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Sharks look to keep rolling with ninth-straight win
By Rob Gerein | January 4, 2010
Pacific-division rivals Los Angeles Kings and San Jose Sharks meet for the fourth time this season Monday at HP Pavilion, with the Sharks shooting for their ninth-straight win (10:30 pm ET, NHLN-CA, FS-W, CSN-CA).
San Jose is a -220 moneyline favorite and the over/under total is 5.5 in Hockey Betting at Sportingbet.
Los Angeles is 2-1 in the three meetings so far this season, but San Jose is 9-4 in the past 13 meetings. As well, San Jose is 5-1 in the past six meetings at home.
The teams last squared off Dec. 9 this season, when the Kings won 5-4 as road underdogs.
In the Kings’ last game, Michal Handzus scored a shorthanded third period goal to lift Los Angeles to a 2-1 victory over the Capitals on Saturday, as +105 underdogs. The score went under the over/under total of 6.
Ryan Smyth scored the other goal on the power play, and Jonathan Quick made 26 saves in preserving the win.
The Sharks beat the Edmonton Oilers 4-1 at HP Pavilion on Saturday night. San Jose won as a -270 home favorite and the score went under the 5.5-goal total.
Los Angeles (24-15-3) has won two straight games. San Jose (27-8-7) has won eight straight games.
The total has gone under in five of Los Angeles’s last six games on the road, and in eight of Los Angeles’s last 10 overall.
However, the total has gone over in four of the past six meetings between the Kings and Sharks.
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