Los Angeles Kings vs Edmonton Oilers Prediction 4/27/25 NHL Picks

The Los Angeles Kings and the Edmonton Oilers meet Sunday in NHL action from Rogers Place. We will look at this from a betting perspective and determine the best bets for this game. Here’s a Los Angeles Kings vs. Edmonton Oilers prediction.

Series Recap

The Edmonton Oilers got on the board in the series after picking up a 7-4 win in game three last time out, making it a 2-1 series in favor of the Los Angeles Kings. Ryan Nugent-Hopkins opened Edmonton’s scoring just 2:49 into the game before Evan Bouchard doubled Edmonton’s lead just under six minutes later. Los Angeles got on the board with a tally from Adrian Kempe with less than three minutes to go in the first before Kevin Fiala tied the game at two with a power play goal 5:43 into the second. Drew Doughty gave the Kings their first lead at 3-2 with less than five minutes to go before Connor Brown tied the game at three for Edmonton with 2:41 to go in the second. The tie lasted just nine seconds before Trevor Moore restored the Kings’ lead at 4-3. The 4-3 score held until the 6:42 mark when Evander Kane would tie things at four for the Oilers. A failed Los Angeles challenge gave Edmonton a power play and they cashed in ten seconds in with Evan Bouchard giving the Oilers the lead for good. Connor McDavid and Connor Brown added empty net goals for insurance to give the Oilers the W.

Kings Trying To Take 3-1 Lead Going Back Home

Anze Kopitar has 67 points including 21 goals and 46 assists while Alex Laferriere has 42 points with 19 goals. Adrian Kempe has 73 points with a team-high 35 goals and 38 assists while Kevin Fiala has 60 points with 35 goals and Warren Foegele has 46 points with 24 goals and 22 assists. Quinton Byfield’s also chipped in 54 points with 23 goals and 31 assists this season. Phillip Danault has 43 points with 35 assists as well on the year. Darcy Kuemper has gone 31-11-7 so far this season with a 2.02 GAA and a .922 save percentage in goal for the Kings so far this season. David Rittich is 16-14-2 with a 2.84 GAA and an .887 save percentage while Erik Portillo has a 1.02 GAA and a .966 save percentage as well on the year.

Why the Los Angeles Kings will win

• The Kings have won four of their last five games against the Oilers.
• The Oilers have lost two of their last three games as favorites following a home win.
• The Kings have covered the puck line in five of their last six games against the Oilers following a road loss.
• The Oilers have failed to cover the puck line in 18 of their last 23 games as favorites.

Los Angeles Kings Player Prop Facts

• Adrian Kempe has scored a goal in each of the Kings’ last six road games against Pacific Division opponents.
• Adrian Kempe has recorded at least one assist in each of his last seven appearances after playing less than 20 minutes in the Kings’ last game.
• Adrian Kempe has recorded at least one point in 14 of his last 15 appearances against Pacific Division opponents.
• Phillip Danault has scored two goals against the Oilers this season – equal-most against any opponent.

Oilers Trying To Defend Home Ice & Make Series Best Of Three

Leon Draisaitl leads the Oilers in scoring with 106 points including a team-high 52 goals and 54 assists while Connor McDavid has 100 points with 26 goals and 74 assists. Evan Bouchard has 67 points with 14 goals and 53 assists while Ryan Nugent-Hopkins has 49 points with 20 goals and 29 assists as well this season. Zach Hyman also has 44 points with 27 goals. Calvin Pickard has gone 22-10-1 with a 2.71 GAA and a .900 save percentage in goal for Edmonton and Stuart Skinner has gone 26-18-4 with a 2.81 GAA and an .896 save percentage this season.

Why the Edmonton Oilers will win

• The favorites have won each of the Oilers’ last nine games at Rogers Place.
• The Kings have lost five of their last six Game 4s of a playoff series.
• The Oilers have covered the puck line in each of their last five games following a home win.
• The Kings have failed to cover the puck line in eight of their last 10 games following a road loss.

Edmonton Oilers Player Prop Facts

• Connor Brown has scored the last goal in each of the Oilers’ last three games as home favorites.
• Evan Bouchard has scored at least one goal in each of the Oilers’ last four home playoff games against Pacific Division opponents.
• Evan Bouchard has recorded at least one point in each of the Oilers’ last 11 games as home favorites.
• Connor McDavid has recorded at least one assist in each of the Oilers’ last nine playoff games as favorites against the Kings.
• Leon Draisaitl ranks 1st in the league for Goals (52) this season.

Total Goals Facts

• Each of the Oilers’ last seven games as home favorites following a home win have gone UNDER the total goals line.
• Seven of the Kings’ last eight games have gone OVER the total goals line.
• Each of the last four games between two teams from the Pacific Division have gone OVER the total goals line.

Los Angeles Kings vs. Edmonton Oilers Prediction

I’m on the over here. I don’t love the game because this series has been so chaotic, with so many twists and turns, but one thing we’ve come to expect is goals aplenty and I think we have more here. We’ve seen 11 goals twice in this series, and there’s just a lack of defense being played across the board in this set so I think with the talent that’s dispersed throughout both sides and questionable goaltending, I think we have another over brewing here. Give me the over.

Chris Ruffolo's Pick: Over 6.5