The Edmonton Oilers’ first three-game win streak of the season has to wait.

On Saturday evening, the Oilers fell 4-3 in a shootout to the Los Angeles Kings, moving their season record to 22-16-7. It was a rather disappointing end to what was a solid hockey game. Let’s take a look at what went on in this one.

Before the game started, Leon Draisaitl celebrated his 1,000th point. He picked up his 1,018th point midway through the first period with his 22nd goal of the season. Vasily Podkolzin laid a heavy hit on the forecheck, Kasperi Kapanen took the puck, and found Draisaitl in the slot for the goal. Podkolzin didn’t get a point on this goal, but he’s a big reason why the Oilers scored.

The Oilers took a penalty late in the first period. On the ensuing faceoff, Brandt Clarke’s shot from the point was stopped, but Connor Ingram lost sight of it. In front of the net was former Oiler Corey Perry, who banged in the rebound.

Early in the second period, the Oilers had an offensive zone face off. Draisaitl won it, was the beneficiary of a pick from Podkolzin, and got open for a one-timer. Safe to say that the German was able to find twine, his 71st multi-goal game of his career.

Again, the Kings had an answer. This time, it took about two and a half minutes for them to tie it. The Oilers didn’t do a good job defending the line on a zone entry, leading to a two-on-one Quinton Byfield slid the puck across the net, with Andre Lee getting a stick on it to deflect it past Ingram.

For the third time in the game, a goal was scored off a faceoff. About six and a half minutes into the third period, the Kings won the faceoff, and a shot from the half boards was deflected by Alex Laferriere, giving the Kings a 3-2 lead.

Thankfully, the Oilers were able to tie it thanks to their lethal power play. On a five on three, McDavid received the puck in the slot and was given far too much time to pick his spot. The best player of all time made no mistake in scoring his 30th of the season.

In the shootout, Connor McDavid, Leon Draisaitl, and Ryan Nugent-Hopkins were stopped, while Kings’ forward Adrian Kempe was the lone shooter to beat the goalie in the Kings’ 4-3 win.

Connor McDavid’s game-tying goal midway through the third period was his 30th goal of the season while also extending his point streak to a career-best 18 games. Over those 18 games, the Oilers’ captain has 19 goals and 42 points. He could’ve had another one in overtime, but it was called back for goalie interference.

Leon Draisaitl was celebrated for picking up his 1,000th point early this season, and on top of being incredibly petty given who the Oilers played, he showed up. Draisaitl scored twice in the win to give him 23 goals this season.

Admittedly, I was a little skeptical about Kasperi Kapanen joining Draisaitl and Vasily Podkolzin on the second line, but the trio has been good over the past three games. Podkolzin was held pointless in this game, but made plays that led to both of Draisaitl’s goals. Since returning, Kapanen has a goal and four points.

In the past two games, the line of Ike Howard, Jack Roslovic, and Matthew Savoie had strong underlining numbers, but that wasn’t the case on Saturday. According to Natural Stat Trick, they were out-shot three to four, but gave up 10 shot attempts to only seven of their own. Overall, the trio had 34.61 percent of the expected goals. The Kings had two high-danger opportunities when that trio was on the ice, while they didn’t have a high-danger scoring opportunity of their own.

On the other hand, the Oilers’ fourth line of Mattias Janmark, Curtis Lazar, and Trent Frederic had a strong game. They only played five minutes and 40 seconds, but they out shot the Kings two to one, while attempting five shots to the Kings’ one. They had 96.80 percent of the expected goals. Probably worth it to keep that line together for a little longer.

Connor Ingram had another solid game between the pipes, stopping 28 of 31 shots for a .903 save percentage. Of the six games he’s played, Ingram has had a save percentage of .900 or better in five of them. When Tristan Jarry returns, it’s pretty obvious that Ingram will be their backup.

Evan Bouchard had a strong game, picking up two assists. Darnell Nurse also had a pretty solid game, his minor penalty aside. Spencer Stastney didn’t look great once again.

With the Oilers loss and the Vegas Golden Knights victory, the Kings have taken sole possession of first in the Pacific Division with 52 points to the Oilers’ 51. The Knights also have two fewer games played.

Next up for the Oilers, they’ll hit the road, as the head to Chicago on Monday to face off against the Blackhawks. It’s the first game of a back-to-back, as they play the Nashville Predators the following day.