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Early look · NHL 2026-27

Los Angeles Kings at Edmonton Oilers: game preview

Puck drop27 Mar · 3:30 PM ET
VenueRogers Place
All-time meetings299 completed
BasisLast 5 meetings + 2025-26
The thesis

Three points apart last season

Los Angeles finished last season 20th in the league on 90 points. Edmonton finished 14th on 93, and the 2025-26 season series went LAK 2-1-0.

Game-day prices arrive with the afternoon snapshot, about 4:30 PM ET on the day of the game.

Head-to-head

Meeting number 300

Across 299 completed games, Edmonton lead the head-to-head 166-106-27.

All-time record166-106-27Edmonton's record in the series
Meetings played299This is number 300
2025-26 seriesLAK 2-1-0
Last 53-2Edmonton
DateResultShotsPower playWinner
11 Apr 2026EDM 0 – LAK 127–21EDM 0/1 · LAK 0/1LAK
26 Feb 2026EDM 8 – LAK 137–22EDM 2/3 · LAK 0/1EDM
10 Jan 2026LAK 4 – EDM 3 SO30–26LAK 1/2 · EDM 1/4LAK
1 May 2025LAK 4 – EDM 627–29LAK 0/2 · EDM 1/1EDM
29 Apr 2025EDM 3 – LAK 146–22EDM 0/2 · LAK 1/3EDM
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The table on each 2025-26 meeting night

DateLos AngelesEdmonton
10 Jan 202619-15-10 · 48 pts20th22-16-7 · 51 pts15th
26 Feb 202621-16-13 · 55 pts22nd27-19-8 · 62 pts12th
11 Apr 202634-26-19 · 87 pts20th40-30-10 · 90 pts18th

League rank after that night's games; a longer bar is a higher place. On 10 Jan 2026, Los Angeles were 20th in the league and Edmonton 15th. By 11 Apr 2026 it was 20th and 18th.


Where the shots come from · last 5 meetings

Edmonton out-attempted Los Angeles 319 to 296

Every attempt from the last meetings, both teams shooting right.

Los Angeles Kings

296 att · 122 on goal · 10 G · 8.2%
Crease23 att · 2 G
Slot111 att · 5 G
Wing115 att · 3 G
Point33 att · 0 G
Neutral zone14 att · 0 G

Edmonton Oilers

319 att · 165 on goal · 20 G · 12.1%
Crease38 att · 3 G
Slot137 att · 9 G
Wing95 att · 5 G
Point38 att · 3 G
Neutral zone11 att · 0 G
GoalOn goalMissedBlocked

Expected goals

Los Angeles and Edmonton are level on chances, last 10 games

Shot quality both ways: expected goals weigh every unblocked attempt by its chance of scoring. Finishing above zero means more goals than the chances.

Los AngelesEdmonton
2.88xG for per game3.31
2.43xG against per game2.10
54.2%xG share61.2%
+0.4FinishingGoals minus expected goals+7.1
−7.7GoaltendingExpected goals against minus goals allowed−7.7

This season: 3 games for Los Angeles, 3 for Edmonton. Small sample: early-season xG moves a lot from night to night.

Every team’s xG →


Special teams

Power play and penalty kill, season and series

This season's rates first, then 2025-26 and the last meetings between the two. Power-play chances are counted from the penalty log with coincidental minors cancelled; faceoffs are each club's wins over draws taken.

All bars share one scale · 0–100%SeasonLast meetings

Los Angeles

Small sample
Power play · 2026-2716.7%
Power play · 2025-2617.0% · 28th
Power play · last 5 meetings2/9 · 22.2%
Penalty kill · 2026-2761.5%
Penalty kill · 2025-2674.6% · 30th
Faceoffs · 2026-2756.9% · 103/181
Drawn · 2026-2712 (4.00/gm)
Drawn · last meetings9 (1.80/gm)
Shorthanded · 2026-2713 (4.33/gm)
PP goals · last meetings2

Edmonton

Small sample
Power play · 2026-2725.0%
Power play · 2025-2630.6% · 1st
Power play · last 5 meetings4/11 · 36.4%
Penalty kill · 2026-2757.1%
Penalty kill · 2025-2677.8% · 20th
Faceoffs · 2026-2751.7% · 91/176
Drawn · 2026-2712 (4.00/gm)
Drawn · last meetings11 (2.20/gm)
Shorthanded · 2026-277 (2.33/gm)
PP goals · last meetings4

Skaters

Leon Draisaitl has 7 points in the last 5 meetings

Each club's top three forwards and defencemen by points this season, with 2025-26 one tap away, then who has produced in the last meetings.

PlayerGPGAPP/GP
10Artemi Panarin32131.00
56Erik Haula31231.00
14Alex Laferriere31231.00
97Connor McDavid32793.00
29Leon Draisaitl33251.67
Points leaders
PlayerGPGAPP/GP
92Brandt Clarke30220.67
8Drew Doughty30110.33
2Evan Bouchard34482.67
6Ryan Shea31231.00
14Mattias Ekholm30000.00
Defencemen stats

Leon Draisaitl vs Los Angeles · game by game

See all: Leon Draisaitl vs Los Angeles · game by game →
DateVenueGAPSOGTOI
26 Feb 2026away134114:52
10 Jan 2026home202827:27
1 May 2025home000321:45
29 Apr 2025away011223:13
Last 5 meetings7 P3 G, 4 A · 14 SOG
Next best5 PConnor McDavid, EDM
2026-27 season5 P3 GP · 3 G
Blank vs LAK1 of 4
Full game log

Goaltending

Who has stopped this matchup

Save percentage in the last meetings by goalie. Starters are confirmed on game day.

Expected startersAn estimate until the teams confirmEvery game tonight →

Expected starter after their game on 25 Mar: a back-to-back depends on who plays that night.

Expected starter after their game on 25 Mar: a back-to-back depends on who plays that night.

Los Angeles crease

LAK · 2026-27 Starter estimate from 24 Mar

Darcy Kuemper.8252 GP · 0-2-0 · GSAx −4.2
Anton Forsberg.8001 GP · 0-0-1 · GSAx −3.5

Two goalies used against Edmonton

#vs EDMAppsSAGASV%
31Anton Forsberg3757.907
35Darcy Kuemper38811.875

Edmonton crease

EDM · 2026-27 Starter estimate from 24 Mar

Devon Levi.8102 GP · 2-0-0 · GSAx −3.6
Tristan Jarry.7391 GP · 0-0-1 · GSAx −4.1

No appearances against Los Angeles in the last meetings.


Totals

Scoring rates point to about 6.7 goals

No total is posted yet: it arrives with the game-day prices. Until then, the scoring rates and the recent meetings set the range.

Goals in the last 5 meetings

11 Apr 20261 · EDM 0–1 LAK
26 Feb 20269 · EDM 8–1 LAK
10 Jan 20267 · LAK 4–3 EDM
1 May 202510 · LAK 4–6 EDM
29 Apr 20254 · EDM 3–1 LAK

Bar length is total goals, coloured by the winner.

Scoring rates

Team26-27 GF26-27 GA25-26 GF25-26 GA
Los Angeles3.005.002.743.01
Edmonton5.674.673.443.28

Goals for and against per game. The estimate averages each team’s scoring with the other’s goals allowed, and leans on 2025-26 until a team has played 20 games.

Scoring rates suggest6.7Goals in this game
Last 5 meetings6.2Goals per game
Line—No total posted yet
Books at the line—With the game-day prices

Team news

12 on the injury lists

Los Angeles · injuries

Jakub DvorakUpper BodyIRReturn31 Oct
Jan JenikUndisclosedIRReturn24 Oct
Kevin FialaLower LegIRReturn17 Oct

Edmonton · injuries

Alec RegulaUndisclosedIRReturn24 Oct
Atro LeppanenUndisclosedIRReturn17 Oct
Frederik AndersenKneeIRReturn30 Dec
James StefanUndisclosedIRReturn10 Oct
Jason DickinsonFootIRReturn7 Oct
Matt SavoieLower BodyIRReturn24 Nov
Mattias JanmarkUndisclosedIRReturn15 Oct
Ryan Nugent-HopkinsLower BodyIRReturn13 Oct
Zach HymanUndisclosedOutReturn17 Oct
27 Sep · LAK

Placed D Otto Salin on the injured non-roster list. Loaned G Erik Portillo to Ontario (AHL).

24 Sep · LAK

Waived for the purpose of assignment to Abbotsford (AHL) Fs Martin Chromia, Cole Guttman, Lane Pederson and Francesco Pinelli and D Joe Hicketts. Loaned Fs Aatu Jamsen and Koehn Ziemmer, Ds Angus Booth, Kirill Kirsanov and Jared Woolley to Ontario. Placed F Jan Jenik and D Jakub Dvorak on injured reserve.

15 Jul 2026 · LAK

Signed F Elton Hermansson to a three-year, entry-level contract.

1 Oct · EDM

Placed F Ryan Nugent-Hopkins on injured reserve. Placed D Alec Regula on long-term injured reserve. Recalled F Josh Samanski under emergency conditions.

27 Sep · EDM

Placed G Matt Tomkins on waivers for the purpose of assignment to Bakersfield (AHL).

25 Sep · EDM

Loaned D Tomas Cibulka, Fs Connor Clattenburg, Quinn Hutson, Viljami Marjala, William Nicholl and Aku Raty and G Connor Ungar to Bakersfield (AHL). Waived for the purpose of assignment to Bakersfield Ds Josh Brown and Riley Stillman and F Eduards Tralmaks.

Injury report
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#49Adam GoljerRound 2 · TrencinD
#80Blake ZielinskiRound 3 · Des MoinesC
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#58Rudolfs BerzkalnsRound 2 · MuskegonC
#84Malcom GastrinRound 3 · Modo Jr.LW
#133Andrew RobinsonRound 5 · WindsorD
#180Caden HarveyRound 6 · WindsorC
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