Oilers' goaltending the buzz heading into Game 5 of series with Kings

The Edmonton Oilers go home looking for their first lead in their playoff series with the Los Angeles Kings and surrounded by goaltending speculation.

The Edmonton Oilers go home looking for their first lead in their playoff series with the Los Angeles Kings and surrounded by goaltending speculation.

Edmonton's plucky comeback after an early, three-goal deficit and 5-4 overtime win in Game 4 evened the first-round, best-of-seven affair at two wins apiece heading back to Rogers Place for Tuesday's Game 5.

"It feels better waking up with a win than a loss today," Oilers defenceman Mattias Ekholm said Monday morning.

The swapping of starter Stuart Skinner for Jack Campbell after one period in Sunday's Game 4 inevitably leads to guessing, however, on which goalie will and should start the pivotal Game 5.

Edmonton's head coach was predictably noncommittal on that question Monday.

"I'm in a position to be able to choose from two great people," Jay Woodcroft said. "Two goaltenders that have allowed us to win games this year. Our team won 50 games this year and both goaltenders contributed to those wins.

"When you have two great goaltenders, I don't think you can go wrong picking either one of them. The best thing is the people we have around our team, there's a lot of brains to pick.