Kings vs. Oilers: First-round scouting report, prediction

‘It’s fine to be the underdogs’: Oilers optimistic as playoffs begin - Edmonton

Like tulips poking their heads out of the dirt, playoff matchups between the Edmonton Oilers and L.A. Kings have become a sure sign of spring. The two sides will face off in Game 1 on Monday, marking the fourth year in a row they’ve met in the first round of the NHL post-season. This year, though, the Oilers have...

Kings, Oilers clash in familiar first round matchup

For the fourth consecutive year, the Los Angeles Kings will face the Edmonton Oilers in a Western Conference first-round series of the Stanley Cup playoffs.

'It's fine to be the underdogs': Edmonton Oilers optimistic as playoffs begin

LOS ANGELES - Like tulips poking their heads out of the dirt, playoff matchups between the Edmonton Oilers and L.A. Kings have become a sure sign of spring.

L.A. goalie coach Ranford prefers slapper off the head to kidney stones

Edmonton Oilers 1990 playoff hero Bill Ranford, currently the Los Angeles Kings organizational goalie director, might not be around for some of this playoff series because of health issues that are slowly on the mend.

Kings look to make fourth time the charm against the Oilers

Mediocre? Unentertaining? These Kings? They mostly were, until they weren’t at all, and now they’re rearing to make the fourth time a charm against the Edmonton Oilers, who have knocked them out of three consecutive first rounds of the Stanley Cup Playoffs. “We’re in a good mindset, for sure, way different than last year. In the four years I’ve been here, this is the most confident I’ve felt,” said center Phillip Danault, who’d identified this a…

Kings vs. Oilers: First-round scouting report, prediction

SERIES SCHEDULE (Best-of-seven, all times PT) Game 1: Monday, at Crypto.com Arena, 7 p.m. (FDSNW) Game 2: Wednesday, at Crypto.com Arena, 7 p.m. (FDSNSC) Game 3: Friday, at Rogers Place in Edmonton, 7 p.m. (FDSNSC) Game 4: Sun., April 27, at Rogers Place in Edmonton, 6:30 p.m. (FDSNW) *Game 5: Tuesday, April 29, at Crypto.com Arena, time TBD (TV TBD) *Game 6: Thursday, May 1, at Rogers Place in Edmonton, time TBD (TV TBD) *Game 7: Saturday, May …