Connor McDavid and the Edmonton Oilers begin a first round playoff series against the visiting Los Angeles Kings on Monday.
For the third season in a row, the Los Angeles Kings and Edmonton Oilers meet in the first round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs and Monday they drop the puck on their best of seven series inside Rogers Place. The Oilers have eliminated their Pacific Division foes in each of the last two postseasons and with home ice advantage in this series and winning three of four games against the Kings this season, Edmonton is poised to advance yet again. Edmonton owns the league’s fourth-best scoring offense, tallying 3.56 goals per game paced by its fourth ranked power play that is scoring on 26.3 percent of opportunities with the man advantage.
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Game Date:Â April 22, 2024
Game Time: 10:00 p.m. ET
TV: ESPN2
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Reigning MVP Connor McDavid posted a career-high 132 points this season and became just the fourth player in NHL history, and the first since Mario Lemieux in 1993, to tally 100 assists in a season. McDavid, the No. 1 overall pick in the 2015 NHL Draft, has 29 goals and 46 assists in 49 career Stanley Cup Playoff games.
Los Angeles is allowing just 2.56 goals per game, third-best in the NHL, and has held opposing power plays at bay, successfully killing off 84.6 percent of opportunities against the man advantage. Goaltender Cam Talbot posted a 2.50 goals against average, his best since 2015, and tallied a .913 save percentage, marking the fourth time in five seasons he has finished with a save percentage of .911 or better.
Edmonton has won four straight home games in this series, outscoring Los Angles 18-9, and has won seven of the last 10 dating back to 2022.
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