Rogers Place was rocking on Monday (April 22), when the Edmonton Oilers ended their 34-year drought of not winning Game 1 of a playoff series on home ice, by defeating the Los Angeles Kings 7-4 in the opening contest of their best-of-seven Western Conference Round 1 series. Kopitar's second goal of the night gave the Kings a 5-4 victory and squared the best-of-seven series at one win apiece, with the next two games set for Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles.
GP | W | L | OTL | Pts | |
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82 | 50 | 23 | 9 | 109 | |
82 | 49 | 27 | 6 | 104 | |
82 | 44 | 27 | 11 | 99 | |
82 | 45 | 29 | 8 | 98 | |
82 | 38 | 39 | 5 | 81 | |
82 | 34 | 35 | 13 | 81 | |
82 | 27 | 50 | 5 | 59 | |
82 | 19 | 54 | 9 | 47 |