Kings Notes:
Anze Kopitar is set to appear in his 92nd career playoff game tonight, which will tie Dustin Brown (92) and Dave Taylor (92) for the second-most playoff games played in franchise history. Fellow teammate Drew Doughty sits two games behind Kopitar with 89 entering tonight. With Game 6 at Crypto.com Arena tonight, both Kopitar and Doughty (43) will skate in their 44th career home playoff game which will tie them with Dustin Brown for second-most in Kings history and one shy of tying Luc Robitaille (45) for most all-time.
Quinton Byfield notched his first career playoff goal in Game 5 on Tuesday, becoming one of five skaters from the 2020 NHL Draft to score in the Stanley Cup Playoffs. At 20 years and 249 days old the time of his goal, Byfield is the ninth-youngest skater in Kings history to score a playoff goal.
Adrian Kempe has registered the most shots (24) by any Kings player this series and is tied with Connor McDavid (24) for most among any skater between the Kings and Oilers.
Anze Kopitar (7-9=16, 13 GP) has 16 career points in potential elimination games, which are tied with Wayne Gretzky (8-8=16, 10 GP) for second place in franchise history behind Luc Robitaille (9-13=22, 18 GP).
The Kings power play ranked 4th in the NHL (25.3%) during the regular season and are 5-for-18 (27.8%) in the first five games of the series.
The Kings were 3rd in faceoff win percentage (53.2%) during the regular season, but rank 14th among the playoff teams in face-off percentage for the first five games (42.9%).
Oilers Notes:
Edmonton is 14-8 all-time in Game 6's and are 6-2 on the road.
The Oilers have lost only once in 13 series when leading a series 3-2 and are 5-0 when they begin those series on home ice.
Edmonton has scored a power-play goal in all five games this postseason.
Edmonton has won eight of their last nine road games spanning back to March 18 and have outscored their opponents by a 39-23 margin.
The Oilers power play ranked 1st in the NHL (32.4%), setting the all-time NHL record for power play percentage in a season. The Oilers went 2-for-13 (15.4%) on the PP against the Kings in the regular season. Through five games, the Oilers are 8-for-14.
Who to Watch:
Kevin Fiala, who recorded two assists for his first playoff points as an LA King in his postseason debut with the team in Game 4 last Sunday. Fiala followed his two-point Game 4 outing with an assist in Game 5 to tie Todd Elik (1-3=4) for the most assists through a player's first two playoff games as a member of the Kings. Should he notch an assist tonight, Fiala would become the third skater in team history to tally at least four assists in their first three playoff games as a member of the Kings: Drew Doughty (1-4=5, April 15-19, 2010) and Jack Johnson (0-5=5, April 15-19, 2010).
