THIRD PERIOD

0.0: STUUUUUUUUPENDOUS!!! A SHUTOUT FOR SKINNER AND TWO POINTS FOR THE OILERS!!! Our first blanking of the year from Skinner’s 43 saves leapfrogs Los Angeles for Edmonton into second place in the Pacific Division!

11:37: Skinner with the glove stop from the point! He’s been terrific with 31 saves so far.

16:07: PERMISSION TO TAKE OFF SHORTHANDED!!!! Captain Connor McDavid speeds through the Kings defence at Edmonton’s blueline and goes in all alone and wires a wrist shot far side on Korpisalo for his 300TH NHL GOAL! | EDM 2, LAK 0

Had to add a little bit of spice to goal #300 🌶️ pic.twitter.com/WiF6LPh7zw

— Edmonton Oilers (@EdmontonOilers) March 31, 2023

17:24: Blake Lizotte is tripped up by Nick Bjugstad. LA’s third power play is coming up.

20:00: The third period is underway!

SECOND PERIOD

0.0: A scoreless second period sees us carry our 1-0 lead into the third period.

1:34: Hyman is hooked and that’ll be an Oilers PP before the break!

8:54: A crosscheck in front from Vincent Desharnais draws a penalty and Kings power play.

10:10: ADRIAN KEMPE DENIED! A MASSIVE BREAKAWAY GLOVE STOP BY SKINNER!

13:41: OILERS POWER PLAY! Alex Iafallo is called for interfering with Brett Kulak away from the play.

17:25: A sneaky back-door feed from Anze Kopitar to Quinton Byfield after coming out from behind the Oilers net causes brief concern for Edmonton.

20:00: The second period is underway!

FIRST PERIOD

51.2: WHAT A PASS!!! LEON BEHIND THE BACK TO KANE!!! It took a deflection off a defenceman, but wow, the pass was sublime from number 29 to find Kane cross-ice with a backhand pass while facing the other way to open the scoring in the final minute of the first period. | EDM 1, LAK 0

Drai dishes & Kane delivers 😮‍💨 pic.twitter.com/aSrNpmf6lJ

— Edmonton Oilers (@EdmontonOilers) March 31, 2023

8:14: Oilers lead 6-4 in shots past the midway mark of the first period.

15:14: SKINNER!!! A huge stop on Arthur Kaliyev!

18:32: Mikey Anderson gets checked from behind by Connor McDavid and that’ll be two minutes for boarding.

20:00: GAME ON!!!

An update from the Kings locker room:

Kings winger Kevin Fiala won’t play tonight vs. EDM due to a lower-body injury, per the team.

— Daniel Nugent-Bowman (@DNBsports) March 31, 2023

20:00: The teams are out for warm up at Rogers Place.

TONIGHT’S LINEUP