The Kraken are navigating through their season as a first-year expansion team and have recently surged out of the cellar in the Western Conference. The Oilers lost to the Seattle Kraken 4-3 on Friday, ending a three-game winning streak. They'll likely carry a sour taste into the opener of their six-game homestand against the Kings. We've got to get on the other side of that small mistake.'Įdmonton, on the other hand, is 7-2-0 in one-goal games this season, and the Oilers (16-6-0, 32 points) are sitting 10 points ahead of the Kings. 'It's just one small mistake that costs you. You can go after the group and fix things, but we're so close,' Kings coach Todd McLellan said. 'It's a tough time right now, because if you're bad, you're really bad. They've been on the losing end of the past four one-goal games. Thursday's loss dropped the Kings to 4-5-4 in one-goal games this season. The Kings are 3-0-1 in their past four away from home. After facing the second-place Oilers, they hop to Vancouver the following night to take on the last-place Canucks.

Los Angeles went 1-4-2 on its homestand, which concluded with a 3-2 loss against the Pacific Division-leading Calgary Flames on Thursday. The Kings didn't capitalize on their recently completed seven-game homestand, so they'll attempt to turn things around Sunday evening on the road, facing the Oilers in Edmonton. The Los Angeles Kings will need to start narrowing the gap with the top teams in the Western Conference if they expect to eventually make a playoff run.

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