Kings score four on power play in win against Oilers

Kevin Fiala had two goals and two assists for the Los Angeles Kings, who scored four power-play goals in a 6-3 win against the Edmonton Oilers at Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles on Monday.

Fiala has seven points in his past two games after scoring a hat trick in a 5-1 win against the Vegas Golden Knights on Saturday.
"I'm just trying to play hockey," Fiala said. "I had a lot of chances before that, it's not as though I wasn't playing good or anything like that. Right now, the last two games especially, they went in and it's nice to see that."

Adrian Kempe had two goals and an assist, and Pheonix Copley made 28 saves for the Kings (24-14-6), who have won three of four. Anze Kopitar had an assist for his 1,100th NHL point, becoming the third player in Los Angeles history to reach the milestone.
Stuart Skinner allowed three goals on 24 shots before being replaced by Jack Campbell, who made 11 saves for the Oilers (21-18-3), who have lost four of five (1-3-1).
Edmonton, who has the best power play in the NHL (31.0 percent), finished 0-for-6 with the man-advantage.
"I thought there were some very good looks that we got to, and we weren't sharp enough on our offensive opportunities, and that's going to happen some nights," Oilers coach Jay Woodcroft said. "Our power play has operated at the level it has this season, it's going to happen. How about the penalty kill step up and take care of the other team's power play? If that would have happened, I think we wouldn't be talking about our lack of production."
Fiala gave the Kings a 1-0 lead at 9:21 of the first period on a power play. He scored on a one-timer from the right circle off a pass from Kempe.
Fiala then made it 2-0 with another power-play goal 1:50 later. He stole the puck from Brett Kulak along the boards, skated toward the net and scored short side on Skinner.
"We wanted to win the special teams battle, and when you do against that team, you give yourselves a much better chance at success," Kings coach Todd McLellan said. "If you would have told me at the beginning of the night it would have been 4-0 in our favor, I'm not sure I would have agreed with you, considering we had 12 minutes of penalty kill. It's not a recipe for success against that team. Rarely are they going to be shut out in that type of situation, so we were fortunate to come through it tonight."

Kailer Yamamoto cut it to 2-1 at 17:02 when he redirected a shot from Darnell Nurse, which initially deflected off the stick of Rasmus Kupari.
Kempe made it 3-1 at 3:51 of the second period, receiving a stretch pass from Fiala and beating Skinner five-hole on a breakaway on a power play.
Kempe scored the Kings' fourth goal with the man-advantage to extend the lead to 4-1 at 11:38. Campbell appeared to make an outstanding glove save on Kempe's one-timer from the right circle, but a video review determined the puck completely crossed the goal line.
"I thought 5-on-5 we were getting some looks, but we ran into penalty problems, and we essentially lost the game on special teams," Oilers forward Ryan Nugent-Hopkins said. "Usually we're putting some in [on the power play], but tonight, we couldn't find it. I think they got four on theirs, and it's tough to win a game when you're giving up four like that, other than us matching it on the power play."

Ryan McLeod made it 4-2 at 16:36, scoring with a backhand after Evan Bouchard's one-timer was blocked in front.
Alex Iafallo pushed it to 5-2 at 7:44 of the third period when he got behind the defense and scored off the glove of Campbell.
"Guys are certainly playing with confidence, guys are playing for each other," Copley said. "They're doing all the small things: blocking shots, getting clears when we need them, starting games strong. Those are the kind of things, when you do those things regularly, you give yourself a chance to win, and that's what we're doing right now."
Connor McDavid cut it to 5-3 at 9:26, stripping the puck from Fiala in the neutral zone, skating into the top of the left circle and scoring glove side.
Viktor Arvidsson shot into an empty net at 18:18 for the 6-3 final.
"Right now, it feels really good to be honest," Kings defenseman Drew Doughty said. "We can see that when we play some of our best hockey we can play with the best teams in the League right now. If we keep doing that, things are looking really good for us."
NOTES: McDavid, who leads the NHL with 34 goals and 77 points in 42 games, has at least one point in 21 of his past 22 games. … The Kings last scored four power-play goals in a 6-5 shootout loss to the San Jose Sharks on April 5, 2012. ... Kopitar trails Luc Robitaille (1,154) and Marcel Dionne (1,307) for the most points in Kings history.