootout.

Kings -160 / Opponent +135

Minus marks the favorite, plus the underdog. At -160 you risk $160 to win $100. At +135 you risk $100 to win $135. Converting to implied probability makes the pricing clearer. The -160 favorite implies 61.5%. The +135 underdog implies 42.6%. Those sum to 104.1%, not 100%. The extra 4.1 points are the book’s margin, and the book collects it whichever side wins.

One thing worth getting straight: a short price is not automatically a bad bet. Bettors call heavy favorites bad value out of habit, but if the Kings win a given matchup 65% of the time, -160 is a price worth taking, because it only implies 61.5%. Value is the gap between real probability and priced probability. The size of the number tells you nothing on its own.

When one side carries heavier juice than the other, that tells you where money is landing, not which side is correct. If the Kings drift from -160 to -185, bettors backed the Kings and the book adjusted its exposure. The team did not become more likely to win. Books also post a regulation line, sometimes called the three-way or 60-minute line, which adds a third outcome, a tie after regulation, so both teams pay longer prices than on the standard moneyline. A bet on the Kings in regulation loses if the game goes to overtime, even if they win it there. The moneyline is the dominant NHL bet, so the overtime and shootout grading rules matter: read how books grade overtime and shootouts before you bet one.

Kings Player Props

A player prop prices one player’s production in one game.

Adrian Kempe shots on goal: 3.5 (over -120, under +100)

The over needs four shots on goal. The under needs three or fewer. Anytime goal scorer is the other high-volume NHL prop. At +180, Kempe scoring implies 35.7%. Overtime goals count at most books; shootout goals do not.

NHL props follow ice time and deployment. A player promoted to the top line or the first power-play unit gets more shifts and more shooting chances, and books adjust when line combinations change. That is the live Kings story this year: with Kopitar gone and Panarin playing a full season, the top-six and power-play usage is still settling, and books have been slow to price a full Panarin-Kempe partnership into Kempe’s goal number. Goalie save props depend on the opponent’s shot volume and on the goalie actually starting. Check the prop board for what is posted, and always check confirmed starters and injuries before betting a prop, because a scratch or a backup in net changes the entire market.

Kings Public Betting Splits

Public betting data breaks ticket count out from money handled, and the gap between those two numbers is the useful part. Bet percentage is the share of tickets on a side; money percentage is the share of actual dollars. When a side draws a large majority of tickets but a much smaller share of the money, the bigger wagers are sitting on the other side, which is usually where the sharper money lives. If 68% of tickets land on a Kings over but only 44% of the dollars do, the heavier bets are backing the under, and that divergence is a sharper signal than either number alone.

This ties straight back to the juice question in the totals section. When books shade a Kings number against where the tickets are piling up, the splits tell you whether real money agrees. The Kings pull steady recreational volume as a California market team, which is exactly the setup where ticket share and money share separate. Pull the current Kings reading from the betting splits before you bet a side, and weigh the money number more heavily than the ticket number.

Prediction Markets

Prediction markets list the Kings as a tradable Stanley Cup contract priced in cents rather than American odds, so a position moves with the market as the season plays out rather than locking in at a posted number. These markets stand on their own in trading terms, contracts and positions and percentage pricing, and they operate under different rules than regulated sportsbooks. If you want to compare current offers before opening a position, the Polymarket promo code page lays out the latest sign-up terms.