Connor Brown had a goal and two assists as the Edmonton Oilers punched their ticket to the second round of the playoffs with a 6-4 victory over the Los Angeles Kings.

Anze Kopitar detailed why the Kings' fourth consecutive series loss to the Oilers was especially tough to digest.

There is no easy answer to move the Kings forward but it’s hard to take a step backward when you have a cast of veterans and Kopitar and Doughty, who were clear in their exit meeting last spring that they had no interest in enduring another rebuilding phase or retool, take your pick on the wording.