{allcanada} Kings end skid with win against Oilers

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EDMONTON -- The Los Angeles Kings kept pace in the race for the third playoff spot in the Pacific Division with a 5-2 win against the Edmonton Oilers at Rexall Place on Tuesday.

Anze Kopitar scored a goal and had two assists in the win for the Kings (30-21-12), who are tied with the Calgary Flames for third place in the Pacific. Matt Greene, Trevor Lewis, Jeff Carter and Kyle Clifford scored for Los Angeles, which ended a three-game losing streak.

Earlier Tuesday, Calgary defeated the Philadelphia Flyers 3-2 in overtime. The Kings and Flames have 72 points.

Goaltender Jonathan Quick made 21 saves for the Kings; Ben Scrivens made 24 saves for Edmonton (18-36-10), which has lost four of its past five games.

Luke Gazdic and Teddy Purcell scored for Edmonton.

Greene scored 9:00 into the first period to give Los Angeles a 1-0 lead. The Kings defenseman collected the puck at the blue line and his shot found its way past Scrivens. The goal was Greene's third of the season.

Lewis made it 2-0 at 19:01, converting a pass from Anze Kopitar on a 2-on-1 rush. Oilers defenseman Justin Schultz was caught at the Kings blue line, allowing Kopitar and Lewis to break out against Oscar Klefbom. Kopitar slid the puck through Klefbom to Lewis, who shot the puck into an open net.

Carter made it a three-goal game with a shorthanded goal 2:18 into the second period. Carter broke out with Tanner Toffoli on a 2-on-1 rush and tipped a centering feed past Scrivens.

Gazdic scored for Edmonton at 13:18 to cut the lead to 3-1, tipping a shot from defenseman Jordan Oesterle by Quick. The goal was Gazdic's second of the season and gave Oesterle his first NHL point. Oesterle was recalled from Oklahoma City of the American Hockey League on Feb. 20 and was playing in his third game.

Clifford restored the Kings' three-goal lead at 16:59. Clifford was able to get to a rebound in front of Scrivens and lift a shot over the Oilers goaltender to make it 4-1.

Kopitar scored 26 seconds into the third period to give Los Angeles a 5-1 lead. Kopitar took a long-range shot, which hit Schultz's skate and changed direction before going past Scrivens.

Purcell scored for at 5:36, taking a rebound off the end boards and snapping a shot past Quick.

Los Angeles returns home to play the Montreal Canadiens on Thursday. The Oilers begin a five-game road trip at the Chicago Blackhawks on Friday.

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