The Edmonton Oilers continued their march to the playoffs with a nailbiting 2-1 victory tonight over the Los Angeles Kings in Los Angeles. It was the 13th consecutive game for the Oilers without losing in regulation and their season high 5th straight victory. During the 13 games the Oilers have picked up 21 of 26 possible points and are now within 4 points of 6th place Calgary and only 7 points behind Vancouver for 5th. While it is unlikely the Oilers can catch Vancouver, they should definitely have their sights set on the Flames. Wednesday's game against Dallas is again a big one as they all are for the rest of the season. The Oilers only have their trip home to enjoy this win before the work for Dallas begins tomorrow. Fernando Pisani in the first period and Ryan Smyth with a deflection against the flow of play nin the third period were the goalscorers for Edmonton while Josef Stumpel scored on a powerplay for Los Angeles. Luc Robitaille picked up an assist on the LA goal and with that point became the highest scoring left winger in NHL history with 1370 points surpassing the Boston Bruins great Johnny Bucyk. The Sports Guru and SportsPundit have the three stars in tonight's game as:
*Ty Conklin
**Ryan Smyth
***Raffi Torres
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