Scoreboard	1	2	3	OT	Odds
Los Angeles Kings 48-25-6-3	1	2	0	0	+6
Edmonton Oilers 48-29-4-1	0	1	2	1	+118

Los Angeles Kings vs. Edmonton Oilers Game 4 Prediction, NHL Playoff Odds

Edmonton is a -135 home favourite on the NHL odds to tie it up. The total is six goals.

Kings vs. Oilers NHL Betting Odds

Great day of playoff hockey on Sunday with four games; this is the latest-starting one at 9:30 p.m. ET and could be Edmonton’s final home game of the season should it lose – although we don’t expect that to happen – with Game 5 back in Los Angeles, where the Kings are nearly invincible, on Tuesday. An Oilers win Sunday guarantees a home Game 6 on May 1.

On the updated series line after Edmonton won 7-4 in Game 3 to cut its deficit to 2-1, the Kings are -210 (were -475 entering Game 3) and Oilers +170 (was +360). That the series goes the full seven is the +135 favourite, and Kings in seven is the slight +333 favourite over Oilers in seven at +350. I still lean Los Angeles in seven.

There has not been close to a shutout in the series and that there won’t be in it is the -275 leader and that’s spot-on I believe. That no games go to overtime is also a +110 leader over one game at +135, and I still like one.

Edmonton is 7-9 all-time when trailing a best-of-seven series 2-1, and 4-7 when starting said series on the road. The franchise is 15-8 in road Game 4s in a best of seven. Los Angeles is 6-4 in such a series when leading 2-1, and 5-3 when it started at home. But the Kings are 11-24 in home Game 4s.

Los Angeles Kings

If you would have told a Kings backer the team was going to score four goals on Friday night in Game 3, then said person likely would have felt confident about a win or at least +1.5 cover. Alas, Darcy Kuemper struggled in net in the 7-4 loss, although we doubt that necessitates a move to backup David Rittich in Game 4.

After trailing 2-0 early, Los Angeles managed to lead 4-3 entering the third, but Kuemper couldn’t hold it — although the final two goals were on an empty net. Adrian Kempe (fourth of series), Kevin Fiala (second), Drew Doughty (first) and Trevor Moore (first) had the L.A. goals.

The Kings continued their success on the power play, going 2-for-2. They were 0-for-12 with the man advantage in last season’s series loss to Edmonton. In this series, they have converted seven of 12 power-play opportunities.

Game 3 turned when Kings coach Jim Hiller challenged Edmonton’s tying goal in the third. The unsuccessful challenge gave the Oilers a power play, leading to the game-winning goal. The over is 5-0 in the Kings’ past five games.

Edmonton Oilers

As we expected, the desperate Oilers benched goalie Stuart Skinner for Game 3 after allowing 11 goals in the first two games in favour of Calvin Pickard. He wasn’t great in Game 3 in allowing four goals on 28 shots but probably gets the call again Sunday.

After blowing that early 2-0 lead (last postseason, Edmonton was 13-5 when scoring first) and trailing 4-3 more than halfway through the third, Edmonton scored four unanswered goals in the final seven minutes. And while the team’s penalty kill struggled again, it did go 2-for-2 with the man advantage after a combined 0-for-5 in the first two games.

Evan Bouchard was the No. 1 star with two goals and now has 15 career playoff goals to pass Randy Gregg for the third most by an Oilers defenceman. Charlie Huddy is up next with 16. Leon Draisaitl had two assists, and that’s now 17 straight playoff games with at least a point vs. the Kings.

After zero points in Game 2, Connor McDavid had a goal and two assists in Game 3 to become the fourth player in Oilers history to record 20 three-point playoff games. The Oilers are 8-2 in their past 10 at home vs. the Kings.