NHL Playoff Game Preview: Los Angeles Kings at Edmonton Oilers with Line Combinations 4/25/2025

Los Angeles Kings (2-0-0) at Edmonton Oilers (0-2-0)

Venue: Rogers Place
Date: Friday, April 25
Time: 10:00 pm ET
TV: TNT/truTV/MAX
Radio: 
Los Angeles – 710 ESPN
Edmonton – Oilers Radio 880 CHED


DraftKings Sportsbook Betting Lines:

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

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Los Angeles Kings News & Notes:

The Kings have a 2-0 series lead and have scored six goals in each game. Darcy Kuemper posts a 3.50 goals-against average and a .863 save percentage. He stopped 24 of the 26 shots he faced in Wednesday’s win.

Edmonton Oilers News & Notes: 

The Oilers look to get back into the series tonight. They are averaging 3.5 goals per game through the first two games of the series. Stuart Skinner has a 6.11 goals-against average and an .810 save percentage.

Los Angeles Kings Projected Lines:

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

Anderson-Doughty
Spence-Gavrikov
Edmunson-Clarke

Kuemper
Rittich

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Edmonton Oilers Projected Lines

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

Nurse-Bouchard
Walman-Klingberg
Kulak-Emberson

Skinner
Pickard

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Players To Watch:

Los Angeles Kings

Adrian Kempe this season had 73 points on 35 goals and 38 assists. He has seven points through the first two games on three goals and four assists.  In four meetings against Edmonton this season he finished with five points on a goal and four assists.

Edmonton Oilers

Leon Draisaitl this season had 106 points on 52 goals and 54 assists. He has two goals and an assist through the first two games of the series.  had a goal and three assists in game one. In two games against Los Angeles in the regular season he had two assists.

Injury Report:

Los Angeles Kings

F Tanner Jeannot – Out
F Alex Turcotte – Out

Edmonton Oilers

D Alec Regula – IR
D Mattias Ekholm – Out
D Troy Stecher – DTD

Next Game

Game 4: Friday, April 27 at Rogers Place

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