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2026-27 Season Live

Edmonton Oilers at Los Angeles Kings NHL Predictions

2025-04-05 • Crypto.com Arena
Los Angeles Kings 3 - 0 Edmonton Oilers

📊 Pre-Game Predictions

Win Probability
LAK: 52.4%
EDM: 47.6%
Expected Goals
LAK: 3.27
EDM: 3.12
Total Goals
Median: 6.1
Over 5.5: 59%
Over 6.5: 45%

🥅 Goalie Matchup

LAK
Darcy Kuemper - 10-7-6 | 0.913 SV% | 2.27 GAA
EDM
Calvin Pickard - 4-5-2 | 0.874 SV% | 3.69 GAA
StatLAKEDM
Season SV%0.9130.874
Last 5 SV%——
SV% vs Opponent——
GAA2.273.69
Last 5 / vs opponent shown when available in goalie stats. Confirmed goalie row used when available; otherwise current projected starter is shown.

Goalie Game Metrics

TeamGoalieSASavesGASV%xGAHD FacedGSAx
LAKDarcy Kuemper27270100.0%1.7101.71
EDMCalvin Pickard2926389.7%3.6820.68
SA uses shots on goal plus goals. xGA, high-danger faced, and GSAx use modeled scoring attempts against. GSAx is xGA minus goals against.

Head-to-Head History

Model accuracy in this matchup: 64% • LAK at home vs EDM: 9-13
DateScoreWinnerModel Pick
2026-10-13LAK 1 - 4 EDMEDMEDM
2026-04-11LAK 1 - 0 EDMLAKEDM
2026-02-26LAK 1 - 8 EDMEDMLAK
2026-01-10EDM 3 - 4 LAKLAKEDM
2025-05-01EDM 6 - 4 LAKEDMEDM

Shot Quality by Period

PeriodTeamShotsHigh DangerxG
1LAK1300.78
1EDM1300.57
2LAK1310.98
2EDM1400.44
3LAK1711.92
3EDM1700.70
Shots are modeled attempts: shots on goal, goals, and missed shots. Blocked shots are excluded. High danger is xG >= 0.20.

📈 Post-Game Analysis

Prediction Result
✅ Correct
Confidence: 52.4%
Total Goals
Actual: 3.0
Expected: 6.4
Score Breakdown
Los Angeles Kings 3 - 0 Edmonton Oilers
Expected: 3.3 - 3.1