#LAKings Surging Oilers edge Kings in shootout, tighten standings (Daily News)

• The Kings’ Phillip Danault, front, and the Edmonton Oilers’ Connor McDavid vie for the puck during the third period on Wednesday night in Edmonton. (Jason Franson/The Canadian Press via AP)
  
  
• From left, the Kings’ Arthur Kaliyev, Troy Stecher, Alexander Edler and Anze Kopitar celebrate a goal during the first period of their game against the Edmonton Oilers on Wednesday night in Edmonton. (Jason Franson/The Canadian Press via AP)
  
  
• The Kings’ Carl Grundstrom (91) and the Edmonton Oilers’ Tyson Barrie, right, compete for the puck during the first period on Wednesday night in Edmonton. (Jason Franson/The Canadian Press via AP)
  
  
• The Kings’ Anze Kopitar, left, skates past as the Edmonton Oilers’ Connor McDavid, center, and Cody Ceci (5) celebrate a goal during the first period on Wednesday night in Edmonton. (Jason Franson/The Canadian Press via AP)
  
  
• The Kings’ Carl Grundstrom, left, checks the Edmonton Oilers’ Tyson Barrie during the first period on Wednesday night in Edmonton. (Jason Franson/The Canadian Press via AP)
  
  
• The Kings’ Trevor Moore, right, and the Edmonton Oilers’ Darnell Nurse vie for the puck during the first period on Wednesday night in Edmonton. (Jason Franson/The Canadian Press via AP)
  
  
• The Edmonton Oilers’ Tyson Barrie, left, and Leon Draisaitl celebrate a goal during the first period of their game against the Kings on Wednesday night in Edmonton. (Jason Franson/The Canadian Press via AP)
  
  
• The Kings’ Sean Durzi chases the Edmonton Oilers’ Connor McDavid during the second period on Wednesday night in Edmonton. (Jason Franson/The Canadian Press via AP)
  
  
• The Edmonton Oilers’ Darnell Nurse (25), Evander Kane (91), Jesse Puljujarvi (13) and Connor McDavid, right, celebrate a goal during the second period of their game against the Kings on Wednesday night in Edmonton. (Jason Franson/The Canadian Press via AP)
  
  
• The Edmonton Oilers’ Connor McDavid is congratulated for his 100th point of the season during the second period of their game against the Kings on Wednesday night in Edmonton. (Jason Franson/The Canadian Press via AP)
  
  
• Kings goalie Jonathan Quick makes a save as teammate Troy Stecher, right, checks the Edmonton Oilers’ Kailer Yamamoto during the second period on Wednesday night in Edmonton. (Jason Franson/The Canadian Press via AP)
  
  
• The Kings celebrate a goal as the Edmonton Oilers’ Evan Bouchard skates past during the second period on Wednesday night in Edmonton. (Jason Franson/The Canadian Press via AP)
  
  
• The Kings’ Carl Grundstrom is congratulated after he scored a goal against the Edmonton Oilers during the second period on Wednesday night in Edmonton. (Jason Franson/The Canadian Press via AP)
  
  
• The Edmonton Oilers’ Zach Hyman controls the puck as the Kings’ Troy Stecher gives chase during the second period on Wednesday night in Edmonton. (Jason Franson/The Canadian Press via AP)
  
  
• The Kings’ Gabriel Vilardi, center, has his shot stopped by Edmonton Oilers goalie Mikko Koskinen as the Oilers’ Josh Archibald gives chase during the third period on Wednesday night in Edmonton. (Jason Franson/The Canadian Press via AP)
  
  
• Kings goalie Jonathan Quick makes a save on a shot from the Edmonton Oilers’ Connor McDavid, left, as the Kings’ Sean Durzi defends during overtime on Wednesday night in Edmonton. (Jason Franson/The Canadian Press via AP)
  
  
• Kings goalie Jonathan Quick is scored on by the Edmonton Oilers’ Leon Draisaitl during the shootout on Wednesday night in Edmonton. (Jason Franson/The Canadian Press via AP)
  
  
• The Edmonton Oilers celebrate their 4-3 shootout victory over the Kings on Wednesday night in Edmonton. (Jason Franson/The Canadian Press via AP)
  

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EDMONTON, Alberta — The Kings got a better look at the freight train in their rear-view mirror on Wednesday night.
Leon Draisaitl and Connor McDavid both scored in regulation and then again in the shootout, lifting the surging Edmonton Oilers to a 4-3 victory over the Kings on Wednesday night.
McDavid added an assist to get to 100 points for the fifth time in his career. Cody Ceci also scored and Mikko Koskinen had 38 saves for the Oilers, who have won eight consecutive home games.
The victory was Edmonton’s second in a row and moved the Oilers within a point of the Kings for second place in the Pacific Division.
Alexander Edler, Quinton Byfield and Carl Grundstrom scored in regulation for the Kings, who have lost three of their last four games.
The Kings started the scoring three minutes into the game with a goal on their first shot. Edler floated a shot from the point that ticked a defender and got past Koskinen.
Edmonton tied it less than four minutes later when Ceci skated in and sent a wrist shot glove side past Jonathan Quick.
The Oilers went ahead, 2-1, with two minutes to play in the opening frame. Zach Hyman muscled a backhanded pass through the crease to Draisaitl, who scored his 49th goal of the season, tying Toronto’s Auston Matthews for the league lead.
Five minutes into the second, McDavid notched his league-leading 100th point, sending a pass from behind the net that bounced in off of Alex Iafallo.
Just 47 seconds later, Byfield created his own space and ripped a shot past Koskinen. And just 14 seconds after that, the Kings tied it at 3-3 when Grundstrom stole a puck in a battle in front of the net and scored his eighth.
The Oilers had an apparent go-ahead goal called back because of goaltender interference.
NOTES

The Kings were missing Blake Lizotte (upper body), Matt Roy (lower body), Dustin Brown (upper body), Andreas Athanasiou (upper body), Drew Doughty (upper body), Mikey Anderson (upper body) and Brendan Lemieux (lower body). … The Oilers were only without Kris Russell, who is in COVID-19 protocols.
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