The Staples Center fans give Mathieu Garon a rousing round of applause when he's announced as the starter. Garon has been on fire, winning four out of his last five contests. Tonight, the Kings are going for their first three-game win streak. Dwayne Roloson gets the start.

In his first shift of the night, rookie Konstantin Pushkarev dumps Jan Hedja into the Edmonton bench. Pushkarev is playing in his second game this season, after being a minus-2 in the Kings' last game against the Red Wings. The check wound up being NHL.com's Frozen Moment for Monday.

The Kings get the first power play when Ryan Smth gets called for hooking. They manage only one shot on the power play, continuing a trend from last game. Meanwhile, the Oilers have had three breakaways in the game thus far.

Roloson gets a penalty for delay of game, when he plays the puck outside "the trapezoid" behind the net. Honestly, I never thought I would use "trapezoid" in a sentence since my ninth grade geometry class. I want to give my teach, Mrs. Haack, a shoutout for telling me that some people actually do use "trapezoid" in their lives. Now, I am one of them.

The Kings go down two men, when Oleg Tverdosky gets whistled for a penalty. But the Kings kill it off with authority, as Brown skates in and puts a shot on goal. To put an exclamation point on it, he checks an Oiler player behind the net, earning a loud cheer from Staples Center.

The Kings are putting so many shots, Roloson is getting frustrated. At one point, in an attempt to clear the zone, Roloson grabs the puck, and tries to clear it himself, by popping it out with his stick. But Frolov holds it in, and the Kings continue their assault.

The Kings have almost doubled the shots of Edmonton, and has looked very solid on the defensive end.

First period: Kings 0, Oilers 0

After a quick jaunt down to the main concourse, I wandered into Team L.A., just to check out any new stuff. I just wanted to let everyone know that they have plenty of Rogie Vachon jerseys on sale for 10 bucks.

Garon makes a spectacular save on Shawn Horcoff, igniting the docile crowd. Sean Avery gets nailed by an Oiler player, but nothing gets called. However, Brian Willsie gets called for hooking. Avery skates around, trying to plead his case, but everyone leaves him alone. On the resulting power play, Jarret Stoll scores on a cross-ice pass from Ales Hemsky through traffic to make it 1-0.

The Oilers are buzzing, but Garon stays solid. They pass the two minute mark after the Stoll goal, which is good, since they have a knack of giving up quick goals. Roloson, challenged in the first period, hasn't had to make too many saves in the second, as the Oilers have outshot the Kings 9-3 with less than half a period to go.

Avery gets a holding penalty, and he just quietly skates over to the box. Marc-Andre Bergeron takes a weicked shot, but Garon snaps it out of the air. The Kings successfully kill the penalty, and Avery exits the box withg a full head of steam. He skates into the zone, and passes it over to Frolov, who had Roloson beat on the backhand. But he misses, much to the chagrin of the crowd.

The Kings get a power play in the last two minutes of the period, when Jason Smith gets two minutes for tripping. But the Kings can't get anything rolling, as the Oilers kill the penalty. A lone fan up in the nosebleeds yells out "Sopel, you suck!" which garners a few snickers from the press box.

The Oilers held the Kings to three shots, while unloading 15, as Edmonton goes to the locker room up a goal. It seems that the Kings got away from what was working in the first period, and maybe Crawford can light a fire under the team in the third.

Second period: Oilers 1, Kings 0

The ice around the Kings goal seems to be sloppy, as Garon flops to the ice as the Oilers take the puck in the zone. He is able to regain his balance well enough to stop a couple scoring chances.

Frolov had a brilliant chance, right smack dab in the crease, with no one to beat but Roloson. But Rolo came up huge on Frolov's backhand.

The Kings finally put one on the board as rookie Konstintin Pushakarev redirects a Visnovsky shot from the point for his first NHL goal. Anze Kopitar also gets an assist on the goal. The crowd erupts when Pushkarev's name is announced.

The Pushkarev goal wakes up the fans of Staples Center as they drop the puck, all tied up at 1-1. Push is on the same line as Brown and Kopitar, and he's looked good out there this game. If the Kings do decide to pull the trigger on some trades to bring in prospects, at least some of the players from the farm clubs look as if they can fill in.

The Kings go on the power play when Jason Smith gets called for hooking. Even after several great chances by Los Angeles, they are now 0-for-5 on the night. The Kings kill off a late penalty, with the Frolov line staying out the entire time. Toward the end of the extended shift, Frolov looked winded as he made his way to the bench. Garon smothers a puck to kill an Oiler rush, as time winds down.

And we're going to OVERTIME!

Third period: Kings 1, Oilers 1

Garon can only do so much, as Jan Hedja scores his first of the season on a redirection of a Ryan Smyth shot. The Staples Center files out, dejected, as the chance to win three in a row are dashed.

Overtime: Oilers 2, Kings 1

A "Hockeywood" sighting: Anthony Michael Hall made his way to watch the Kings take the ice for warmups before the game. Why is it that most Hollywood stars who go to the games never... NEVER wear a Kings jersey?