What you need to know ahead of Game 6 of the First Round of the 2025 Stanley Cup Playoffs against the Edmonton Oilers:
When: Thursday, May 1st, at 7:00 PM PST
Where: Rogers Place - Edmonton, ALTA
Watch: ESPN, FanDuel Sports Network
Listen: LA Kings APP & ESPN LA APP
Regular Season Records:
Kings: 48 - 25 - 9 (105 points), 2nd in Pacific Division
Oilers: 48- 29 - 5 (101 points), 3rd in Pacific Division
Series Records:
Kings: 2-3
Oilers: 3-2
Kings Regular Season Team Stats:
Power Play: 17.9% (27th)
Penalty Kill: 81.4% (8th)
Faceoff Win Percentage: 50.6% (14th)
GF/GP: 3.04 (14th)
GA/GP: 2.48 (2nd)
Oilers Regular Season Team Stats:
Power Play: 23.7% (12th)
Penalty Kill: 78.2% (16th)
Faceoff Win Percentage: 50.9% (12th)
GF/GP: 3.16 (11th)
GA/GP: 2.87 (14th)
Kings Postseason Team Stats:
Power Play: 44.4%
Penalty Kill: 66.7%
Faceoff Win Percentage: 50.9%
GF/GP: 4.00
GA/GP: 4.20
Oilers Postseason Team Stats:
Power Play: 33.3%
Penalty Kill: 55.6%
Faceoff Win Percentage: 49.1%
GF/GP: 4.20
GA/GP: 4.00
Kings Notes:
- In 25 all-time Game 6’s, The LA Kings have won 60% of their all-time Game 6 matchups, winning 15 of the 25 previous instances
dating back to the 1968 Stanley Cup Playoffs. - Goaltender Darcy Kuemper, who made 44 saves in Game 4 and 43 saves in Game 5, matched Jonathan Quick (87 saves from
April 13 – 15, 2012) for the most saves over a two-game span in the playoffs in franchise history. - Forward Andrei Kuzmenko has recorded nine high-danger shots on goal this series, tied for the most any skater in the League per
data from NHL EDGE behind Toronto’s Matthew Knies (10). The 29-year-old winger has converted on a League-leading three of these attempts. - Forward Warren Foegele returns to Rogers Place after firing nine shots on goal in Sunday’s Game 6, the most that the forward has
registered in a single game in his career in the Stanley Cup Playoffs. Foegele has registered as many twice before in the regular
season, first on Nov. 27, 2019, vs. the Rangers as a member of the Hurricanes, then again on April 15, 2024, vs. the Sharks with the Oilers. - Per data from NHL EDGE, defenseman Drew Doughty has skated 18.07 total miles through five games and 135:10 of total time-on-ice in this series, respectively ranking 10th and fifth amongst blueliners in the 2025 Stanley Cup Playoffs.
Oilers Notes:
- Evander Kane scored his second goal of the postseason when he tied Game 5 at 1-1 in the secod period. Kane now has three points (2-1=3) over his last 3 games. Game 5's goal was Kane's 22nd postseason goal since 2022, tying Sam Reinhart for the 8th most in that span.
- With an assist on Edmonton's Game 5 empty net goal, Leon Draisaitl has now registered least a point in 19 straight postseason games against the Kings (17-20=37), tying Mark Messier (19 GP vs. LAK) and Wayne Gretzky (19 GP vs. CGY) for the longest postseason point streak by a player versus a single franchise in NHL history.
- Connor McDavid also registered an assist on the Oilers empty net goal in Game 5 to give him his eighth career postseason series with at least 10 points, becoming just the third player in NHL history to have at least that many 10+-point series in their career joining Wayne Gretzky (21) and Mark Messier (8).
- Evan Bouchard has recorded at least a point in 6 of his last 8 postseason games against the Kings (5-7=12). Bouchard has recorded at least a point in 13 of his last 16 postseason games against the Kings (7-19=26). His 31 career points (7-24=31) versus the Kings in the postseason are the most by any defenseman in NHL history versus the Kings.
- The Oilers have outshot the Kings 79-35 in the last five periods.
- The expected goals in Game 5 favored the Oilers 6.57-1.67.
Players to Watch:
Kings: Adrian Kempe, who enters Game 6 in a three-way tie for the NHL's scoring lead with 10 points (4-6=10). Of his 10 points, just two (0-2=2) of them have come on the road.
Oilers: Calvin Pickard, who moved to 3-0-0 in the series after saving 21 of 22 shots in Game 5. Pickard has a 2.62 GAA and a .904 SV% this postseason.
