NHL

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

https://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=/i/teamlogos/nhl/500/la.png&h=100&scale=crop&w=100&location=originLA https://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=/i/teamlogos/nhl/500/edm.png&h=100&scale=crop&w=100&location=originEDM
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
Edmonton Oilers Edmonton Oilers Injuries
NAME, POS STATUS DATE
Kasperi Kapanen, RW Day-To-Day Feb 27
Mattias Janmark, C Out Feb 26
Los Angeles Kings Los Angeles Kings Injuries
NAME, POS STATUS DATE
Andrei Kuzmenko, LW Day-To-Day Feb 27
Drew Doughty, D Day-To-Day Feb 26
Joel Armia, RW Day-To-Day Feb 26
Kevin Fiala, LW Injured Reserve Feb 18

Game Information

Rogers Place

Location: Edmonton, AB
Attendance: 18,347 | Capacity:

2025-26 Pacific Division Standings

TEAM W L PTS OTL
Vegas 28 16 70 14
Edmonton 29 23 66 8
Anaheim 31 23 65 3
Seattle 27 22 63 9
Los Angeles 23 21 60 14
San Jose 27 25 58 4
Calgary 24 27 54 6
Vancouver 18 33 43 7
Full Standings