EDMONTON — Trevor Moore recorded a hat trick and the Los Angeles Kings defeated the struggling Edmonton Oilers 3-1 on Wednesday.
Viktor Arvidsson assisted on all three goals for the Kings (11-7-1) who have won five of their last six. Cal Petersen stopped 22-of-23 shots he faced.
Zach Hyman responded for the Oilers (9-8-0) who have lost five of their last seven games. Stuart Skinner made 29 saves for Edmonton.
The Kings opened the scoring 4:23 into the first period as Moore unleashed a long-distance bullet of a shot that beat Skinner stick side.
Edmonton came close to countering midway through the opening frame when Connor McDavid made a one-handed play to lift the puck over Petersen, but Arvidsson managed to bat the puck to safety at the last second.
The Kings outshot the Oilers 13-6 in the first period.
Edmonton evened things up 12:47 into the second period as Ryan Murray intercepted a clearing attempt and sent a pass to Hyman, who beat Petersen with a backhand shot for his eighth of the season.
Los Angeles regained its lead with just under three minutes to play in the middle period as Arvidsson sent it across to Moore who fired a shot that went off Skinner’s arm and in just as a penalty on McDavid expired.
Moore was able to complete the hat trick with an empty-net goal with 57 seconds to play. It was his fifth goal of the season.
Oilers forwards Leon Draisaitl and McDavid were held off the scoresheet, ending their point streaks at 11 and 10 games, respectively.
NOTES
It was the first meeting between the two teams since the first round of last season’s playoffs when the Oilers overcame a 3-2 series deficit to win in seven games. It was the first of four games between the Kings and Oilers this season… Oilers defenceman Tyson Barrie played in his 700th career NHL game… Edmonton debuted its new reverse retro jerseys, utilizing the gear logo designed by legendary comic book creator Todd McFarlane… Out with injuries for the Oilers were Kailer Yamamoto (undisclosed) and Evander Kane (wrist surgery), while the Kings were missing the services of Brendan Lemieux (lower body), Quinton Byfield (illness) and Alex Iafallo (lower body).
UP NEXT
The Kings play the third of a four-game road trip in Vancouver against the Canucks on Friday. Edmonton closes out a brief two-game homestand on Saturday against the Vegas Golden Knights.
