Los Angeles Kings vs Edmonton Oilers: Game preview, predictions and odds

Los Angeles Kings vs Edmonton Oilers: Game preview, predictions and odds | April 14, 2025

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The Los Angeles Kings are on the road to play the Edmonton Oilers in a playoff preview on Monday, April 14 at 10 p.m. ET.

Los Angeles (46-24-9) is coming off a 5-4 win over Colorado. Edmonton (47-28-5) is coming off a 4-1 road win over Winnipeg.

Kings vs Oilers: Head-to-head & key stats

Los Angeles is 93-97-30-11 all-time against Edmonton
The Kings are 15-19-5 on the road
Edmonton is allowing 2.87 goals per game
Los Angeles is averaging 3 goals per game
The Oilers are averaging 3.2 goals per game
The Kings are allowing 2.44 goals per game
Edmonton is 25-12-3 at home

Los Angeles Kings vs Edmonton Oilers: Preview

Los Angeles is coming off a 5-4 win over Colorado and is two points up on Edmonton, which has home ice in their first-round series. The Kings are led by Adrian Kempe, who has 68 points, Anze Kopitar has 65 points, Kevin Fiala has 56 points, and Quinton Byfield has 53 points.

The Kings are set to start Darcy Kuemper, who's 30-11-7 with a 2.05 GAA and a .920 SV%. In his career against Edmonton, Kuemper is 12-4-4 with a 2.31 GAA and a .922 SV%.

Edmonton, meanwhile, is on a three-game winning streak and is chasing the Kings for second in the division. The Oilers are set to start Calvin Pickard after Skinner played on Sunday. Pickard is 22-9-1 with a 2.63 GAA and a .902 SV%. in his career against Los Angeles, he's 1-3 with a 2.90 GAA and a .910 SV%.

The Oilers, meanwhile, are still without Leon Draisaitl, who is injured. Edmonton is led by Connor McDavid, who has 99 points, Evan Bouchard has 67 points, Ryan Nugent-Hopkins has 49 points, and Zach Hyman has 44 points.

Kings vs Oilers: Odds & Prediction

Los Angeles is a -108 underdog, while Edmonton is a -118 favorite, and the over/under is set at 5.5 goals.

The Kings and Oilers are set to play in the first round of the playoffs, but the question is, who will have home-ice advantage? This game will be key for deciding that, but Edmonton is coming off a back-to-back.

However, the Oilers have played well at hom,e so this is a good spot for Edmonton to get a big win here.

Prediction: Oilers 4, Kings 3.

Kings vs Oilers: Betting Tips

Tip 1: Edmonton ML (-112)

Tip 2: Over 5.5 goals (-110)

Tip 3: Evan Bouchard 3+ shots on goal (-105)

About the author

Cole is an NHL, NFL and College Sports reporter at Sportskeeda with over 7 years of experience writing for publications like CBC, USA Today, SMG, BJPENN, Sherdog and SB Nation.

An NHL fan his whole life, Cole played rep hockey in Canada from age 5 until 17 and grew up rooting for Martin St. Louis and the Tampa Bay Lightning. His all-time favorite players are Vincent Lecavalier and Steven Stamkos, while Jon Cooper is his favorite coach of all time.

Cole attended Sheridan College and received his journalism degree in 2019. After decades of watching and reporting, he considers his knowledge of sports as his primary strength. He ensures that the same story has been reported by at least two reputed reporters before creating it.

Cole enjoys playing golf and spending time with friends and family when not reporting breaking stories. His favorite sports moment is from the 2010 Olympics, when Sidney Crosby scored the golden goal in overtime to beat Team USA for the gold medal.

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