The San Jose Sharks will be looking for a precious road victory when they take the ice at Staples Center for Game 5 of their best of seven Western conference playoff series with the LA Kings in a pro hockey contest on Thursday night.
The Sharks and Kings will begin Game 5 from Staples Center in Los Angeles at 10:30PM Eastern Time with national television coverage provided by NBC Sports Network.
The odds from Game 5 of this NHL playoff series have the home club LA Kings favored by -145 odds with the take back on the road underdog San Jose Sharks at +135 odds. The goal total is lined at 4 ½ goals.
The Sharks even this best of seven series with the Kings at 2-2 following a game four 2-1 home victory against the LA Kings on Tuesday night as a -128 odds betting favorite. The game landed under five goals.
San Jose jumped out to the 2-0 lead after two periods and the Kings turns it into a one goal game at 9:46 of third period as Mike Richards scores on the power play. Both teams had 23 shots on goal with the LA Kings dominating the third period by outscoring the Sharks by a 14-2 margin. San Jose won eight more face-offs. San Jose goes 1 of 4 on the power play and the Kings go 1 of 3 on the man advantage. Three of the four Sharks goals at home in this series have come on the man advantage.
