The Edmonton Oilers look to even the series against Los Angeles when they take on the Kings at 8:00 p.m. on Wednesday night at Rogers Place.
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PRE-GAME REPORT

EDMONTON, AB - Ready the response.
After dropping Game 1 of their first-round series with the Los Angeles Kings on Monday, the Edmonton Oilers find themselves in a familiar position to last season's Stanley Cup Playoffs between these two teams as they look to recover quickly from a 4-3 overtime defeat when the series continues at Rogers Place on Tuesday night.
"They got the better of us in Game 1 and we've got to make some adjustments and bring our game up another level to try to get the result tonight," defenceman Darnell Nurse said.
The Oilers confidently played themselves to a 2-0 lead through 40 minutes on Monday before penalties started to pile up for the Blue & Orange, culminating in Alex Iafallo's overtime-winner with Vincent Desharnais in the penalty box after Anze Kopitar scored the equalizer with 17 seconds left in regulation.
Evan Bouchard was assessed a cross-checking penalty before the final two minutes, setting up a last-gasp 6-on-4 for LA with the net empty that they converted to force overtime before Iafallo won Game 1 for the visitors in sudden death.
The experience of going through this very-same scenario last season in order to come out victorious in Game 7 is helping keep the mood composed within the Oilers dressing room as they approach tonight's Game 2 with the view of playing a more disciplined game alongside the kind of performance they put forth in the opening 40 minutes on Monday.
"We've got a lot more confidence in our ability to be able to hold onto those games, and it's playoffs and stuff like that happens," forward Ryan Nugent-Hopkins said. "We've got to be able to come back even stronger and be resilient in here."
"I thought 5-on-5 we played a pretty strong game not giving up much, playing well defensively and being in the right spots," Nurse added. "Stu made some big saves for us, so with that said, there's still another level that we have to get to because we didn't get the result that we wanted to."

Just like they always have since Head Coach Jay Woodcroft arrived behind the bench with Assistant Coach Dave Manson from the Bakersfield Condors last February, the Oilers are leaning on their process of taking things day-by-day and making improvements in the small areas that can produce big results.
"What we try and do is we try and give our players something to hang their hat on every single day," Woodcroft said. "So for us, if we win the game or don't win the game, the next day our process and messaging are really consistent.
"Yesterday was a good day for our group. We had a theme that we hit the drum on and we felt we gave them something to help us get better. Yesterday was an off-ice rest and recuperation day. I thought we had a good morning skate here this morning and we're going to be ready to go tonight."

PUT AN END TO PENALTIES

It's a common feeling amongst the players and coaches of the Oilers that their individual and collective performances were good enough to win Game 1 on Monday night.
The problem was penalties.
"I don't have the exact number, but I think we killed somewhere around ten minutes," Woodcroft said. "It's too much. Anytime you give a good power play ten minutes to do their thing, it's too much."
"It's tough to take six, seven penalties and win in the playoffs, and I thought early when we had to kill, we did a good job," Nugent-Hopkins added. "But power plays are going to find a way, so I think that is a good adjustment to fine-tune our game."

Through the first 40 minutes, the Oilers were a perfect 4-for-4 on the penalty kill doing its job to keep Edmonton ahead with some heroic blocking and defending, including forward Mattias Janmark taking a shot off the right foot.
"I thought through the first two periods, the penalty kill was excellent," Woodcroft commented.
"[Janmark] blocked a few shots in that game, so what I know about him and the players in our dressing room is that we've got some guys with some high pain tolerances."
But these things tend to even out over 60 minutes, and when the penalties continued to come in the third period and overtime at inopportune moments, the Kings converted.

"They got a little life when it was 6-on-4 and we didn't execute on a faceoff in overtime, and they stung us there," Woodcroft recalled. "I thought we did a lot of really good things, but the understanding that they have a good power play and putting them on that power play for roughly ten minutes is too much in comparison."
Reducing penalties will be the key correction for the Oilers to make on Wednesday, while being aware of the dangerous pieces the Kings have on the ice when on a power play.
"I'm not going to break down the axes and nose of it in the media -- we just got to one limit the amount of kills that we give up, and when we're out there killing, make the adjustments necessary."

LINEUP NOTES

The blocked shot Janmark took while killing a penalty in the second period of Game 1 kept the Swedish forward off the ice for this morning's skate and could keep him out of the lineup in Game 2.
"We held him off the ice for maintenance reasons this morning," Woodcroft said. "We'll see what comes out the gate today."
"He's a good player for us. He has the experience and he has a level of abrasiveness to him. He's a hockey player's hockey player."
If the Swede is unable to suit up tonight, the Oilers could revert to their 11-and-7 approach with the re-introduction of Philip Broberg to the lineup, or continue deploying 12-and-6 with Devin Shore's services available.
The Kings are receiving some reinforcements for Game 2 after Head Coach Todd McLellan confirmed that forward Gabe Vilardi will be back in the lineup after last playing on March 26 in a regular-season win over the St. Louis Blues. Forward Kevin Fiala remains a doubt for the Black & White.

-- Jamie Umbach, EdmontonOilers.com

PREVIEW

OILERS vs. KINGS
STREAM: 8:00 p.m. MT; televised on Sportsnet West
Oilers Team Scope
The Oilers will be in some very familiar territory when the puck drops for Game 2 on Wednesday night.
Following the Oilers 4-3 overtime defeat in the opening contest with the Kings, Edmonton finds themselves trailing 1-0 in their first round series for a second straight year. In the 2021-22 postseason, the Oilers also dropped Game 1 to Los Angeles by a 4-3 score, before eliminating the Kings in seven games.
Last night's game looked to be trending in the Oilers favour for the majority of the evening, with the home side jumping out to an early 2-0 lead in the first period after goals by Leon Draisaitl and Evan Bouchard.
Drasiaitl's tally was ripped short side on Joonas Korpisalo after some hard work by Mattias Janmark freed up the puck in the slot, while Bouchard's power-play goal came from an inch-perfect shot from the top of the circle with 8:29 left in the first period.
After a scoreless middle frame, Adrian Kempe and the Kings power-play turned the tide on the Oilers. Los Angeles' leading goal getter scored twice in the first 11:23 of the third period, firing a tricky backhander by Skinner in the opening 53 second of the period before taking advantage of a scramble draw and showing off his quick-shot prowess to beat the Oilers goaltender for his second of the game.
Between the Kempe goals, Draisaitl scored his second of the game off a rebound for his 20th playoff goal and 61st playoff point of his career.
Edmonton were able to hold on to the 3-2 lead until the final 16 seconds of the period, where the Kings took advantage of the numbers game with both an extra attacker and a power play courtesy of a Bouchard high-sticking call. Anze Kopitar jammed a rebound that snuck behind Skinner into the back of the net to send the game to overtime.
The Oilers looked to have won the game early in the extra period when Derek Ryan tipped a points shot by Korpisalo, but upon video review it was deemed Ryan's stick was over the crossbar. Another Kings power play, their sixth of the game, allowed the visitors and Alex Iafallo to notch the winner 9:19 into overtime to give Los Angeles Game 1.
The Blue & Orange carried the play at 5-on-5 for the majority of the game, out shooting the Kings 36-24 at even strength, but a 6-3 advantage in power plays proved to be the difference.
"We were 15-seconds away from winning, so obviously we put ourselves in a good spot," Connor McDavid said. "We'd like to close that one out, obviously, but we didn't. Now time to move on and get ready for the next one."

Kings Team Scope
The Kings enter Wednesday night in the driver's seat having stolen home-ice advantage from the Oilers with their Game 1 victory.
Joonas Korpisalo came up clutch for Los Angeles, turning away 37 of 40 Oilers shots in regulation and overtime to pick up the victory. The trade deadline acquisition was a major factor in the Kings run to the postseason, recording a 2.13 goals-against average and a .921 save percentage in 11 games for the California side.
"He gave us the game we anticipated he would. It's expected of him and from him," Kings coach Todd McLellan said after the game. "He expects a lot from his teammates out in front of him, but when push came to shove and he had to make a big save, he was there. And again, we're lucky to have him and Phoenix (Copley) as a tandem right now. We feel fortunate."
The Kings biggest success story was holding Connor McDavid off the scoreboard for the first time since Mar. 9 when the Oilers played the Boston Bruins. Edmonton's captain had his opportunities with five shots in his 25:24 of ice time, but finished pointless with a minus-2 rating.
"Well, one of their superstars had two goals tonight, and the other drew two penalties to make it 5-on-3. So they had their mark on the game, too, and you're not going to stop them every night," McLellan said. "The fact that we played hard, we got production from different areas, different situations, I think was important. But again, maybe the lesson we learned last year that we weren't prepared for is the level of play is going up immensely in Game 2. We can talk about Game 1. We have to right now with you as much as we want or need to, but we got to move on."

By The Numbers
The Oilers have had some success battling back from series deficits, going in 11-13 all time when they trail after Game 1 of a series... The Oilers and Kings series is the first to feature three 100-point scorers on one team and no 75-point scorers on the other team since the 1995-6 Pittsburgh Penguins played the Florida Panthers... Edmonton's playoff power play is operating at 33.3 per cent after operating at 32.4 per cent in the regular season... The only two teams to have a power play greater than 30 per cent in the regular season and post season both won the Stanley Cup (The Canadiens in 1977-78, and Islanders in 1980-81)... Edmonton had 18 slot shots on net and seven scoring chances off the cycle at even strength against the Kings in Game 1, compared to just six and one for Los Angeles...
Leon Draisaitl became the third-quickest player to record 60 points in their playoff career, accomplishing the feat in just 38 games... Connor McDavid was held without a point for the first time in over a month (March 9), he has only gone two straight games without a point once this season... Viktor Arvidsson leads the Kings in points against the Oilers this season with eight in five games (regular season and playoffs)... Joonas Korpisalo has the second best save percentage in playoff history for goalies who have started at least 10 games at .939...

Injury Report
OILERS - Ryan Murray (back) is day-to-day.
KINGS - Kevin Fiala (undisclosed) is day-to-day.
-- Michael Arcuri, EdmontonOilers.com