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Kings Win Shootout Over Oilers as Kempe Nets Decider

The game underscored Edmonton’s contrast between Connor McDavid’s career-best point streak and a season-long inability to win three straight.

Overview

  • Los Angeles topped Edmonton 4-3 in a shootout, with Adrian Kempe scoring the lone shootout goal and Anton Forsberg stopping all three Oilers attempts.
  • Forsberg made 21 saves in regulation and denied Connor McDavid, Leon Draisaitl and Ryan Nugent-Hopkins in the tiebreaker.
  • McDavid tied the game on a 5-on-3 power play for his 30th of the season, extending his point streak to a personal-best 18 games.
  • A potential McDavid winner in overtime was overturned on video review for goaltender interference, sending the game to the shootout.
  • Before the game, Edmonton honored Draisaitl’s 1,000-point milestone; he scored twice, while the Oilers again failed to secure a third straight win as coach Kris Knoblauch said Tristan Jarry is expected back this week, prompting a looming goaltending decision.