Connor McDavid and surging Edmonton prevail, 3-2, and take a three-point lead over the Kings for second place in the Pacific Division.
LOS ANGELES — In a battle for playoff seeding, the Kings looked less like ready-for-prime time players than the Edmonton Oilers.
If the season were to end today, the Kings and Oilers would meet in a first-round playoff series, with Edmonton holding home ice for a potential Game 7. That might not be the worst news for the Kings, who own a modest .541 points percentage at home but have posted a robust .657 mark on the road. Forward Trevor Moore scored his league-leading fifth short-handed goal and set up an even-strength goal for winger Viktor Arvidsson. Jonathan Quick had 27 saves.
The Kings pulled within a goal seven minutes into the third period, though they seldom generated momentum afterward, including a hapless six-on-five stretch. On their second goal, Moore and Arvidsson provided some feisty forechecking. Moore recovered the puck below the goal line and turned it back for Arvidsson. He fired through a Gabe Vilardi screen to score from the top of the left faceoff circle.
The Kings had nearly gotten that goal back more quickly, when winger Adrian Kempe strode in on goal with a partial breakaway that Smith narrowly stopped. Defenseman Darnell Nurse, who had slashed Kempe on the play, cleared the puck out of the blue paint. His touch sent the Kings to the power play where they came up empty for the third and final time on Thursday.
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