The Edmonton Oilers have Los Angeles Kings have duked it out in the first round of the playoffs in each of the last four years.

In the 2022 playoffs, they won in seven games, in 2023, they won in six, in 2024, they won in five and earlier this year, it was six games again. Beyond that first year, the series were never all that close, but the Kings gave the Oilers a scare earlier this year, taking a 2-0 series lead.

But as I wrote after the series ended and the Oilers roared back with four straight wins, it was the Kings’ arrogance that cost them.

While the Kings — once again — pushed hard to start Game 4, the Oilers flipped the script in the third period, as two Bouchard goals would force overtime where Edmonton absolutely dogged the Kings. Continuing to be stubborn in his usage, Hiller........

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