The LA Kings and Edmonton Oilers will face off in the first round of the NHL playoffs. The series begins in Los Angeles with Games 1 and 2. Tickets are on sale for each game in the series.

OILERS 4, KINGS 3 ... Kings defenseman Drew Doughty’s skate. Bouchard had the go-ahead goal Friday night in Edmonton’s 7-4 home victory. Game 5 is Tuesday night in Los Angeles.

Adrian Kempe, Kevin Fiala, Drew Doughty and Trevor Moore scored for Los Angeles. Darcy Kuemper stopped 29 shots. “We’ll take a rest just like we did after we won the games,” Kings coach Jim ...

That was hardly an isolated incident in this series, as alternate captain Drew Doughty said he had been more perturbed by what happened in the Kings’ Game 1 win, when they squandered a four-goal ...

They got set up and Drew Doughty just took a wrist shot from the point. The Kings did have a good, layered screen, and I don’t think Calvin Pickard saw it. The PK didn’t give LA much on either ...

After dropping Games 1 and 2 of this first-round series in Los Angeles earlier this week ... Two-time Stanley Cup winner Drew Doughty on the Kings looking ahead to Game 4… “We’re going ...

Doughty gave the Kings their first lead of the game at 15:07 of the second period. The defenseman is up to three points, seven shots on net, four blocked shots and a minus-4 rating over three ...

Evander Kane and Evan Bouchard scored in a 10-second span in the third period and the Edmonton Oilers beat Los Angeles 7-4 on Friday night to cut the Kings ... Kevin Fiala, Drew Doughty and ...

Evan Bouchard scored twice and Connor McDavid had a three-point night as the Edmonton Oilers defeated the Los Angeles ... Fiala, Drew Doughty and Trevor Moore replied for the Kings, who still ...