What you need to know ahead of Game 3 of the First Round of the 2025 Stanley Cup Playoffs against the Edmonton Oilers:
When: Friday, April 25th, at 7:00 PM PST
Where: Rogers Place - Edmonton, ALTA
Watch: TNT, MAX, FanDuel Sports Network
Listen: LA Kings APP & ESPN LA APP
Regular Season Records:
Kings: 48 - 25 - 9 (105 points), 2nd in Pacific Division
Oilers: 48- 29 - 5 (101 points), 3rd in Pacific Division
Series Records:
Kings: 2-0
Oilers: 0-2
Kings Regular Season Team Stats:
Power Play: 17.9% (27th)
Penalty Kill: 81.4% (8th)
Faceoff Win Percentage: 50.6% (14th)
GF/GP: 3.04 (14th)
GA/GP: 2.48 (2nd)
Oilers Regular Season Team Stats:
Power Play: 23.7% (12th)
Penalty Kill: 78.2% (16th)
Faceoff Win Percentage: 50.9% (12th)
GF/GP: 3.16 (11th)
GA/GP: 2.87 (14th)
Kings Postseason Team Stats:
Power Play: 50.0%
Penalty Kill: 100.0%
Faceoff Win Percentage: 50.0%
GF/GP: 6.00
GA/GP: 3.50
Oilers Postseason Team Stats:
Power Play: 00.0%
Penalty Kill: 50.0%
Faceoff Win Percentage: 50.0%
GF/GP: 3.50
GA/GP: 6.00
Kings Notes:
- Dating back to their last four postseason duels, this is the first time either club has had a 2-0 series lead.
- Forward Adrian Kempe has three goals and seven points (3-4=7) through the first two games of the teams’ First Round series vs. Edmonton. Kempe (1-2=3 in Game 1; 2-2=4 in Game 2) is the first player in LA Kings history with back-to-back three-point games to start a playoff year and the first with seven points through the team’s first two postseason games – one point more than the next closest (Wayne Gretzky: 1-5=6 in 2 GP; 1990), via NHL PR.
- Forward Andrei Kuzmenko (7-14=21 in 24 GP) has the most points (regular season & playoffs combined) among all players that were acquired on NHL Trade Deadline Day this season, ahead of Mikko Rantanen (5-13=18 in 22 GP).
- With each of their performances in Game 2, Adrian Kempe (2-2=4) and Anze Kopitar (1-3=4) became the first set of Kings teammates to each record four points in the same playoff game since Game 2 of the 1992 Division Semifinals when Wayne Gretzky and Paul Coffey did so in a Kings 8-5 victory against the Oilers.
- The Kings have score two or more power play goals in each of their first two games of a playoff year for the fifth time in franchise history: 2010 (4 GP), 1990 (2 GP), 1989 (2 GP), 1987 (2 GP).
- As a result of his first period goal in Game 2 on Wednesday, defenseman Brandt Clarke (22 years, 73 days) became the second- youngest player in the past decade to score a playoff goal for the Kings, behind Quinton Byfield (1-0=1 in Game 5 of 2023 R1; 20 years, 249 days).
Oilers Notes:
- Leon Draisaitl found the back of the net for the second time this postseason in Game 2. Dating back to the regular season, Draisaitl has points in each of the last five games he has played in (6-3=9). Draisaitl is currently riding a 16-game point streak versus the Kings in the postseason (16-13=29).
- Former King Viktor Arvidsson scored his first goal of the postseason in Game 2. Arvidsson has the one goal, five shots and has averaged 13:01 of ice time across the first two games. Arvidsson's Game 2 goal was the 14th career postseason goal of his career.
- John Klingberg was inserted into the Oilers lineup in Game 2 and picked up the primary assist on Draisaitl's goal. Klingberg now has five points (1-4=5) over his last five career postseason games.
- Connor McDavid was held off of the scoresheet in Game 2 for just the third time in 20 career playoff games against the Kings. McDavid has 40 points (9-31=40) in those 20 games.
- The Oilers return home for Game's 3 and 4, set to host the Kings in a building where they averaged 32.7 shots for per game, the second most in the NHL during the regular season.
Players to Watch:
Kings: Darcy Kuemper, who bounced back from surrendering four goals in the third period of Game 1 to make 24 saves on 26 shots in Game 2. In 32 postseason games in his career, Kuemper is 19-10-0 with a 2.77 GAA and a .905 SV%.
Oilers: Evander Kane, who returned to game action for the first time since Game 2 of last year's Stanley Cup finals (June 10th, 2024). After missing the full 2024-25 regulaer season due to multiple surgeries on his knee and hip, Kane logged 14:46 of ice time, committed the game's first penalty (that the kings scored on), had one shot on goal and recorded four hits.
