Through four games in this series, these teams are combining to average 9.3 goals per game. Game 4 on Sunday felt like a defensive battle with 'only' seven goals scored. I expect this trend to continue in Game 5. I expect this to be a 5-3 type of game on Tuesday night.

The pattern has been similar in three of the four games, with Edmonton rallying from deficits, often in dramatic fashion. One wonders if Jim Hiller's ill-fated to decision to challenge Evander Kane's tying goal in Game 3, and subsequent award of a power play to Edmonton, might have been the turning point in this series. Though Evan Bouchard forcing OT in game 4 with 29 seconds to play comes close. Now, can Edmonton win at Crypto.com, where LA has been so hard to beat this season? Sunday's OT period suggests perhaps so, as it was all one-way traffic for the Oilers, who had Darcy Kuemper under siege. Are the Kings wondering if they can ever beat Edmonton in the playoffs? Play Oilers on Money Line

I love that Edmonton won both games at home to even the series heading into Game 5. That creates value on the Kings, who went an NHL-best 33-6-4 at home this season. This series was close to being a sweep but the Kings have blown three late leads, losing two of those games and surviving another. Los Angeles is the deeper team with an edge at goaltender and they have been more productive on power plays in this series. I'll back the Kings to go up 3-2 heading back to Edmonton.