The Edmonton Oilers host the Los Angeles Kings in Game 5 of their first-round Stanley Cup Playoff series on Tuesday night at Rogers Place.
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VIEWING INFORMATION
You can watch Tuesday's game on Sportsnet & CBC at 7:30 PM MT.

INSIDE THE OILERS

News and notes from the Oilers media availability in Los Angeles on Monday, including a look at Evan Bouchard's strong showing offensively in this first-round series against the Kings.
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PRE-GAME REPORT

EDMONTON, AB - The Oilers will have a chance to push the Los Angeles Kings to the brink of elimination on Tuesday night at Rogers Place.
The team is looking to build off their sensational comeback performance in Game 3 where they overcame a 3-0 first period deficit to eventually win the game in overtime and level the series at 2-2 heading into this evening's contest. Now at home and with the first-round matchup essentially a best-of-three, the Oilers know tonight is an important opportunity to take control of a wild opening matchup.
"Yeah, it's exciting. I think last win was obviously huge for us and it's nice to carry over that energy and momentum coming in back home tonight and we're looking forward to it," Brett Kulak said after morning skate. "We know kind of got a bit of wakeup call in first period last game."
The margin of victory in the series has been razor thin through four games. Three of the four games have gone to overtime, with the only other matchup being a one-goal game prior to an Evander Kane empty-net goal. Edmonton is hoping their advantage tonight will be in the energy provided by the Rogers Place faithful.
"I think all the games could go either way. It's been a very tight series and I think we're excited to come back and see our fans again," Kulak said. "We love them here and they help us a ton and they give us that extra boost and the extra energy we need. We're excited to get back on home ice."
Stuart Skinner will lead the Oilers on to the ice for the pivotal matchup after a tough first period in Game 4 in Los Angeles. The Oilers starter allowed three goals on 11 shots in a poor team performance to start the game.
Edmonton was able to head home with the win in large part to the sensational relief performance by Jack Campbell, who stepped in and stopped 27 of 28 Kings attempts in the final two periods and overtime to aid in their Game 3 comeback. However, it is hard to ignore the performance of Skinner down the stretch for a team that nearly won the Western Conference in large part to his 14-1-1 record to end the regular season. The rookie's track record made the Oilers head coaches call to go back to the 24-year-old an easy one.

"Stuart's been our starting goaltender here the second half of the year. He's played great, and we expect a great game out of him today," Woodcroft said.
Even with Stu expected to start, the Oilers have to feel reassured that they can turn to Campbell at anytime and the goalie can help steal an important playoff game. The coaching staff has reiterated many times this year that the team and the staff have faith in both their netminders and their faith was rewarded in Game 4's comeback.
"It's huge to have two goalies that are able to play," Skinner said. "I think it's big and just the way that we came back after being down 3-0 and we weren't worried, we were fine, we felt good, and we came out and we did everything we could to everything we could possible to win the game. I think that gives a lot of confidence in this group."

DEEP ON DEFENCE

Defence has been at a premium in the tightly contested first round matchup, and it has required the Oilers unit to step up as a whole.
Brett Kulak is one of the players that has stepped up his game in th playoffs. Last year's trade deadline acquisition emerged in the 2021-22 postseason for the Oilers, averaging 17:05 per game and adding five assists in 16 games in the Blue & Orange's trip to the Western Conference finals. The defender has been noticeable once again against the Kings with his willingness to rush and use his legs to push the puck up the ice and through Los Angeles' stingy blueline defence.
"He's money in the bank. You know what you're going to get out of Brett every single day," Woodcroft said. "He's all effort. He's very professional in how he brings his approach to the rink every day and he's an unbelievable skater. Makes us fast on the back end, gets in a lot of shot lanes, and he's been a real good hockey player for us here this series."

With the Oilers dressing seven defencemen for the last three games, the usual pairings have typically gotten shuffled and Kulak has regularly been the recipient of a different partner. The 29-year-old is the reliable veteran for the young blueliners in Philip Broberg and Vincent Desharnais.
"Obviously, the top four is pretty set, and they play the majority of the time together and then there's a little bit of a mix, buy you know what? We've been together all year, pretty much, for the most part," Kulak said. "We know how each other plays and we've been in this situation lots where we're rotating seven D so we're used to it."
The workload for the Oilers 5-6-7 defenders has been a little lower in this year's playoffs than it was last in part to the emergence of Evan Bouchard. During the Oilers Western Conference final run in 2021-22, Bouchard was only averaging 18:08 per game but has seen his ice time jump to an impressive 23:56 through the first four games against the Kings.
The 23-year-olds impact has been seen at both ends of the ice, with several strong defensive plays to bolster his impressive seven points (2G, 5A) in the series. The former first-round pick has started his NHL career with back-to-back 40-point season and is starting to reach the promising ceiling that got him drafted 10th overall back in 2018.
Coach Woodcroft was Bouchard's first American Hockey League coach and has witnessed his development with his own eyes.
"My impressions were that he was a high draft pick, so when he came to Bakersfield at the end of the year, we put him right into the playoffs and he had an immediate impact," woodcroft said. "Obviously, his shot stood out, but he had a lot of poise with the puck and that was something that we saw grow over time. I don't like to compare people or anything like that because everybody's their own person, but for Evan to take off here in the second half and into the playoffs, it's a credit to him and the work that he's put in here."
-- Michael Arcuri, EdmontonOilers.com

PREVIEW

OILERS vs. KINGS (Game 5)
WATCH: 7:30 p.m. MT; televised on Sportsnet & CBC
Oilers Team Scope
Down 3-0 to the Kings after 20 minutes, the Oilers looked to the crease to help swing momentum in their favour and spark a spirited comeback in Game 4 at Crypto.com Arena.
"I felt that our team needed a little bit of a change in momentum. [It gave] us a different kind of look," Head Coach Jay Woodcroft said.
Woodcroft and his coaching staff decided to wait until the first intermission to hand the reins in goal over to Jack Campbell, and from there, everyone in the locker room was able to reset and work towards orchestrating a comeback from three goals down in a tough building.
"We decided to wait until we could get into the room," he added. "Once we did that, we kind of took off from there."
Campbell made 27 saves in relief, and Zach Hyman scored the overtime winner for Edmonton in Sunday's 5-4 comeback victory over Los Angeles that evens the series at 2-2 heading into Game 5 at Rogers Place on Tuesday.
Evan Bouchard scored on the power play before Leon Draisaitl added a pair before the second period was over to even things up at three apiece heading into the third period, where Matt Roy scored five minutes into the frame to lift Los Angeles back into a one-goal lead.
Campbell made his largest contribution with 5:48 remaining, robbing Viktor Arvidsson on a breakaway to allow the Oilers the chance to equalize on Evander Kane's wrist shot with 3:02 left in regulation. In overtime, Bouchard connected with Zach Hyman on a full-ice feed as the Kings changed lines before Hyman buried his first of the 2023 playoffs under the right arm of Joonas Korpisalo.
"I think we've shown that all year that we love playing for each other and we're a very resilient group and we're not going to quit ever, no matter what," Draisaitl said. "So I'm really proud of the guys. But that's only two. It's first to four, so we move on."

Kings Team Scope
The Kings finally got the start they'd been looking for all series when they jumped out to a three-goal lead through 20 minutes in Game 4 behind goals from Gabriel Vilardi, Viktor Arvidsson and Adrian Kempe.
Vilardi had the Kings ahead 1-0 before Arvidsson made it a two-goal lead at 16:48 of the first period after spinning past Vincent Desharnais and beating Skinner five-hole from the left circle. Kopitar pushed it to 3-0 on the power-play goal inside the frame's final two minutes to establish the first three-goal lead for any team this series heading into the first intermission.
But when the edge shifted over to Edmonton's side in the second period, that's when everything unravelled.
The Oilers responded in the middle frame to take momentum back from the Kings and the earlier-established energy at Crypto.com Arena out of the building. The Kings collected themselves in the final frame and carried the lead as late as the three-minute mark, but their three-goal collapse a period prior caught up to them when Kane tied the game on a wrist shot from the left circle.
Hyman's overtime winner came off a full-ice feed from Bouchard, who caught the Kings in a change to set-up the forward's first goal of the playoffs.
"We can be frustrated tonight, but tomorrow's a new day and we've got to get ready for Game 5," captain Anze 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."
Kevin Fiala returned to the LA lineup in Game 4 after missing the final six games of the regular season and the first three of the series after taking a knee-on-knee hit from Colorado Avalanche forward Andrew Cogliano on March 9.
"You can always improve," Fiala said. "I felt okay. Like you said before, I hadn't played in three weeks, so it's not going to be the best, but it was OK."
Drew Doughty leads the team with 85:19 minutes played at 5-on-5 in the series.

By The Numbers
The Oilers improved to 13-12 all-time in playoff OT games played on the road... The Oilers became the third team in the last two postseasons to overcome a three-goal deficit to win... The Oilers & Kings have each scored seven goals at 5v5 in the series, but the Oilers 5v5 expected goals for (xGF) is 12.26 compared to 9.93 for the Kings...
The Oilers have not lost a Game 5 in regulation since April 17, 2003 in the Conference Quarterfinals vs. Dallas... Both the Oilers (21-15) and Kings (18-16) have winning records in Game 5's of a best-of-seven series... Three-of-four games this series have been decided in overtime... The only game decided in OT in last year's First Round series between LA/EDM was Game 5 (Kings 5-4 win)... The Oilers and Kings have combined to score 11 power-play goals in the series...
Zach Hyman joined Connor McDavid as the only Oilers players in the last 16 years to score a playoff OT goal on the road... Evan Bouchard became the first Oilers defenceman to record a point in each of his first four games to begin a postseason since Charlie Huddy in 1988... Leon Draisaitl tied Mario Lemieux for the third-fewest playoff games in NHL history to reach 20 career multi-point games... Leon Draisaitl has been on the ice for each of the Oilers 14 goals in the series... He has been on the ice for more goals to start a postseason than any player since players on ice began being tracked in 1959-60...Connor McDavid became the sixth player in NHL history to reach 60 career playoff points in 41 or fewer games...

Injury Report
OILERS - Mattias Janmark (foot) is day-to-day.
KINGS - Blake Lizotte (lower body) is day-to-day.
-- Jamie Umbach, EdmontonOilers.com