NHL Game Preview: Los Angeles Kings at Edmonton Oilers with Line Combinations 4/14/2025

NHL Game Preview: Los Angeles Kings at Edmonton Oilers with Line Combinations 4/14/2025

Los Angeles Kings (46-24-9, 101 Pts) at Edmonton Oilers (47-28-5, 99 pts)

Venue: Rogers Place
Date: Monday, April 14
Time: 10:00 pm ET
TV: ESPN+/FDSN W/NBCSCA
Radio: 
Los Angeles – 710 ESPN
Edmonton – Oilers Radio 880 CHED

DraftKings Sportsbook Betting Lines:

Los Angeles: +1.5 ML -105
Edmonton: -1.5 ML -115
O/U 5.5

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Los Angeles Kings News & Notes:

The Kings are locked into the two seed and are set to face this Oilers team in the first round of the playoffs. The Kings have won two straight, entering tonight outscoring their opponents 11-5. They beat the Colorado Avalanche on Saturday.

Edmonton Oilers News & Notes: 

The Oilers last night. They will face the Kings in the playoffs for the fourth straight season. The Oilers have won all three of the previous playoff meetings. There is still home ice advantage on the line in this game for the Oilers.

Los Angeles Kings Projected Lines:

Kuzmenko-Kopitar-Kempe
Fiala-Byfield-Laferriere
Foegele-Danault-Moore
Malott-Helenius-Turcotte

Anderson-Clarke
Gavrikov-Spence
Moverare-Burroughs

Kuemper
Rittich

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Edmonton Oilers Projected Lines

Skinner-McDavid-Brown
Podkolzin-Janmark-Arvidsson
Perry-Henrique-Ryan
Jones-Philp-Kapanen

Nurse-Bouchard
Kulak-Emberson
Dineen-Stetcher

Skinner
Pickard

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Players To Watch:

Los Angeles Kings

Quinton Byfield this season has 53 points on 22 goals and 31 assists. He’s faced the Oilers 13 times in his career, recording ten points on five goals and five assists; he scored two goals and had an assist in one of the three meetings this season.   

Edmonton Oilers

Viktor Arvidsson this season has 27 points on 15 goals and 12 assists. He’s faced the Kings 15 times in his career recording eight points on six goals and two assists; he scored a goal in one of the three meetings this season.

Injury Report:

Los Angeles Kings

D Joel Edmundson – DTD
F Tanner Jeannot – Out
D Drew Doughty – DTD

Edmonton Oilers

D John Klingberg – IR
F Evander Kane – IR
D Alec Regula – IR
D Mattias Ekholm – Out
C Trent Frederic – DTD
F Leon Draisaitl – DTD
D Jake Walman – DTD
F Zach Hyman – DTD

Next game:

Los Angeles – April 15 at Seattle Kraken
Edmonton – April 16 at San Jose Sharks

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