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2025 NHL Preliminary round - Series 1591.
Edmonton Oilers vs Los Angeles Kings

Schedule and 2024-25 Results
Regular Season Records: Los Angeles 48-25-9=105pts, Edmonton 48-29-5=101pts
Game 1 on Monday, 21 April: Edmonton loses at Los Angeles, 6-goals-5
Game 2 on Wednesday, 23 April: Edmonton loses at Los Angeles, 6-goals-2
Game 3 on Friday, 25 April: Los Angeles loses at Edmonton, 7-goals-4
Game 4 on Sunday, 27 April: Los Angeles loses at Edmonton, 4-goals-3(OT)
Game 5 on Tuesday, 29 April: Edmonton wins at Los Angeles, 3-goals-1
Game 6 on Thursday, 01 May: Los Angeles loses at Edmonton, 6-goals-4

SERIES NOTES:

After Game 6: The Edmonton Oilers hosted and bested the Los Angeles Kings 6-goals-4 to complete a 4-games-2 best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1591 victory. With the series 1591 win, the Edmonton Oilers improve their best-of-7 NHL playoff series record to 37-18 overall and 13-6 (with an active four-Preliminary-round series winning streak) in the Preliminary round. With the series 1591 loss, the Los Angeles Kings see their best-of-7 NHL playoff series record fall to 18-26 (with an active six-series losing streak) overall and 8-14 (with an active six-Preliminary-round series losing streak) in the Preliminary round. The win order for the victorious Edmonton Oilers in series 1591 was LLWWWW: Series 1591 thus becomes the 12th NHL Preliminary-round series, the 26th NHL series (all rounds), and the 44th MLB/NBA/NHL series (all rounds) to follow that win order to completion. The last best-of-7 NHL playoff series victory for the Los Angeles Kings occurred in series 1235, in the 2014 NHL Finals over the New York Rangers.

After Game 5: The Edmonton Oilers visited and defeated the Los Angeles Kings 3-goals-1 to take a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1591 lead of 3-games-2.

After Game 4: The Edmonton Oilers hosted and topped the Los Angeles Kings 4-goals-3(OT) to tie best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1591 at 2-games-all. The Edmonton Oilers trailed the visiting Los Angeles Kings by one goal as late as 19:30 into the third period but emerged victorious: In the history of best-of-7 NHL playoff games from 1939 through 2024, inclusive, home teams down one goal as late as 19:30 into the third period had a game record of only 16-538 (.029) - the Edmonton Oilers thus achieve a grade-A (.000 - .099) in-game comeback in series 1591 Game 4.

After Game 3: The Edmonton Oilers hosted and topped the Los Angeles Kings 7-goals-4 to drop the Los Angeles Kings best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL series 1591 lead to 2-games-1. The Edmonton Oilers trailed the visiting Los Angeles Kings by one goal as late as 13:17 into the third period but won: In the history of best-of-7 NHL playoff games from 1939 through 2024, inclusive, home teams down one goal as late as 13:17 into the third period had a game record of only 105-587 (.152) - the Edmonton Oilers thus achieve a grade-B (.100 - .199) in-game comeback.

After Game 2: The Los Angeles Kings hosted and defeated the Edmonton Oilers 6-goals-2 to take a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1591 lead of 2-games-nil.

After Game 1: The Los Angeles Kings hosted and defeated the Edmonton Oilers 6-goals-5 to take a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1591 lead of 1-game-nil.

Pre-series assessment: In the 2024-25 NHL regular season, the Los Angeles Kings finished four points ahead of the Edmonton Oilers. From 1939 through the 2024 NHL Finals round, when NHL teams led their best-of-7 playoff series opponents by four regular-season points, they have posted a best-of-7 playoff series record of 15-24 (.385) in those series against those opponents. MLB/NBA/NHL best-of-7 playoff series 1591 is the 44th best-of-7 NHL playoff series for the Los Angeles Kings, and the 55th for the Edmonton Oilers. In best-of-7 NHL playoff series, the Los Angeles Kings have an all-rounds series record of 18-25, a Preliminary-round series record of 8-13, and a Game 1 record of 17-26, while the Edmonton Oilers have an all-rounds series record of 36-18, a Preliminary-round series record of 12-6, and a Game 1 record of 26-28. Series 1591 is the ninth best-of-7 NHL playoff series meeting between the Los Angeles Kings and the Edmonton Oilers. In their previous eight best-of-7 NHL playoff series meetings, the Edmonton Oilers have a 7-1 series record against the Los Angeles Kings, including series victories in their last six such series (the Kings prevailed over the Oilers only in the 1989 NHL Preliminary round).