NHL Playoff Game Preview: Edmonton Oilers at Los Angeles Kings with Line Combinations 4/23/2025

NHL Playoff Game Preview: Edmonton Oilers at Los Angeles Kings with Line Combinations 4/23/2025

Edmonton Oilers (0-1-0) at Los Angeles Kings (1-0-0)

Venue: crypto.com Arena
Date: Wednesday, April 23
Time: 10:00 pm ET
TV: TBS/MAX
Radio: 
Edmonton – Oilers Radio 880 CHED
Los Angeles – 710 ESPN

DraftKings Sportsbook Betting Lines:

Edmonton: +1.5 ML +114
Los Angeles: -1.5 ML -135
O/U 5.5

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Edmonton Oilers News & Notes: 

The Oilers dropped game one 6-5. They scored four goals in the third period and even tied the game up at 5-5. Stuart Skinner stopped 24 of the 30 Los Angeles shots he faced.

Los Angeles Kings News & Notes:

The Kings took game one behind a Phillip Danault goal with 42 seconds left in the game. Darcy Kuemper stopped 20 of the 25 Edmonton shots he faced.

Edmonton Oilers Projected Lines

Hyman-McDavid-Brown
Podkolzin-Draisaitl-Arvidsson
Skinner-Nugent-Hopkins-Frederic
Janmark-Henrique-Perry

Nurse-Bouchard
Kulak-Walman
Emberson-Brown

Skinner
Pickard

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Los Angeles Kings Projected Lines:

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

Anderson-Doughty
Spence-Gavrikov
Edmunson-Clarke

Kuemper
Rittich

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Players To Watch:

Edmonton Oilers

Connor McDavid this season had 100 points on 26 goals and 74 assists. He had a goal and three assists in game one. In two games against Los Angeles in the regular season, he had a goal and an assist.

Los Angeles Kings

Phillip Danault had 43 points on eight goals and 35 assists this season. He scored two goals in game one, including the game-winner. He finished with two assists in four meetings against Edmonton this season.

Injury Report:

Edmonton Oilers

D John Klingberg – IR
D Alec Regula – IR
F Evander Kane – IR
D Mattias Ekholm – Out
D Troy Stecher – DTD

Los Angeles Kings

F Tanner Jeannot – Out

Next Game

Game 3: Friday, April 25 at Rogers Place

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