Kings 4, Oilers 3
LOS ANGELES -- Center Nick Shore scored the winning goal with 1:39 left, lifting the Los Angeles Kings to a 4-3 victory over the Edmonton Oilers on Saturday night at the Staples Center.
Edmonton left winger Taylor Hall tied the score at 3 with 4:50 left in the third period after defenseman Oscar Klefbom connected with him on a backhanded pass. However, Shore bailed out the Kings a little more than three minutes later with his second goal this season.
Goaltender Jonathan Quick stopped 22 of 25 shots as the Kings (10-6-0) won for the 11th time in 14 games.
Netminder Cam Talbot had 24 saves for the Oilers (6-12-0), who have lost six in a row to Los Angeles.
Right winger Marian Gaborik gave the Kings a 1-0 lead, gathering a loose puck near the Oilers' net and squeezing a shot by Talbot at 1:17 of the first period. It was Gaborik's second goal this season and his first since Oct. 18 when he scored against the Colorado Avalanche.
Later in the period, Gaborik intercepted a pass from Edmonton defenseman Griffin Reinhart near the blue line and raced for a breakaway, but his shot bounced off Talbot. However, left winger Tanner Pearson rebounded the miss and cashed it in for a 2-0 Los Angeles advantage with 1:04 remaining in the first.
Left winger Taylor Hall dumped a pass to center Leon Draisaitl, who converted on a rush by smoking a shot over Quick at 5:17 of the second period. Draisaitl has five goals this season.
The Kings struck back when center Tyler Toffoli threaded a pass past two Edmonton defenders in the slot to left winger Milan Lucic, who beat Talbot for a 3-1 cushion at 8:35 of the second period. For Lucic, it was his fifth goal this season and his second in as many games.
But right winger Teddy Purcell's goal, his fourth of the season, pulled the Oilers within 3-2 at 13:53.
NOTES: Kings C Anze Kopitar played his 700th game. ... Oilers LW Taylor Hall ranked second in the league in shots on goal (73) entering Saturday's game. Hall had 26 shots in the previous five games, including seven in Thursday's loss to the Arizona Coyotes. ... Kings D Drew Doughty tied Sean O'Donnell for fifth place on the franchise list for games played by a defenseman at 541. ... The two clubs next meet Dec. 29 at Edmonton's Rexall Place. ... The Oilers scratched D Andrew Ference, D Brandon Davidson and C Ryan Nugent-Hopkins. D Derek Forbort and C Jordan Weal were unavailable for the Kings. ... Edmonton hosts the Chicago Blackhawks on Wednesday. ... Los Angeles kicks off a five-game road swing at the Philadelphia Flyers on Tuesday. ... A moment of silence was held for victims of the Paris attack.