EDMONTON OILERS NOTES:
ALL-TIME PLAYOFFS vs. LOS ANGELES GP RECORD HOME (25) AWAY (20) GF GA
OILERS ALL-TIME vs. LOS ANGELES 45 29-16-0 17-8 12-8 188 150
OILERS vs. LOS ANGELES – 2022-23 4 2-2-0 1-1-0 1-1-0 9 10
QUICK FACTS
This year’s first round matchup against the Kings marks the second time in the last 31 years Edmonton and Los Angeles have faced off in the playoffs. It is the ninth series between the franchises overall – Edmonton holds a 6-2 edge in the previous eight series.
The 2023 first round is the 23rd time the Oilers enter game 1 in a best-of-seven series as the home team and just the fourth time in 31 years (also 2021 R1 vs. WPG, 2017 R1 vs. SJS, 2022 R1 vs. LAK). They own a series record of 18-4 in the previous 22 matchups.
These teams met four times in the 2022-23 regular season, splitting the season series 2-2.
Connor McDavid leads the Oilers with 15 (4G, 11A) career playoff points against the Kings and 10 Oilers have appeared in nine career playoff games against Los Angeles.
ALL KNOTTED UP
The Oilers won game two on Apr. 19 to even the series 1-1 against the Kings. When tied 1-1 in a best-of-seven series, the Oilers are 17-6 (.739) overall, 7-2 (.778) when starting the series at home.
OILER FIRSTS
Klim Kostin scored his first career playoff goal in game two, which stood as the game winning goal. Derek Ryan opened the scoring in game two with his first playoff goal as an Oiler and his third of his career.
FIVE OF A KIND
The Oilers scored 5+ goals 32 times in 2022-23, posting a record of 30-2-1 when scoring five or more goals in a game.
35+ GOALS
The Oilers finished the regular season as the only team in the NHL with four 35+ goal scorers on the team:
McDavid (64)
Draisaitl (52)
Nugent-Hopkins (37)
Hyman (36)
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 finished the 2022-23 season as the team with the most goals in both the first and second periods:
1st Period Goals – 1st (92)
2nd Period Goals – 1st (128)
ROAD WARRIORS
With a win on Apr. 11 at COL, the Oilers set a new franchise record with 27 road wins this season. (1983- 84 Oilers- 26)
LAST 10 GAMES vs. LOS ANGELES
Record: 5-5-0
GF: 26 GA: 27
*2022-23 4/19/23 @ EDM 4-2 W
*2022-23 4/17/23 @ EDM 4-3 L (OT)
2022-23 4/4/23 @ LAK 3-1 W
2022-23 3/30/23 @ EDM 2-0 W
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
*Notes playoff game
OILERS vs. LOS ANGELES KINGS
LOS ANGELES KINGS NOTES:
ROUND ONE, GAME 3
Series tied 1-1
APRIL 21 vs. Edmonton Oilers – 7:00 PM PT
Venue: Crypto.com Arena // TV: Bally Sports SoCal, TNT // Radio: LA Kings iHeart Audio Network
2023 STANLEY CUP PLAYOFFS | ROUND ONE SCHEDULE
Game 1: at Edmonton, April 17, 7 p.m. PT Bally Sports West, ESPN, LA Kings iHeart Audio Network – LA: 4 EDM: 3 OT
Game 2: at Edmonton, April 19, 7 p.m. PT Bally Sports SoCal, ESPN, LA Kings iHeart Audio Network – LA: 2 EDM: 4
Game 3: in Los Angeles, April 21, 7 p.m. PT Bally Sports SoCal, TNT, LA Kings iHeart Audio Network
Game 4: in Los Angeles, April 23, 6 p.m. PT Bally Sports West, TBS, LA Kings iHeart Audio Network, Sports USA
Game 5: at Edmonton, April 25, TBD KCOP-TV/13, TBD, LA Kings iHeart Audio Network Game 6: in Los Angeles, April 29, TBD, TBD, LA Kings iHeart Audio Network
Game 7*: at Edmonton, May 1, TBD Bally Sports West, TBD, LA Kings iHeart Audio Network
*If Necessary
WARM-UPS
1) Gabriel Vilardi tallied his first career playoff goal with 44 seconds remaining in the second period of Game 2 on Wednesday night.
Vilardi’s goal is the second game-tying goal scored by a Kings skater with under a minute to go in any period this postseason (Anze
Kopitar, 19:43 of P3, April 17 at EDM).
2) Adrian Kempe led all Kings skaters in points at home in the 2022-23 regular-season with 38 (23-15=38). Kempe joined Anze Kopitar
(4x, 2013-14, 2014-15, 2017-18, 2021-22) and Jeff Carter (2014-15) as the only Kings skaters to record as many home points in a
season in the last 10 seasons.
3) Defensemen Sean Durzi and Matt Roy have each registered seven blocked shots over Games 1 and 2. The only skaters with more
in this year’s Stanley Cup Playoffs is Minnesota’s Jake Middleton (9) and Jonas Brodin (8).
4) Both Anze Kopitar and Drew Doughty are set to appear in their 42nd career home playoff game tonight, moving one shy of Dave
Taylor (43) for third-most in franchise history.
5) Adrian Kempe’s 12 shots this postseason leads all Kings skaters and sit fourth among all skaters, trailing Colorado’s Nathan
MacKinnon (15) and Bowen Byram (13), Minnesota’s Matt Boldy (13) and Winnipeg’s Kyle Connor (13).
vs. EDMONTON PLAYOFFS ALL-TIME:
All-Time Record: 16-29
Home: 8-12
Away: 8-17
OT: 4-7
2021-22 Playoffs: 3-4
2022-23 Regular-Season: 2-2-0
2022-23 REGULAR-SEASON 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 Gabriel Vilardi, 17 games, Nov. 27 (lower-body); Jan. 19 – Feb. 13 (undisclosed); Mar. 28 – Apr. 13 (upper-body)
F Carl Grundstrom, 15 games, Jan. 19 – Feb. 26 (lower-body)
F Kevin Fiala, 13 games, Mar. 11 – Mar. 25 (lower-body), Mar. 30 (lower-body), Apr. 2 – Apr. 13. (lower-body)
D Sean Durzi, 9 games, Nov. 19 – Nov. 22. (lower-body); Mar. 9 – Mar. 25 (lower-body)
F Quinton Byfield, 6 games, Oct. 27 – Nov. 5 (illness)
D Alex Edler, 5 games, Apr. 4 – Apr. 13 (upper-body)
D Mikey Anderson, 5 games, Apr. 1 – Apr. 8 (upper-body)
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: 156
2023 PLAYOFFS INJURY & MGL REPORT
Player, Games Missed, Date(s), Status
F Kevin Fiala, 2 games, Apr. 17 – Pres. (lower-body)
F Gabriel Vilardi, 1 game, Apr. 17 (upper-body)
2023 Total Playoffs Man-Games Lost: 3
HOME SWEET HOME
The Kings return home tonight for the first time since April 10 (vs. VAN), where they played some of their best hockey all year. In 41 games at Crypto.com Arena this past season, the Kings have established a record of 26-11-4 (.683%) for 56 points. The team’s 26 home wins tied a franchise record for most home wins in a single season previously set three times: 26 wins in 1990-91, 2005-06 and 2015-16. Only the 1990-91 (57 PTS) and 2014-15 (57 PTS) team’s secured more home points in a season than this year’s 56.
No team was better at home since the resumption of the regular-season following the NHL All-Star break (Feb. 4 – Feb. 6) than the Kings, who established a 12-2-2 record (.813%). The Kings’ 12 home wins and 26 points from Feb. 6 to the end of the 2022-23 regular-season lead all teams in the league.
