Oilers vs Kings Tonight: Live Stream, Score Updates & Key Highlights

The Edmonton Oilers travel to Southern California tonight for a pivotal Western Conference clash with the Los Angeles Kings at Crypto.com Arena. Puck drop is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. PT (10:30 p.m. ET), with coverage on Sportsnet West, Bally Sports West and ESPN+ in the United States. The Oilers arrive on a four-game skid that has tightened the Pacific Division race. Connor McDavid (25-63-88) and Leon Draisaitl (31-47-78) remain among the NHL’s top producers, but Edmonton’s depth scoring has dried up—they’ve managed just eight goals during the slide. Head coach Kris Knoblauch is expected to reunite McDavid and Draisaitl at even strength in an effort to ignite the offence, while Stuart Skinner gets the start after Calvin Pickard handled the crease in Anaheim on Wednesday. Los Angeles, meanwhile, has inched within three points of the final Wild Card spot thanks to a 6-2-2 stretch. The Kings rely on a balanced attack led by Kevin Fiala and Anže Kopitar, plus the league’s No. 4 penalty kill (84.3%). Goaltender Cam Talbot, an ex-Oiler, owns a career 6-1-0 record with a .928 save percentage against his former club and is slated to start. Key storylines to watch tonight • Playoff positioning: Edmonton sits third in the Pacific at 64 points (28-23-8); L.A. is fifth with 60 points (23-20-14). A Kings win pulls them within a single victory of leap-frogging the Oilers for an automatic berth. • Special-teams battle: The Oilers boast the NHL’s No. 1 power play (29.7%) but face that stingy Kings PK. Whichever unit wins this chess match could decide the game. • Home-ice woes: Los Angeles is just 8-12-7 at Crypto.com Arena. If the Kings expect to play postseason hockey, protecting home ice must start tonight. • McDavid’s milestone watch: The Oilers captain needs 12 points to reach 100 for the eighth straight season; historically he has 53 points in 32 career games versus L.A., his highest output against any team. Projected lineups Oilers Kane-McDavid-Hyman Nugent-Hopkins-Draisaitl Foegele-Henrique-Perry Holloway-Ryan-Brown (Nurse-Bouchard, Ekholm-Ceci, Kulak-Desharnais; Skinner) Kings Fiala-Kopitar-Kempe Moore-Danault-Arvidsson Byfield-Dubois-Laferriere Grundstrom-Lizotte-Lewis (Gavrikov-Doughty, Anderson-Roy, Englund-Spence; Talbot) What’s at stake With fewer than 25 games left, every point matters. An Oilers victory halts their slide and maintains separation from the Wild Card pack; a Kings triumph tightens a playoff logjam that already includes Seattle and Calgary. Expect a playoff-style atmosphere—and possibly a preview of another first-round matchup come April.