Oilers beat Kings in Edmonton [Video]

EDMONTON — It was a game that had a playoff vibe and Edmonton Oilers goalie Stuart Skinner answered the bell accordingly.

Skinner made 31 stops to earn his second shutout of the season as the Oilers won their second game in a row, defeating their Pacific Division rival Los Angeles Kings 1-0 on Monday.

It was Skinner’s sixth shutout of his career for the Oilers (27-13-3) who have won six of their last seven games to move four points ahead of the Kings into second place in the Pacific Division race. The Oilers are four points back of the division-leading Vegas Golden Knights.

Skinner was called upon early in the contest to make a massive stop on a Kings’ two-on-one opportunity as Anze Kopitar sent it across to Adrian Kempe and he unleashed a bullet that Skinner got a glove on, with the puck landing on top of the net.

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