Los Angeles Kings at Edmonton Oilers

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Los Angeles Kings

19-15-10

Final
4 - 3

Edmonton Oilers

22-16-7

Kempe scores lone shootout goal to lift Kings past Oilers, 4-3

Los Angeles Kings vs. Edmonton Oilers: Game Highlights

Edmonton has eliminated Los Angeles in the opening round of the playoff the last four seasons.

Connor McDavid scored his 30th goal of the season to tie it at 3 for Edmonton on a power play with 9:20 to go. He extended his points streak to a career-high 18 games.

Corey Perry, Andre Lee and Alex Laferriere scored in regulation, and Anton Forsberg made 21 saves to help Los Angeles rebound from a 5-1 loss in Winnipeg on Friday night. The 40-year-old Perry spent the previous two seasons with Edmonton.

Leon Draisaitl scored twice for Edmonton, and Connor Ingram stopped 27 shots. McDavid, Draisaitl and Ryan Nugent-Hopkins failed on their shootout attempts for the Oilers.

Up next Kings: Host Dallas on Monday night.

Oilers: At Chicago on Monday night.

Regular Season Series

LA leads series 1-0

Scoring Summary

Goal	1st Period 9:12	Leon Draisaitl Goal (22) Wrist Shot, assists: Kasperi Kapanen (5)
Goal	1st Period 17:50	Corey Perry Goal (10) Wrist Shot, assists: Brandt Clarke (15), Andrei Kuzmenko (8)
Goal	2nd Period 1:07	Leon Draisaitl Goal (23) Slap Shot, assists: Evan Bouchard (33)
Goal	2nd Period 3:42	Andre Lee Goal (1) Tip-In, assists: Quinton Byfield (19), Taylor Ward (2)
Goal	3rd Period 6:21	Alex Laferriere Goal (12) Tip-In, assists: Brandt Clarke (16), Adrian Kempe (20)
Goal	3rd Period 9:20	Connor McDavid Goal (30) Wrist Shot, assists: Ryan Nugent-Hopkins (25), Evan Bouchard (34)
Goal	5 0:00	Adrian Kempe Goal Snap Shot

Statistics

LA		EDM
12	Blocked Shots	20
20	Hits	20
4	Takeaways	6
30	Shots	26
1	Power Play Goals	1
2	Power Play Opportunities	4
50.0	Power Play Percentage	25.0
0	Short Handed Goals	0
0	Shootout Goals	0
26	Faceoffs Won	31
45.6	Faceoff Win Percent	54.4
19	Giveaways	15
4	Total Penalties	2
8	Penalty Minutes	4