Evander Kane made his season debut for the Oilers in Game 2 of their first-round Stanley Cup playoff series with the Kings on Wednesday night, while John Klingberg also returned from a lengthy injury absence.

Edmonton Oilers winger Evander Kane will make his season debut in Game 2 against the Los Angeles Kings on Wednesday, his first game in more than 10 months. Kane last played for the Oilers in Game 2 of the Stanley Cup Final on June 10,

Since joining the NHL in 1979, the Edmonton Oilers have played well over 300 postseason games, winning nearly 60 percent of them. That’s a great record, but it still means that Edmonton has been on the wrong side of the score an awful lot of times.

Los Angeles built a 4-0 lead through the first 37:43 minutes of play behind goals from Danault, Adrian Kempe, Andrei Kuzmenko, and Quinton Byfield. Edmonton’s only answer through two periods came via Leon Draisaitl with 4.7 seconds left in the second.

The Stanley Cup playoffs action on Wednesday, April 23, will conclude with Game 2 between the Los Angeles Kings and the Edmonton Oilers at crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles. The Kings lead the series 1-0.