LOS ANGELES KINGS NOTES:
MARCH 30 vs. Edmonton Oilers – 7:00 PM MT (6:00 PM PT) // Venue: Rogers Place // TV: Bally Sports West // Radio: iHeartRadio
- The LA Kings visit the Edmonton Oilers for the third of four meetings between these two clubs this season (3-1 W on Nov. 16; 6-3 W on Jan. 9; Apr. 4).
- The Kings aim to take season series vs. Edmonton for the first time since the 2015-16 campaign (5-0-0).
- Tonight’s game marks the second game of the Kings’ four-game Pacific Division road trip (2-1 L on Mar. 28 at CGY; April 1 at SEA; April 2 at VAN).
WARM-UPS
1) The Kings have won their last two meetings against the Oilers and have points in their last three games in Edmonton (2-0-1).
2) No active defenseman has more hits (129) or blocked shots (165) against Edmonton than Alex Edler.
3) Arthur Kaliyev leads all Kings skaters in successful power-play shots attempts from the slot (25) and power-play goals from the slot (8).
4) Only Minnesota (19) and Montreal (12) have scored more shootout goals this season than the Kings (11).
5) Anze Kopitar’s 37 pass-controlled offensive zone entries with a shot on net after places fifth in the league behind Ottawa’s Brady
Tkachuk (83), Florida’s Matthew Tkachuk (62), Vancouver’s J.T. Miller (50) and Toronto’s William Nylander (40).
vs. EDMONTON ALL-TIME:
All-Time Record: 90-92-30-10
Home: 49-40-15-6
Away: 41-52-15-4
OT: 8-13 (23 ties)
Shootout: 2-7
2021-22: 1-2-1
2022-23: 2-0-0
FRANCHISE LEADERS vs. EDMONTON:
Luc Robitaille – 83 GP, 101 PTS (46-55=101)
Dave Taylor – 90 GP, 93 PTS (42-51=93)
Bernie Nicholls – 62 GP, 90 PTS (43-47=90)
Wayne Gretzky – 47 GP, 81 PTS (23-58=81)
Marcel Dionne – 52 GP, 73 PTS (25-48=73)
*-denotes active roster player
LAST MEETING vs. EDMONTON: Jan. 9, 2023 – LAK 6 vs. EDM 3
Venue: Crypto.com Arena
LAK Goals: Fiala (14, 15), Kempe (16, 17), Iafallo (7), Arvidsson (12)
EDM Goals: Yamamoto (4), McLeod (4), McDavid (34)
Goalies: LAK: Copley (W; 28 saves – 31 shots) EDM: Campbell (L; 11 saves – 13 shots), Skinner (21 saves – 24 shots)
LAK PP: 4-for-7
LAK PK: 6-for-6
THE NEXT THREE:
Sat., April 1 | at Seattle Kraken | 7:00 p.m. PT | Bally Sports West | LA Kings iHeart Radio Audio Network
Gabriel Vilardi and Phillip Danault are tied for most goals by a Kings skater vs. Seattle with four.
Sun., April 2 | at Vancouver Canucks | 5:00 p.m. PT | Bally Sports West | LA Kings iHeart Radio Audio Network
Only Edmonton’s Connor McDavid (22-39=61) has more points vs. Vancouver among active skaters than Anze Kopitar (15-37=52).
Tues., April 4 | vs. Edmonton Oilers | 7:30 p.m. PT | ESPN | LA Kings iHeart Radio Audio Network
The Kings will face off against the Oilers for the second time in five days.
INJURY & MGL REPORT
Player, Games Missed, Date(s), Status
F Trevor Moore, 23 games, Dec. 27 – Jan. 31 (upper-body); Feb. 23 – Mar. 6 (upper-body)
F Alex Iafallo, 23 games, Oct. 18 – Dec. 3 (lower-body)
F Brendan Lemieux, 18 games, Nov. 14 – Dec. 20 (lower-body)
F Arthur Kaliyev, 18 games, Dec. 22 – Jan. 31 (lower-body)
F Carl Grundstrom, 15 games, Jan. 19 – Feb. 26 (lower-body)
F Gabriel Vilardi, 11 games, Nov. 27 (lower-body); Jan. 19 – Feb. 13 (undisclosed); Mar. 28 – Pres. (upper-body)
D Sean Durzi, 9 games, Nov. 19 – Nov. 22. (lower-body); Mar. 9 – Mar. 25 (lower-body)
F Kevin Fiala, 6 games, Mar. 11 – Mar. 25 (lower-body)
F Quinton Byfield, 6 games, Oct. 27 – Nov. 5 (illness)
F Viktor Arvidsson, 3 games, Oct. 13 (illness); Oct. 25 (illness); Jan. 11 (illness)
D Drew Doughty, 1 game, Dec. 11 (lower-body)
2022-23 Total Regular-Season Man-Games Lost: 133
RECENT TRANSACTIONS (as of 3/29/23)
Mar. 20 – Rights to Cole Krygier (D) acquired from Florida in exchange for future considerations.
Mar. 25 – Cole Krygier (D) signed to a two-year entry-level contract with an AAV of $837,500.
Mar. 28 – Jordan Spence (D) loaned to Ontario (AHL).
EDMONTON OILERS NOTES:
ALL-TIME RECORDS vs. LOS ANGELES GP RECORD HOME (112) AWAY (110) GF GA
OILERS ALL-TIME vs. LOS ANGELES 222 102-87-30-3 56-41-15-0 46-46-15-3 829 792
OILERS vs. LOS ANGELES – 2022-23 2 0-2-0 0-1-0 0-1-0 4 9
QUICK FACTS
• Thursday’s game will mark Edmonton’s third of four games against Los Angeles this season and the second and final game in Edmonton. The next time these teams meet is on April 4th in Los Angeles.
• The last time these teams met was on January 9th in Los Angeles, where the Kings winning 6-3.
• Connor McDavid leads the Oilers with 33 career points against the Kings and Ryan Nugent-Hopkins has appeared in a team high 35 career games against Los Angeles.
POWER PLAY PROWESS
The Oilers have the top three power play point getters in the NHL, with McDavid (67), Draisaitl (57) and Nugent-Hopkins (50) ranking first, second and third respectively. Connor McDavid’s 67 power play points on the year, give him the Oilers single season record for most PPP’s in a season, a record previously held by Wayne Gretzky (57 – 1981-82). Leon Draisaitl scored his league leading 29th power play goal of the season on Mar. 28 at VGK and has passed his own franchise record for most PPG’s in one season, a mark he set in 2021-22. Draisaitl’s 29 power play goals are the most by any player since Mario Lemieux posted 31 in 1995-96. Only one other active player has scored 26+ PPG’s in a single season – Chris Kreider (26 in ’21-22 w/NYR).
EARNING POINTS
The Oilers are 13-4-3 in their last 20 games, outscoring opponents 93-74, while earning at least a point in 17 of the 20 games.
FIVE OF A KIND
The Oilers have scored 5+ goals 29 times this season, posting a record of 27-2-1 when scoring five or more goals in a game.
30 AND COUNTING
The Oilers have four 30+ goal scorers on the team and are the only NHL team to have four players at this mark.
McDavid (60)
Draisaitl (47)
Nugent-Hopkins (35)
Hyman (33)
On Mar. 18 at SEA, Hyman became the fourth Oilers player to hit the 30 goal milestone this season. It marks the first time the Oilers have had four players with 30+ goals since the 1989-90 season, when they had four players reach the mark (Messier, Kurri, Anderson and Tikkanen).
GOALS BY PERIOD
The Oilers rank 1st in the NHL in goals for in the second period with 118. They also rank 1st in the NHL in first period goals with 85 goals.
LAST 10 GAMES vs. LOS ANGELES
Record: 5-5-0
GF: 34 GA: 28
2022-23 1/9/23 @ LAK 6-3 L
2022-23 11/16/22 @ EDM 3-1 L
*2021-22 5/14/22 @ EDM 2-0 W
*2021-22 5/12/22 @ LAK 4-2 W
*2021-22 5/10/22 @ EDM 5-4 L (OT)
*2021-22 5/8/22 @ LAK 4-0 L
*2021-22 5/6/22 @ LAK 8-2 W
*2021-22 5/4/22 @ EDM 6-0 W
*2021-22 5/2/22 @ EDM 4-3 L
2021-22 4/7/22 @ LAK 3-2 W
*Notes playoff game
