The Los Angeles Kings and the Edmonton Oilers meet in NHL action from Rogers Place on Wednesday night.
The Los Angeles Kings will try to bounce back from a 6-5 loss at the hands of the Calgary Flames last time out. while Kevin Fiala has a team-high 18 points with a team-high 12 assists, while Gabe Vilardi has 15 points with a team-high 10 goals and Anze Kopitar also has 14 points with 11 assists. Adrian Kempe has 7 goals of his own and Arthur Kaliyev has 13 points with 6 goals and 7 assists this season. Jonathan Quick has gone 6-5-1 with a 3.09 GAA and an .895 save percentage while Cal Petersen has a 4-2 record with a 4.06 GAA and an .867 save percentage this season.
The Edmonton Oilers will be out to build on a 4-2 win over Florida in their last game. Connor McDavid leads the Oilers with 32 points including a team-high 15 goals and 17 assists while Leon Draisaitl has 28 points with a team-high 19 assists. Ryan Nugent-Hopkins and Zach Hyman each have 17 points with Hyman logging 7 goals and 10 assists and RNH putting up 8 goals and 9 helpers. Jack Campbell’s posted a record of 6-4 with a 4.27 GAA and an .873 save percentage while Stuart Skinner’s gone 3-3 with a 2.53 GAA and a .932 save percentage in goal for Edmonton this season.
Los Angeles is 4-1 in their last 5 games overall and 1-5 in their last 6 road games while the over is 4-1 in their last 5 games after scoring 5 goals or more in the previous game. Edmonton is 22-10 in their last 32 home games and 4-9 in their last 13 games against a team with a winning record while the over is 3-0-1 in their last 4 home games.
I get the case to be made to back or fade either side, but I’m looking at the over here. I don’t trust either set of goaltenders as far as I can throw them and this just looks like a 4-3 or 5-4 kind of game right from the get go. I’ll side with the over and bring some popcorn to this fireworks show.