Edmonton Oilers at Los Angeles Kings

Friday, April 26, 2024, 10:30 PM ET Crypto.com Arena, Los Angeles Playoffs Final

Final score

The Edmonton Oilers beat the Los Angeles Kings 6–1 on Friday, April 26, 2024 on the road.

Final score, Edmonton Oilers at Los Angeles Kings
Team	Goals	2023-2024 record
Edmonton Oilers	6	49-27-6
at Los Angeles Kings	1	44-27-11

News about this game

Edmonton Oilers Dominate Los Angeles Kings with a 6-1 Victory, Securing a 2-1 Series Advantage as Draisaitl Enters NHL Record Books

Sat, Apr 27, 2024

Leon Draisaitl and Zach Hyman both scored twice in the Oilers' 6-1 rout of the Kings in Game 3, taking a 2-1 series lead. McDavid contributed a goal and two assists.
Oilers Aim for Victory in Game 4, Lead Kings 2-1 in NHL Playoff Series

Sat, Apr 27, 2024

Oilers, up 2-1 in series, tackle Kings in key game 4. McDavid & Hyman eye lead extension; Kempe & Arvidsson aim to tie series.

Goals by period

Goals by period, Edmonton Oilers at Los Angeles Kings
Team	1st period	2nd period	3rd period	Total
Edmonton Oilers	3	1	2	6
Los Angeles Kings	0	1	0	1

Shots on goal by period

Shots on goal by period, Edmonton Oilers at Los Angeles Kings
Team	1st period	2nd period	3rd period	Total
Edmonton Oilers	16	10	14	40
Los Angeles Kings	8	10	10	28

Three stars

L. Draisaitl, Edmonton Oilers (2 goals, 1 assist)
Z. Hyman, Edmonton Oilers (2 goals)
R. Nugent-Hopkins, Edmonton Oilers (3 assists)

Scoring summary

Every goal, Edmonton Oilers at Los Angeles Kings. Numbers in brackets are season totals.
Period	Time	Team	Goal	Assists	Type	Score
1st	06:42	Edmonton Oilers	Zach Hyman (5)	Mattias Ekholm (1)	Even strength	EDM 1, LAK 0
1st	15:36	Edmonton Oilers	Leon Draisaitl (2)	Evander Kane (1), Darnell Nurse (1)	Even strength	EDM 2, LAK 0
1st	18:34	Edmonton Oilers	Connor McDavid (1)	Evan Bouchard (5), Leon Draisaitl (4)	Power play	EDM 3, LAK 0
2nd	05:32	Los Angeles Kings	Drew Doughty (2)	Quinton Byfield (4), Mikey Anderson (2)	Even strength	EDM 3, LAK 1
2nd	07:39	Edmonton Oilers	Evander Kane (1)	Cody Ceci (1), Ryan Nugent-Hopkins (1)	Even strength	EDM 4, LAK 1
3rd	06:37	Edmonton Oilers	Zach Hyman (6)	Connor McDavid (7), Ryan Nugent-Hopkins (2)	Power play	EDM 5, LAK 1
3rd	12:38	Edmonton Oilers	Leon Draisaitl (3)	Connor McDavid (8), Ryan Nugent-Hopkins (3)	Power play	EDM 6, LAK 1

Numbers in brackets are the player's season totals after the goal.

Team stats

Team stats, Edmonton Oilers at Los Angeles Kings
Stat	Edmonton Oilers	Los Angeles Kings
Shots on goal	40	28
Power play	3 of 7	0 of 5
Penalty minutes	45	47
Hits	23	36
Blocked shots	18	11
Giveaways	5	6
Takeaways	4	4
Faceoffs won	31/61 (50.8%)	30/61 (49.2%)

Box score

Edmonton Oilers

Edmonton Oilers skaters
Player	Position	Goals	Assists	Points	Plus/minus	Penalty minutes	Shots on goal	Hits	Blocked shots	Power-play goals	Faceoff percentage	Time on ice
Number 13 M. Janmark	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0		10:34
Number 18 Z. Hyman	L	2	0	2	+1	0	4	5	0	1		17:18
Number 19 A. Henrique	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	50%	16:50
Number 29 L. Draisaitl	C	2	1	3	+2	2	4	0	2	1	73.3%	17:51
Number 37 W. Foegele	L	0	0	0	0	4	2	0	0	0		13:10
Number 39 S. Carrick	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	33.3%	10:02
Number 55 D. Holloway	L	0	0	0	0	2	0	3	0	0		08:42
Number 71 R. McLeod	C	0	0	0	0	2	2	1	0	0	54.5%	14:33
Number 90 C. Perry	R	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0		13:26
Number 91 E. Kane	L	1	1	2	+1	15	4	3	0	0		13:52
Number 93 R. Nugent-Hopkins	C	0	3	3	+1	0	0	1	0	0		19:16
Number 97 C. McDavid	C	1	2	3	+1	0	5	2	0	1	58.3%	18:32
Number 2 E. Bouchard	D	0	1	1	+1	14	5	0	0	0		17:19
Number 5 C. Ceci	D	0	1	1	+1	0	2	0	2	0		21:00
Number 14 M. Ekholm	D	0	1	1	+1	2	5	1	2	0		18:20
Number 25 D. Nurse	D	0	1	1	+1	0	3	0	6	0		23:16
Number 27 B. Kulak	D	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	2	0		17:04
Number 73 V. Desharnais	D	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	3	0		19:05

Edmonton Oilers goalies
Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	Save percentage	Time on ice	Decision
Number 74 S. Skinner	28	27	1	.964	59:27	Win

Los Angeles Kings

Los Angeles Kings skaters
Player	Position	Goals	Assists	Points	Plus/minus	Penalty minutes	Shots on goal	Hits	Blocked shots	Faceoff percentage	Time on ice
Number 9 A. Kempe	R	0	0	0	-2	4	4	2	0		18:09
Number 11 A. Kopitar	C	0	0	0	-1	4	2	3	1	65%	17:42
Number 12 T. Moore	L	0	0	0	-1	0	4	2	0		17:21
Number 22 K. Fiala	L	0	0	0	0	2	3	0	0		18:44
Number 24 P. Danault	C	0	0	0	-1	0	2	2	2	66.7%	17:21
Number 33 V. Arvidsson	L	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	0		17:55
Number 46 B. Lizotte	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	37.5%	11:19
Number 55 Q. Byfield	R	0	1	1	0	2	1	1	0	33.3%	15:37
Number 61 T. Lewis	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0		12:00
Number 78 A. Laferriere	R	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	0		13:42
Number 80 P. Dubois	C	0	0	0	0	14	0	3	0	22.2%	14:08
Number 91 C. Grundstrom	R	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	50%	04:52
Number 3 M. Roy	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	4	2		19:21
Number 5 A. Englund	D	0	0	0	0	7	0	1	0		10:55
Number 8 D. Doughty	D	1	0	1	-1	12	1	1	0		24:36
Number 21 J. Spence	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	1		14:21
Number 44 M. Anderson	D	0	1	1	-1	2	1	4	3		21:02
Number 84 V. Gavrikov	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	2	1		20:06

Los Angeles Kings goalies
Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	Save percentage	Time on ice	Decision
Number 39 C. Talbot	40	34	6	.850	59:56	Loss

Penalties

Penalties, Edmonton Oilers at Los Angeles Kings
Period	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Minutes
1st	01:15	Los Angeles Kings	Adrian Kempe	Holding	2
1st	04:11	Edmonton Oilers	Mattias Ekholm	Hooking	2
1st	09:45	Edmonton Oilers	Evan Bouchard	Hooking	2
1st	18:24	Los Angeles Kings	Drew Doughty	Slashing	2
2nd	12:06	Edmonton Oilers	Leon Draisaitl	Hooking	2
3rd	05:19	Los Angeles Kings	Anze Kopitar	Roughing	2
3rd	05:19	Los Angeles Kings	Anze Kopitar	Unsportsmanlike conduct	2
3rd	05:19	Los Angeles Kings	Adrian Kempe	Roughing	2
3rd	05:19	Edmonton Oilers	Vincent Desharnais	Roughing	2
3rd	05:19	Los Angeles Kings	Andreas Englund	Illegal check to head	2
3rd	05:19	Edmonton Oilers	Dylan Holloway	Roughing	2
3rd	05:19	Los Angeles Kings	Andreas Englund	Fighting (major)	5
3rd	05:19	Edmonton Oilers	Evander Kane	Fighting (major)	5
3rd	08:24	Edmonton Oilers	Ryan McLeod	Unsportsmanlike conduct	2
3rd	10:43	Los Angeles Kings	Pierre-Luc Dubois	Roughing	2
3rd	10:43	Los Angeles Kings	Pierre-Luc Dubois	Roughing	2
3rd	10:43	Los Angeles Kings	Quinton Byfield	Roughing	2
3rd	10:43	Edmonton Oilers	Brett Kulak	Roughing	2
3rd	10:43	Edmonton Oilers	Evan Bouchard	Roughing	2
3rd	10:43	Los Angeles Kings	Pierre-Luc Dubois	Misconduct (misconduct)	10
3rd	10:43	Edmonton Oilers	Evan Bouchard	Misconduct (misconduct)	10
3rd	12:15	Los Angeles Kings	Mikey Anderson	Slashing	2
3rd	12:54	Los Angeles Kings	Drew Doughty	Misconduct (misconduct)	10
3rd	12:54	Edmonton Oilers	Evander Kane	Misconduct (misconduct)	10
3rd	14:08	Edmonton Oilers	Warren Foegele	Interference goalkeeper	2
3rd	18:30	Los Angeles Kings	Kevin Fiala	Tripping	2
3rd	19:37	Edmonton Oilers	Warren Foegele	Tripping	2

Game information

Edmonton Oilers head coach: Kris Knoblauch
Los Angeles Kings head coach: Jim Hiller
Referees: Chris Rooney, Peter MacDougall
Linesmen: Jesse Marquis, Bryan Pancich
Edmonton Oilers scratches: Sam Gagner, Connor Brown, Derek Ryan, Troy Stecher
Los Angeles Kings scratches: Jacob Moverare, Arthur Kaliyev

2023-2024 season series

Every Edmonton Oilers and Los Angeles Kings game in the 2023-2024 season
Matchup	Status	Details
Edmonton Oilers 3 at Los Angeles Kings 2	Final/SO	Game page: Edmonton Oilers at Los Angeles Kings, Sat, Dec 30, 2023
Edmonton Oilers 0 at Los Angeles Kings 4	Final	Game page: Edmonton Oilers at Los Angeles Kings, Sat, Feb 10, 2024
Los Angeles Kings 2 at Edmonton Oilers 4	Final	Game page: Los Angeles Kings at Edmonton Oilers, Mon, Feb 26, 2024
Los Angeles Kings 1 at Edmonton Oilers 4	Final	Game page: Los Angeles Kings at Edmonton Oilers, Thu, Mar 28, 2024
Los Angeles Kings 4 at Edmonton Oilers 7	Final Playoffs	Game page: Los Angeles Kings at Edmonton Oilers, Mon, Apr 22, 2024
Los Angeles Kings 5 at Edmonton Oilers 4	Final/OT Playoffs	Game page: Los Angeles Kings at Edmonton Oilers, Wed, Apr 24, 2024
Edmonton Oilers 6 at Los Angeles Kings 1	Final Playoffs	Game page: Edmonton Oilers at Los Angeles Kings, Fri, Apr 26, 2024
Edmonton Oilers 1 at Los Angeles Kings 0	Final Playoffs	Game page: Edmonton Oilers at Los Angeles Kings, Sun, Apr 28, 2024
Los Angeles Kings 3 at Edmonton Oilers 4	Final Playoffs	Game page: Los Angeles Kings at Edmonton Oilers, Wed, May 1, 2024
Edmonton Oilers at Los Angeles Kings	Not needed Playoffs	Game page: Edmonton Oilers at Los Angeles Kings, Fri, May 3, 2024
Los Angeles Kings at Edmonton Oilers	Postponed Playoffs	Game page: Los Angeles Kings at Edmonton Oilers, Sun, May 5, 2024

Other NHL games on Apr 26

Other NHL games on Friday, April 26, 2024
Matchup	Status	Details
New York Rangers 3 at Washington Capitals 1	Final Playoffs	Game page: New York Rangers at Washington Capitals, Fri, Apr 26, 2024
Vancouver Canucks 2 at Nashville Predators 1	Final Playoffs	Game page: Vancouver Canucks at Nashville Predators, Fri, Apr 26, 2024
Winnipeg Jets 2 at Colorado Avalanche 6	Final Playoffs	Game page: Winnipeg Jets at Colorado Avalanche, Fri, Apr 26, 2024