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2026-27 Season Live

Los Angeles Kings at Edmonton Oilers NHL Predictions

2025-04-27 • Rogers Place
Edmonton Oilers 4 - 3 Los Angeles Kings

📊 Pre-Game Predictions

Win Probability
EDM: 52.7%
LAK: 47.3%
Expected Goals
EDM: 3.58
LAK: 3.01
Total Goals
Median: 6.2
Over 5.5: 60%
Over 6.5: 47%

🥅 Goalie Matchup

EDM
Calvin Pickard - 4-5-2 | 0.874 SV% | 3.69 GAA
LAK
Darcy Kuemper - 10-7-6 | 0.913 SV% | 2.27 GAA
StatEDMLAK
Season SV%0.8740.913
Last 5 SV%——
SV% vs Opponent——
GAA3.692.27
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
EDMCalvin Pickard4138392.7%3.4740.47
LAKDarcy Kuemper4844491.7%4.6530.65
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% • EDM at home vs LAK: 14-8
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
1EDM1500.63
1LAK1911.30
2EDM1931.86
2LAK1721.35
3EDM2200.94
3LAK1310.60
4EDM2301.23
4LAK1100.22
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: 52.7%
Total Goals
Actual: 7.0
Expected: 6.6
Score Breakdown
Edmonton Oilers 4 - 3 Los Angeles Kings
Expected: 3.6 - 3.0