What you need to know ahead of the Kings' game against the Edmonton Oilers:
When: Wednesday, May 1 at 7:00 PM PST
Where: Crypto.com Arena - Los Angeles, CA
Watch: Bally Sports West and ESPN
Listen: Kings Audio Network on iHeart Radio
Team Records:
Oilers: 49 - 29 - 7 (82 GP, 104 points) -- Playoffs: 3-1
Kings: 44 - 27 - 11 (82 GP, 99 points) -- Playoffs: 1-3
Kings Regular Season Team Rankings:
Power Play: 12th (22.6%)
Penalty Kill: 2nd (84.6%)
Faceoff Win Percentage: 14th (50.6%)
Kings Postseason Team Numbers:
Power Play: 0-for-11
Penalty Kill: 6-for-15
Faceoff Win Percentage: 47.1%
Oilers Regular Season Team Rankings:
Power Play: 4th (26.3%)
Penalty Kill: 15th (79.5%)
Faceoff Win Percentage: 5th (53.2%)
Oilers Postseason Team Numbers:
Power Play: 9-for-15
Penalty Kill: 11-for-11
Faceoff Win Percentage: 52.9%
Kings Notes:
- Friday’s Game 3 was the 95th Stanley Cup Playoff game of Anze Kopitar’s career. With the appearance, the captain broke a tie with Luc Robitaille (94) for sole possession of the most playoff games played in Kings franchise history. Spread over nine postseasons and 17 different series, the captain has registered 80 points (25-55=80), trailing only Luc Robitaille (41-48=89) and Wayne Gretzky (29-65=94) for the franchise scoring record in the Stanley Cup Playoffs.
- With his overtime goal last Wednesday night in Edmonton, Kopitar became the first player in NHL history to score a playoff overtime goal with the same franchise at 22 years of age or younger and at 36 or older: Apr. 17, 2010 at VAN & Apr. 24, 2024 at EDM. The 11 years and 330 days between his overtime goals in the postseason marked the seventh longest such span by a player in NHL history. Per NHL PR, Kopitar (36 years, 244 days) also became the oldest player in franchise history with an overtime goal during the Stanley Cup Playoffs, besting the previous mark set by Justin Williams (32 years, 243 days in Game 1 of 2014 Stanley Cup Finals).
- The captain has recorded 12 points (5-7=12) in 14 career Game 5’s, dating back to May 22, 2012 against the Coyotes.
- Quinton Byfield, who registered a nine-game combined point streak against the Oilers dating back to the 2023 Stanley Cup Playoffs, scored a goal on his lone shot during last postseason’s Game 5 at Rogers Place on April 25, 2023.
- Trevor Moore recorded five shots during Game 4 at Crypto.com Arena, leading all skaters and trailing only Adrian Kempe (7; Game 2) for the most in a single outing among Kings skaters this series.
Oilers Notes:
- Goaltender Stuart Skinner picked up his first career postseason shutout in Game 4 on Sunday in a 33-save effort. Skinner's shutout is the only one of the postseason so far. Skinner now holds an 8-7 record in the playoffs with a 3.35 GAA and .893 SV%.
- After picking up an assist on the Oilers only goal in Game 4, Connor McDavid remains the NHL's leading scorer in the playoffs with 10 points (1-9=10).
- Zach Hyman is tied with Colorado's Valeri Nichushkin for the NHL's postseason in goals with six. Hyman has recorded seven points (6-1=7) so far this postseason.
- Leon Draisaitl also ranks eighth in scoring in the playoffs with eight points (3-5=8).
Players to Watch:
Kings: Adrian Kempe, who has tallied five points (3-2=5) in both of his career appearances in Game 5’s, both of which occurred at Rogers Place (May 10, 2022 and April 25, 2023).
Oilers: Evan Bouchard, who scored Game 4's only goal. Coming on the power play, Bouchard notched his sixth point (1-5=6) of the series. Bouchard's six points ranks third among defensemen in the postseason, trailing on Colorado's Cale Makar (2-7=9) and Tampa Bay's Viktor Hedman (1-6=7).
