NHL Playoff Game Preview: Los Angeles Kings at Edmonton Oilers with Line Combinations 4/27/2025

NHL Playoff Game Preview: Los Angeles Kings at Edmonton Oilers with Line Combinations 4/27/2025

Los Angeles Kings (2-1-0) at Edmonton Oilers (1-2-0)

Venue: Rogers Place
Date: Sunday, April 27
Time: 9:30 pm ET
TV: TBS/truTV/CBC/Sportsnet/TVAS/FDSW
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 6.5

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Los Angeles Kings News & Notes:

The Kings look to head back home with a commanding 3-1 series lead. They are averaging 5.3 goals per game through the first three games in this series. Darcy Kuemper posts a 4.04 goals-against average and a .859 save percentage. He stopped 29 of the 34 shots he faced in Friday’s loss.

Edmonton Oilers News & Notes: 

The Oilers picked up a much-needed win on Friday. They will look to even the series up as it shifts back to Los Angeles. The Oilers are averaging 4.7 goals per game through the first three games of the series. Calvin Pickard got the net in game three, and he stopped 24 of the 28 shots he faced. He has a 4.32 goals-against average and an .839 save percentage in the series.

Los Angeles Kings Projected Lines:

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

Anderson-Doughty
Spence-Gavrikov
Edmunson-Clarke

Kuemper
Rittich

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Edmonton Oilers Projected Lines

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

Nurse-Bouchard
Walman-Klingberg
Kulak-Emberson

Pickard
Skinner

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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 nine points in the series on four goals and five assists, he has a point in every game.  In four meetings against Edmonton this season he finished with five points on a goal and four assists.

Edmonton Oilers

Evan Bouchard this season had 67 points on 14 goals and 53 assists. He has two goals and three assists in the series. He didn’t record a point in any of the four regular-season meetings against the Kings, he was a minus two.

Injury Report:

Los Angeles Kings

F Tanner Jeannot – Out

Edmonton Oilers

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

Next Game

Game 5: Tuesday, April 29 at crypto.com Arena

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