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Long post follows with base game statistics including some for the LA Kings. Read, don't read, up to you. These are BASE stats not detailed ones. My comments at the end. Statistics for LA Kings at Edmonton Oilers May 1st, 2024 Playoffs Round 1, Game 5 Oilers 4, LA 3 (Oilers win series 4-1 and advance to round 2) Oilers: Kane 1 Goal Hyman 1 Goal Draisaitl 2 Goals (1 on PP) Kulak 1 Primary Assist Nuge 2 Secondary Assists McDavid 1 Primary Assist, 1 Secondary Assist (on PP Goal) Bouchard 2 Primary Assists (1 on PP), 1 Secondary Assist Skinner 18 Saves on 22 Shots = .857 Save %age Kings: Kempe 1 Goal Laferriere 1 Goal Lizotte 1 Goal Gavrikov 1 Primary Assist Roy 1 Primary and 1 Secondary Assist Arvidsson 1 Primary Assist Englund 1 Secondary Assist Fiala 1 Secondary Assist Riddich 22 Saves on 26 Shots = .846 Save %age (58 minutes played) Oilers Kings Shots on Goal 26 21 Hits 27 57 Faceoffs Won 34 24 PP 0/1 1/5 Giveaways 9 (7 per NST) 4 Takeaways 13 (11 per NST) 2 Blocked Shots 22 (20 per NST) 12 (8 per NST) 3 Stars: 3-McDavid (2 Assists), Bouchard (3 Assists), Draisaitl (2 Goals) Oilers Player Stats: Player TOI SOG +/- PIM Hits Blocks Giveaways Takeaways Bouchard 26:16 2 2 0 0 3 1 0 Ceci 20:50 0 -2 0 1 1 0 0 Nurse 19:52 1 -2 0 0 6 1 1 Ekholm 18:00 0 0 0 3 3 1 1 Desharnais 14:55 0 0 0 3 0 0 2 Kulak 13:04 0 0 0 3 2 0 0 Draisaitl 24:24 6 1 0 1 1 0 2 McDavid 23:36 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 Hyman 23:21 4 2 0 2 0 1 0 Nuge 23:11 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 Kane 16:42 3 -1 0 4 1 1 0 Henrique 14:21 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 McLeod 12:04 0 -1 0 0 1 1 0 Foegele 10:16 0 -1 2 2 0 1 2 Janmark 9:44 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 Holloway 9:22 1 -1 0 2 2 0 0 Ryan 9:19 2 0 0 1 1 0 1 Perry 8:43 1 0 2 1 0 0 2 Oilers Faceoffs Won Lost Percent Draisaitl 12 15 44.4 Ryan 4 2 66.7 McLeod 4 3 57.1 McDavid 3 9 25.0 Henrique 1 4 20.0 Janmark 0 1 0.00 Kings Faceoffs Won Lost Percent Kopitar 15 7 68.2 Dubois 8 6 57.1 Danault 6 9 40.0 Lizotte 4 0 100.0 Byfield 1 1 50.0 Lewis 0 2 0.00 Oilers put the Kings to bed (and off to their summer) for the third straight year in round 1. This time it only took 5 games (last year it took 6 and the year before 7). There are some stats that glare right at you on this one. Kings 57 hits to the Oilers 27. Kings 34 faceoff wins to the Oilers 24. Oilers 1/5 on the PP and 100% on the PK (again) but 2 goals came within seconds of the PP ending. Oilers 9 giveaways to LA's 4. Oilers 13 Takeaways to the Kings 2 and a huge one for me Oilers 22 blocks vs the Kings 12. The Kings had challenges getting it even TO Skinner. The first LA goal was an unlucky bounce and the last one they had pulled their goalie for a man advantage (then after closing within one they take a stupid penalty and poof go their chances). The first Leon goal took a review to confirm as Riddich has the puck in his glove but the glove had crossed the goal line so PP goal. The Oilers owned the special teams battle in this series. Their PK remained 100% throughout and they got a lot of goals on the PP. Fiala took an embellishment penalty while saying "I believe I can fly" after a short Foegele hook (so we got coincidental minors there). I mean this isn't football (what some call soccer) where embellishment is an art form (typically paint by numbers done by the totally blind with the cap still on the marker but...). Hope you enjoyed the stats and take care all.