The game between the Edmonton Oilers and Los Angeles Kings will take place at Rogers Place on Tuesday, April 25 at 9:30 PM ET.
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The Edmonton Oilers will welcome the Los Angeles Kings to Rogers Place for an NHL game on Tuesday. The Edmonton Oilers won 4-5 in their last game over the Kings. Leon Draisaitl wasn’t fazed as his Edmonton Oilers faced a three-goal deficit at the end of the first period of Game 4 against the Los Angeles Kings. Instead, Draisaitl and the Oilers were able to rally and post what might be their biggest win of the season.
Zach Hyman scored at 10:39 of overtime Sunday night as the Oilers rallied to beat the Kings 5-4 and even their first-round playoff series at two games apiece. “I think all playoff games are big tests, but this one was massive for our group. I thought we responded well,” said Draisaitl, who had two goals and an assist. “It is not an easy team to come back against. We came back in waves in the second period and put ourselves back into it.”
Hyman’s snap shot from the left faceoff circle was his first goal of the playoffs. It was the first time since 1997 against Dallas that the Oilers came back to win a playoff game after trailing by three or more goals. “It was a great breakout pass,” Hyman said about his first playoff game-winning goal. “I was looking for a pass and it turned into a Grade A scoring chance. I was able to get it up and over and that was the game. It is probably the most important goal in my career.”
The Los Angeles Kings on the other hand lost 4-5 against the Oilers in their last game. Arvidsson had a goal and an assist for the Kings, while Kevin Fiala had two assists in his first game since April 1. Gabriel Vilardi, Anze Kopitar and Matt Roy also scored for the Kings while Joonas Korpisalo stopped 35 shots. Phillip Danault also had two assists.
“We can be frustrated tonight, but tomorrow’s a new day and we’ve got to get ready for Game 5,” Kopitar said. “The first period was obviously really good, and the second period was not good, so there’s no secret to that. We’ll have to correct that going forward.” Los Angeles dominated the first period and raced out to a 3-0 lead to chase Skinner. Edmonton then took control in the second to tie it at 3, including two power-play goals.
It was an even played third period as it went to overtime for the third time in the series. “We gave up the lead in the second period but we lost it in overtime,” Kings coach Todd McLellan said. “The start for us was tremendous, it was something we haven’t had in the series. It has been a strange series, the team that gets in the lead kind of takes their foot off the gas.”
Evan Bouchard – Leon Draisaitl – Connor McDavid
Zach Hyman – Mattias Ekholm – Evander Kane
Ryan Nugent-Hopkins – Nick Bjugstad – Philip Broberg
Jack Campbell – Cody Ceci
Vincent Desharnais – Warren Foegele
Klim Kostin – Brett Kulak
Ryan McLeod – Darnell Nurse
Derek Ryan
Stuart Skinner
Kailer Yamamoto
Viktor Arvidsson – Phillip Danault – Kevin Fiala
Alex Iafallo – Adrian Kempe – Anže Kopitar
Trevor Moore – Matt Roy – Gabriel Vilardi
Michael Anderson – Jaret Anderson-Dolan
Quinton Byfield – Drew Doughty
Sean Durzi – Alexander Edler
Vladislav Gavrikov – Carl Grundstrom
Joonas Korpisalo – Rasmus Kupari
Edmonton Oilers: Mattias Janmark, Ryan Murray, Mike Smith, Oscar Klefbom
Los Angeles Kings: Blake Lizotte, Jacob Ingham
The game between the Edmonton Oilers and Los Angeles Kings will take place at Rogers Place on Tuesday, April 25 at 9:30 PM ET.
The match between the Edmonton Oilers and Los Angeles Kings will be telecast live on Fox Sports West, Bally Sports West, ESPN, TNT.
| Country | Channel | Date and Time |
| United States | Fox Sports West, Bally Sports West, ESPN, TNT. | April 25 (9:30 PM ET) |
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