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The Kings and Oilers have been the top-two teams in the League over the last six-and-a-half weeks based on win percentage, with LA edging the Oilers out by only three hundredths (.777 vs. .775) while playing two fewer games since Nov. 27.

When two teams have played each other 31 times over the last three years and three months of this season, does familiarity breed contempt? “Nah, it’s always fun…what gets old is all the meetings before the games.

Welcome back to NHL Predictions. Each day, Last Word on Hockey takes a look at the games that are scheduled and offers insight and analysis to help predict who will be victorious in head-to-head matchups.

The Kings were the last NHL team to reach the midpoint of their season. Let's grade every player's contributions so far.

The Edmonton Oilers know how to win. And they know how to beat the Los Angeles Kings. This group has always been comfortable in a wide-open game, but the past few seasons they have learned how to be comfortable in a tight-checking,

"Los Angeles' Adrian Kempe has been fined $5,000, the maximum allowable under the CBA, for slew-footing Edmonton's Connor McDavid," the NHL Department of Player Safety announced on X on Tuesday. More NHL: Flames' Rasmus Andersson Throws Shade at Oilers, Canucks While Discussing Potential Trade Rumors

Another comeback win, this time in Colorado, seals a successful road trip — and the Oilers' place among the NHL's elite.

Since the Edmonton Oilers and the Vancouver Canucks met in the postseason last spring, they have been heading in the opposite direction.

The Los Angeles Kings head into the third of a five-game road trip against the Edmonton Oilers. This is the second-of-four meetings between these two clubs this season. The Kings won their first matchup back on December 28th,

Connor McDavid scores the decisive goal on his 28th birthday & Stuart Skinner secures the 30-save shutout on Monday to give the Oilers two points in a 1-0 victory over the Kings at Rogers Place