SportsLine's proven model has simulated Los Angeles Kings vs. Edmonton Oilers in Game 1 of the 2025 NHL playoffs first round on Monday 10,000 times

This poll did not include names or the number of people that were asked to predict the series, with the only disclaimer saying that they posed the question to it’s NHL staff. They then rounded up the numbers of who picked whom and how long each person thought the series would go.

The Los Angeles Kings are determined to make the fourth time the charm. The Kings have faced the Oilers in the first round of the Stanley Cup playoffs in each of the previous three seasons. Edmonton won every series,