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The Oilers are coming off a 6-1 win over the Arizona Coyotes on Monday night. They've got their sights set on the LA Kings tonight, as a regulation win will get ...

A win for the Oilers in regulation will put Edmonton in second place with a game in hand. - A regulation win will put the Oilers in second place. They’ve got their sights set on the LA Kings tonight, as a regulation win will get them to second place in the Pacific.

EDMONTON — It certainly had the feel of a potential first-round playoff matchup.

Los Angeles started the scoring three minutes into the game with a goal on its first shot. I thought we showed great resiliency coming back from 3-1, but I think we needed to complete the full comeback.” They’re right behind us in the standings and we want to make the gap bigger. “We won the game and, for us, that was the important thing. It was a big two points for us.” It was a tight game, back and forth,” Draisaitl said.

Two points for Edmonton felt a lot like a win for Los Angeles, so everyone went home happy after a 4-3 shootout win for the Oilers over the Kings Wednesday ...

"And we want to make sure that there is competition for ice time." "That is something that needed to improve from over the last couple of years. "We didn’t have 65 minutes of perfect moments, but in the end we did whatever it took to find the two points." It is fun to watch and we will see how it ends. "It was good to see that we can stick with it and come out on top at the end. "The group we have playing right now did a real good job tonight," said Kings coach Todd McLellan, whose team fell behind 3-1 but scored twice in 14 seconds to jump back into the game.

It takes a lot of great coaching to last 1001 games in the NHL, but keeping what's left of the L.A. Kings' roster in a battle for second place in the ...

That’s what a lot of people don’t know about them, that they are team-first and consumed by pushing the Edmonton Oilers forward.” They want to be the best players in the world. “But (points and awards) really don’t mean a ton to me. Article content Article content “I don’t know that, I’m not in the locker-room, but they’re ripening and getting it done.” Article content “The (veterans) value checking. Article content But as we started to come out of it, we began to play the way we can. Article content Article content

There were four NHL games with major implications in the Western Conference playoff race last night. A bubble team emerged with two points in all four games ...

A bubble team emerged with two points in all four games. The Jets are two points back of Vegas for the final playoff spot with a game in hand on the Golden Knights heading into their final 14 games. There were four NHL games with major implications in the Western Conference playoff race last night. Meanwhile, the Jets won their third in a row and improved to 9-3-0 since March 8th with their win in Buffalo last night. O.G. Anunoby went over 14.5 points in the first half and finished with 22 points in the win. Matthews, who has scored in three in a row for Toronto, has averaged 1.09 goals per game over the past 30 days and 0.80 goals per game for the season. Connor McDavid hit the 100-point mark with two points in a win over the Kings. The Winnipeg Jets beat the Buffalo Sabres 3-2 in a shootout for their third win in a row and fifth in six games. Draisaitl, who is up to eight goals in his last five games, has averaged 0.87 goals per game over the past 30 days and 0.72 goals per game for the season. There were four NHL games with major implications in the Western Conference playoff race last night. Elsewhere, the Vegas Golden Knights beat the Seattle Kraken 3-0 for their third win in a row. A bubble team emerged with two points in all four games.

Edmonton Oilers head coach Jay Woodcroft is sending a major message by scratching Zack Kassian for a second straight game.

The hope will be that this message works out and gets Kassian to turn back the clock and once again become the player that for a time was a fan favorite in Oil Country. He’s been a very active and reliable source for nearly two years at The Hockey Writers. He is a credentialed writer for the Calgary Flames but also does features on other teams throughout the league. For a first-time NHL head coach to come in and healthy scratch a popular player in the room like Kassian not once but twice really says something about him. His offensive skills have certainly taken a hit, proven by the fact that he has just seven goals in his past 71 games, but it is so much more than that. On top of that, he was always there to stand up for teammates and had opposing players think twice before taking liberties on players like Connor McDavid and Leon Draisaitl. That version Kassian has been missing for far too long. When the Edmonton Oilers acquired Zack Kassian during the 2015-16 season, it was apparent to everybody that it was the player’s last chance in the NHL. Off-ice issues led to him wearing out his welcome in numerous organizations.