Adrian Kempe scores lone shootout goal to lift Kings past Oilers – Orange County Register

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Kings goalie Anton Forsberg (31) makes the save on Edmonton Oilers’ Connor McDavid (97) during an overtime of an NHL hockey game in Edmonton on Saturday, Jan. 10, 2026. (Jason Franson/The Canadian Press via AP)

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EDMONTON, Alberta — Adrian Kempe scored the lone goal in a shootout and the Kings beat the Edmonton Oilers, 4-3, on Saturday night in their first meeting since the first-round of last year’s Western Conference playoffs.

Corey Perry, Andre Lee and Alex Laferriere scored in regulation, Brandt Clarke picked up a pair of assists and Anton Forsberg made 21 saves to help the Kings rebound from a 5-1 loss in Winnipeg on Friday night and avoid a third straight defeat. With the win, the Kings improved to 5-1-1 in the second half of back-to-back sets this season.

The 40-year-old Perry spent the previous two seasons with Edmonton, which has eliminated the Kings in the opening round of the playoff each of the past four seasons.

Leon Draisaitl scored twice for Edmonton, Connor McDavid scored his 30th goal of the season, and Evan Bouchard had a pair of assists. Connor Ingram stopped 27 shots.

McDavid tied it 3-3 on a 5-on-3 power play at 9:20 of the third period, snapping a shot under the blocker of Forsberg to extend his points streak to a career-high 18 games. The Oilers’ captain has 19 goals and 23 assists during the streak.

The Kings had taken their first lead of the night at 3:42 of the third period when Laferriere redirected a Clarke shot past Ingram.

Draisaitl opened the scoring, one-timing a Kasperi Kapanen feed past Forsberg at 9:12 of the first period.

The Kings knotted the score at 1-1 on a power play at 17:50 when Perry banged home the rebound off Clarke’s point shot for his 10th goal of the season.

Draisaitl gave Edmonton a 2-1 lead at 1:07 of the second period, one-timing a Bouchard cross-ice feed between the pads of Forsberg. Saturday was Draisaitl’s 71st career multi-goal game, surpassing Mark Messier for the fourth most in Oilers history.

The Kings responded 2:35 later when Lee tipped in a cross-ice feed from Quinton Byfield for his first goal of the season. With the assist, Byfield extended his points streak to five games (two goals, three assists).

McDavid, Draisaitl and Ryan Nugent-Hopkins failed on their shootout attempts for the Oilers.

Saturday was the first of three regular-season meetings between the Pacific Division rivals.

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The Kings host Dallas on Monday at 7 p.m.

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