LOS ANGELES KINGS NOTES:
ROUND ONE, GAME 5
Series tied 2-2
APRIL 25 vs. Edmonton Oilers – 7:30 PM MT (6:30 PM PT)
Venue: Rogers Place // TV: KCOP-13, ESPN // 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 – LAK: 3 EDM 2 OT
Game 4: in Los Angeles, April 23, 6 p.m. PT Bally Sports West, TBS, LA Kings iHeart Audio Network, Sports USA – LAK: 4 EDM: 5 OT
Game 5: at Edmonton, April 25, 7:30 p.m. MT (6:30 p.m. PT), KCOP-TV/13, ESPN, 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, TBD, LA Kings iHeart Audio Network
*If Necessary
WARM-UPS
1) Kevin Fiala recorded two assists for his first playoff points as an LA King in his postseason debut with the team in Game 4 on Sunday. Fiala enters tonight with 17 points (9-8=17) in 36 career playoff games. With an assist tonight, Fiala can tie Todd Elik (1-3=4, April 7-8, 1982) for the most assists through a player’s first two playoff games as a member of the Kings
2) Matt Roy scored his first career playoff goal on Sunday night in Game 4. Roy became just the seventh Michigan Tech (NCAA) alumnus to score a goal in the Stanley Cup Playoffs, joining Randy McKay (20), Mike Zuke (6), Jarkko Ruutu (5), Bob Lorimer (3), Chris Conner (1) and Bob Murray (1).
3) Phillip Danault is set to skate in his 50th career Stanley Cup Playoffs game tonight. In doing so, Danault would become the 18th different player from the 2011 NHL Draft and 13th active Quebec-born skater to reach such mark.
4) Viktor Arvidsson scored his first career playoff goal as a member of the LA Kings on Sunday in Game 4.
5) Only Winnipeg’s Kyle Connor (24) has registered more shots this postseason than Adrian Kempe (20).
vs. EDMONTON PLAYOFFS ALL-TIME:
All-Time Record: 17-30
Home: 9-13
Away: 8-17
OT: 5-8
2021-22 Playoffs: 3-4
2022-23 Regular-Season: 2-2-0
FRANCHISE PLAYOFF LEADERS vs. EDMONTON:
Luc Robitaille – 28 GP, 31 PTS (15-16=31)
Wayne Gretzky – 22 GP, 26 PTS (7-19=26)
Bernie Nicholls – 20 GP, 23 PTS (10-13=23)
Dave Taylor – 32 GP, 20 PTS (6-14=20)
Steve Duchesne – 22 GP, 18 PTS (5-13=18)
*-denotes active roster player
GAME 4 vs. EDMONTON: Apr. 23, 2023 – LAK 3 vs. EDM 2 (OT)
Venue: Crypto.com Arena
LAK Goals: Vilardi (2), Arvidsson (1), Kopitar (2), Roy (1)
EDM Goals: Bouchard (2), Draisaitl (4, 5), Kane (2), Hyman (1 – OT)
Goalies: LAK: Korpisalo (OTL; 37 saves – 42 shots) EDM: Campbell (OTW; 27 saves – 28 shots), Skinner (8 saves – 11 shots)
LAK PP: 1-for-2
LAK PK: 1-for-3
2023 PLAYOFFS INJURY & MGL REPORT
Player, Games Missed, Date(s), Status
F Kevin Fiala, 3 games, April 17 – April 21 (lower-body)
F Blake Lizotte, 2 games, April 21 – Pres. (lower-body)
F Gabriel Vilardi, 1 game, April 17 (upper-body)
2023 Total Playoffs Man-Games Lost: 6
RECENT TRANSACTIONS (as of 4/24/23)
April 22 – Erik Portillo (G) signed to a two-year entry-level contract.
April 23 – Tobias Bjornfot (D) and Cal Petersen (G) recalled from Ontario (AHL). David Hrenak (G) loaned to Greenville (ECHL).
PLAYOFF ROAD WARRIOR
Captain Anze Kopitar is set to appear in his 91st career playoff game tonight, moving him one shy of tying Dustin Brown (92) and
Dave Taylor (92) for the second-most playoff games played in franchise history. Fellow teammate Drew Doughty sits two games
behind Kopitar with 88 entering tonight:
EDMONTON OILERS NOTES:
ALL-TIME PLAYOFFS vs. LOS ANGELES GP RECORD HOME (25) AWAY (21) GF GA
OILERS ALL-TIME vs. LOS ANGELES 47 30-17 17-8 13-9 195 157
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 20 (6G, 14A) career playoff points against the Kings and 11 Oilers have appeared in nine career playoff games against Los Angeles.
COMEBACK OILERS
The Oilers overcame a three goal deficit in game 4 to beat the Kings 5-4 in overtime. They have overcome a three-goal deficit four times in postseason history with the most recent instance coming during Game 3 of the 1997 Conference Quarterfinal versus Dallas.
BEST OF 3
When tied 2-2 in best-of-seven the Oilers are 8-4 (.667) overall, 4-1 (.800) when starting at home.
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: 6-4-0
GF: 29 GA: 25
*2022-23 4/23/23 @ LAK 5-4 W (OT)
*2022-23 4/21/23 @ LAK 3-2 L (OT)
*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
*Notes playoff game
