After successfully defending their home ice, the Los Angeles will look to take a commanding 3-0 series lead against the Edmonton Oilers. In a flip of the script from last year's series, it's the Kings who are hitting 50% on the power play and are perfect on the penalty kill after two games. After going through stretches in the regular season where goals where hard to come by, LA has already lit the lamp 12 times heading into Game 3. The Kings have not led a playoff series 2-0 since the 2014 Stanley Cup Finals against the New York Rangers. LA is 7-1 all-time when leading a series 2-0.

Top Scorers:

Los Angeles

Adrian Kempe 7 points (3 G, 4 A)

Anze Kopitar 5 points (1 G, 4 A)

Edmonton

Connor McDavid 4 points (1 G, 3 A)

Leon Draisaitl 3 points (2 G, 1 A)

First Period

We are underway at Rogers Place!

Good opening shift from the Oilers.

Wrist shot from Byfield easily handled by Pickard.

Nurse walks in with a hard shot but Kuemper deflects it out of play.

Trent Frederic with a good look off a point shot rebound by Kuemper makes the stop.

GOAL McDavid finds Hyman who passes it to The Nuge all alone in the slot who beats Kuemper up high. 1-0 EDM

First five minutes have been all Edmonton.

Point shot from Klingberg seen all the way by Kuemper.

Good push from the Kings. Heavy shot from Doughty is stopped by Pickard.

Hard shot from Arvidsson fought off by Kuemper.

Doughty trailing on the play gets a good shot off by Pickard kicks it to the curb.

PENALTY Draisaitl EDM, Edmundson LAK, LA 2 minutes for slashing.

GOAL Adrian Kempe snipe from the dot. 2-1 EDM. His 4th goal of the playoffs.

After the earlier onslaught from the Oilers, LAK looks to be finding their game. 

Great hold in by Gavrikov leads to a good look from Foegele.

END OF ONE

Shots on goal

EDM  12

LAK   10

Second Period

The puck is down!

Big shot from Kulak that gets deflected wide.

Slapper from Walman gets blocked by Moore. 

Bouchard races in and clanks it off the iron. Big opening push from the Oilers here.

Heavy shift from LA's fourth line. Helenius trucking dudes.

PENALTY Evander Kane, two minutes for high-sticking.

Good chance from Fiala but Pickard makes the stop.

Sustained pressure from LA on the power play. 

GOAL Kevin Fiala goes top corns from the right circle. All tied up 2-2.

DIVING save by Kuemper to keep it tied. Big pressure from the Oil here. Kuemper called upon to make some big saves and he answers the bell for LA.

Laferriere with a hard shot that's kicked away by Pickard.

Puck ends up on Kopitar's stick in the slot but it hits Pickard and goes over the net. 

PENALTY Walman EDM, 2 minutes for interference. LA's red hot power play gets another chance to do damage. 

Shorthanded bid snapped by Kuemper.

Another shorthanded bid, this time by Brown, but Kuemper makes a tough glove save. 

GOAL Drew Doughty from the blueline gets through past Pickard. 3-2 LAK and Rogers Place is stunned after three answered by the Kings. 

GOAL EDM, Kane find Brown in the slot who lifts it over Kuemper. 3-3 tie.

GOAL LAK, Trevor Moore beats Walman and ONE-HANDS it past Pickard. LAK retakes the lead 4-3.

Fiala drives in on a 3-on-2 but Pickard fights it off.

END OF SECOND PERIOD

Crazy action-packed period that saw LA take leads of 3-2 and 4-3. Lining up to a be an epic third period.

Shots on goal

EDM   12   11

LAK    10   10

Third Period

Long shot gloved down by Kuemper.

Byfield fails to clear the zone and the Oilers get a weak shot on Kuemper that he handles easily.

Danault fights his way through three Oilers and manages to get a backhander off that goes high.

Sustained o-zone time by the Oilers. McDavid finds Hyman on the wing but Kuemper makes the stop.

Multiple high danger chances from Edmonton but Kuemper is standing on his head right now.

Laferriere with a quality chance but Pickard says no.

Kulak from in tight denied by Kuemper.

Arvidsson flied in on Kuemper but rings it off the post. 

Edmonton thinks they have tied the game but the call on the ice is NO GOAL KICKING MOTION.

GOAL Evander Kane ties the game. He kicked the puck towards the goal but knocked it in with his stick. 

LA coach's challenge: goaltender interference. Not sure what LA was looking at on that challenge.

CALL ON THE ICE STANDS. Edmonton goes on the power play.

GOAL EDM, Evan Bouchard. 5-4 EDM. The Oilers have scored two goals in a span of ten seconds. Wild stuff here. Kings burned by an unwise challenge there. 

Slapper from Henrique is handled by Kuemper. 

Kuemper on the bench and the Kings will skate with an extra man with just over two minutes remaining in the 3rd.

GOAL Connor McDavid in the empty net 6-4. This one is over.

For a moment it appeared that the Kings were going to put this series in a 3-0 stranglehold, but the Oilers had any idea. If the Kings go on to lose this series, they can point to this one and the ill-advised coach's challenge.

GOAL Connor Brown, ENG. EDM 7-4.

FINAL Edmonton Oilers 7, Los Angeles 4

Shot on goal

EDM  12   11  13    36

LAK   10  10   9    29

Next up: Edmonton Oilers vs Los Angeles, Game 4, April 27th, 6:30 PM, Rogers Place, Edmonton, Alberta.