Byfield lifts Kings past Oilers with two goals, including OT winner

Byfield scored on a wrist shot from the right circle to give Los Angeles a win in its first of four regular-season games against Edmonton, which has knocked the Kings out of the playoffs for three straight seasons.

Warren Foegele had a goal and two assists, Tanner Jeannot also scored and the Kings won their sixth straight home game. Darcy Kuemper made 24 stops.

Ryan Nugent-Hopkins had a power-play goal, Kasperi Kapanen and Viktor Arvidsson also scored for the Oilers, who had their three-game winning streak halted. Stuart Skinner made 24 saves.

The Kings retooled in the off-season, bringing in Foegele and Jeannot with the idea of matching the physicality the Oilers showed in last season’s five-game first-round exit. Playing on a line with Byfield, they helped Los Angeles by combining for seven points and a plus-7 rating.

Oilers: Edmonton dropped points for just the fifth time in 21 games when leading after two periods, dropping to 16-2-3.

Kings: The penalty kill has been a glaring weakness in LA’s postseason losses to the Oilers. They gave Connor McDavid, Leon Draisaitl and company just two chances in the game.

Jeannot took the puck away from Evan Bouchard in overtime by overpowering him along the wall, giving Los Angeles possession for the first time and forcing McDavid and Draisaitl to tire themselves out on defence.

McDavid and Draisaitl are each on 10-game point streaks. For McDavid, it is his 16th point streak of at least 10 games, which is second to Wayne Gretzky (31) in NHL history.

Both teams are back in action Sunday, with the Oilers visiting Anaheim and the Kings hosting Philadelphia.