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Nashville Predators at Los Angeles Kings

NHLregular • 2025-26 Season
completed
Kings logo
Kings
Los Angeles
4
vs
Predators logo
Predators
Nashville
5
LAK 56%44% NSH
Prediction Confidence:
Moderate

Los Angeles Kings 56% to win. The top 2 signals favoring Kings:

  • Home Field Advantage. Kings are 0-0 at home this season
  • Defensive Efficiency. Kings defense (2.9 Opp PPG) better than Predators (3.4 Opp PPG)

What would change the call

Win probability as of kickoff if a leading factor were even

  • If the home-field edge were neutral: LAK 51% (−5)
  • If the defensive efficiency edge were neutral: LAK 53% (−3)
  • If the rest edge were neutral: LAK 56% (0)
  • If the offensive efficiency edge were neutral: LAK 56% (0)

Win probability movement

LAK home win probability as the model updated before the game

Home win probability movement62%56%51%Mar 30Apr 2

Labels mark updates of 5 points or more, named by the factor that moved most.

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Team Comparison

Head-to-head snapshot based on our model inputs

Predators (away)
Kings (home)
44%
Win probability
56%
0
High-impact factors
0
0
Players ruled out
0

Post-Game Analysis

How our model performed

The Predators defeated the Kings 5-4.

Our model predicted the Kings would win with 56% confidence, but the Predators won against the model's expectation. Results like this help us refine the model.

Looking at the factors our model weighed:

  • Home Field Advantage favored the Kings and was a notable factor: Kings are 0-0 at home this season
  • Defensive Efficiency favored the Kings and was a contributing factor: Kings defense (2.9 Opp PPG) better than Predators (3.4 Opp PPG)
  • Rest Days favored the Predators and was a contributing factor: Predators rest advantage (4 days rest) over Kings (1 day rest)

This analysis was generated from our model's pre-game assessment compared against the actual result. Factor accuracy helps improve future predictions.

Predators won 4-5

Predators won in a close game

Prediction IncorrectWe predicted Kings at 56%

Key Factors

What's driving the win probability for this game

  • Home Field AdvantageFavors Los Angeles Kings
  • Defensive EfficiencyFavors Los Angeles Kings
  • Rest DaysFavors Nashville Predators
  • Offensive EfficiencyFavors Nashville Predators
  • Recent FormNeutral
  • InjuriesNeutral
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What's Driving This Game

Each factor's contribution to the final win probability

NSH
LAK
Home Field Advantage
Defensive Efficiency
Rest Days
Offensive Efficiency
Recent Form
Favours NSH|Favours LAK

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Model vs. Market

Comparing our model against market-implied probabilities

Kings

Our Model56%

Predators

Our Model44%

Understanding the win probability calculation

Model version: 1.0.0 • Calculated: 4/2/2026, 8:50:01 AM

Key Players

Predators

Isak PoschG
Juuse SarosG
Justus AnnunenG
Ross ColtonC
Mavrik BourqueC

Kings

Carter GeorgeG
Anton ForsbergG
Darcy KuemperG
Alex TurcotteC
Liam LefebvreC

Learn About Our Analysis

Learn about the factors behind our predictions

Frequently Asked Questions

Kings has a 56% win probability, while Predators has a 44% win probability based on our analysis.

Our model considers offensive and defensive efficiency, rest days, injury impact, and historical performance.

This game is being played at crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles, CA.

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