The LA Kings host the Edmonton Oilers face-off for game two of their first round series following thriller in series-opener
The Oilers and Kings came together for a thrilling game one that Edmonton almost came back from a four goal deficit but were staved off by a late game winner from LA centre Philip Danault.
Edmonton will look to come back and respond with a road win to even up the series while LA looks to take a commanding 2-0 lead.
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For bettors, this matchup provides a chance to capitalize on some of our recent strong trends, like our 18-5 record on our last 23 picks, including a 5-0 record on Sunday for the Maple Leafs-Senators game one picks.
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Edmonton Oilers vs Los Angeles Kings Best Bets:
- Oilers Over 2.5 goals (-146)
- Oilers ML (+106)
- Trevor Moore Over 0.5 points (+138)
It’s been a while since the Oilers have had a full unit with Leon Draisaitl, Trent Frederic, Zach Hyman and Jake Walman all returning from injuries for game one.
It was evident through the first period, where the Kings took advantage of a discombobulated Oilers team that had lines playing together for the first time in game action since early April.
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LA scored two quick goals that kept Edmonton behind early and then continued to add with two more in the second period but once everything start to click things looked scary for the Kings.
Edmonton started to receive production from all four forward lines with Connor McDavid and top line winger, Zach Hyman, both getting on the board. Second-line centre Leon Draisaitl also added a goal as well as third- and fourth-line forwards Mattias Janmark, Trent Frederic and Jeff Skinner all contributing for the Oilers’ second goal.
Things started to click and the Kings weren’t ready for it and I expect a similar result on Wednesday. LA has not had much tape to watch on these units and likely can’t gameplan accordingly. The Oilers pierced hot goaltender Darcy Kuemper for five goals and I expect them to do it again.
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LA will likely respond to the Oilers offence and I expect it to come from a surprising source in Trevor Moore. The third-line winger helped Danault get on the board and the favor should be returned especially with Moore’s goal drought reaching seven games.
Danault is hot with five points over his last five games and should stay that way thanks to Stuart Skinner allowing four or more goals in three of his last five starts.
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