Kings 3, Oilers 2
EDMONTON, Alberta -- Left winger Tanner Pearson scored the go-ahead goal with 3:24 to play, and the Los Angeles Kings extended their winning streak to five games with a 3-2 win over the Edmonton Oilers on Sunday night.
Defenseman Drew Doughty led the way with two assists for the Kings (5-3-0). Centers Jeff Carter and Anze Kopitar scored goals.
Left wingers Taylor Hall and Benoit Pouliot got the goals for the Oilers (3-6-0), who lost their second game in a row.
Edmonton tied the game 2-2 on a power play with 6:04 to play as Hall tipped in a pass by center Ryan Nugent-Hopkins.
The Kings bounced back a couple minute later on a power play of their own. The puck struck Oilers defender Andrej Sekera in front, and Pearson was there to pounce on it for his first goal of the season.
Edmonton believed it tied it with 5.2 seconds remaining. A backhand from rookie center Connor McDavid appeared to cross the goal line while in goalie Jonathan Quick's glove, but a video review concluded that it was not a goal.
The Oilers opened the scoring at 4:42 of the first period. Pouliot corralled a big rebound from a McDavid attempt and sent a shot past Quick. Right winger Nail Yakupov picked up the other assist to extend his point streak to five games.
The Kings didn't take long to knot the game again, however, getting a goal just over a minute later. Carter was able to bank a shot from behind the goal line and past Edmonton goaltender Cam Talbot for his third goal of the season at 6:04.
Los Angeles went up by a goal with 6:24 remaining in the second period as Kopitar beat Talbot up high for his third goal of the season.
Edmonton played the remainder of the game without defenseman Justin Schultz after he left the game with an unknown injury and did not return to the lineup.
The Oilers came close early in the third, but Quick came across to make the stop in tight on Nugent-Hopkins.
Quick finished with 26 saves, while Talbot stopped 31 shots.
NOTES: The meeting was the first of five games between the Pacific Division rivals this season. The Kings won three of five against the Oilers last season but lost both games played in Edmonton. ... C Tyler Toffoli came into the game with six of the 13 goals the Kings scored in their first seven games this season, but he was held without a point Sunday. ... Out with injuries for the Kings were LW Dwight King (foot) and D Matt Greene (upper body). ... Absent from the Oilers lineup were RW Jordan Eberle (shoulder), C Matt Hendricks (foot) and D Griffin Reinhart (undisclosed). ... RW Iiro Pakarinen made his season debut for the Oilers after being called up from AHL Bakersfield on Thursday. He took the place of LW Anton Slepyshev. ... The Kings are in Winnipeg to face the Jets on Tuesday. ... The Oilers also return to action that night, traveling to Minnesota to play the Wild.