Edmonton, Canada – THE Edmonton Oilers Played as if they could not afford to lose Friday. And they did not do it, scoring two goals 10 seconds from a distance at the end of the third period to beat the kings 7-4 In a first wild first round eliminatory match that has seen the lead change three times in the last 25 minutes.
The Kings always lead the best 2-1 series before match 4 Sunday in Edmonton. But Oilers' victory means that the series will return to Los Angeles for match 5 on Tuesday.
Evan Bouchard and Connor Brown each scored two goals for Edmonton, and Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, Connor McDavid and Evander Kane also scored.
McDavid's goal and Brown's second goal were clear after Bouchard scored on a power game to put Edmonton in mind with 6:32 to play.
THE Kiss'The objectives came from Adrian Kempe,, Kevin Fiala,, DREW DOUGHTY And Trevor MooreWith two of these scores on the power game.
The Oilers, desperate to return to the series, put the goalkeeper Stuart Skinner, who granted 11 goals in the first two games, in favor of Calvin Pickard. But Pickard behaved a little better, abandoning four goals on 28 shots.
However, Edmonton played with urgency, taking his first lead in the series within three minutes when an unaccompanied Nugent-Hopkins took a pass from Zach Hyman directly in front of the net and pushed the puck under the caretaker of the Kings Darcy Kuemper.
Bouchard dubbed his head six minutes later, shooting a slap in front Kuemper from the top of the circles three seconds after the departure of the Kings Andrei Kuzmenko for interference. It was the first goal of Edmonton Power-Play in six tests of the series.
The Kings responded with three unanswered goals.
Kempe started the rally at the end of the first period, deviating a left -handed pickard shot from the center of the right circle with the skating teams four in four. It was his fourth goal of the playoffs, corresponding to Kirill Kaprizov and Matt Boldy of Minnesota for the head of the NHL.
More importantly, he took the momentum of the ilers, allowing Fiala of the same thing at the start of the second period with a power game of the same place, from where Kempe scored. The goal of Doughty Power Play less than five minutes before the second intermission, then put the Kings in front for the first time.
The Kings were 0 for 12 with the man advantage during the defeat of the series last season against Edmonton, their third consecutive defeat of the playoffs against the Oilers. This year, against the same team, the Kings converted seven of the 12 electricity game opportunities.
After Brown still fired Edmonton, Moore scored nine seconds later when he went to the net and pushed the puck in front of Pickard.
Things have become really wild in the third period, the oilers scoring four goals in less than seven minutes to store the match.
Kane again attached the scoring, marking a mad race in front of the net, then waiting for several long minutes for a rereading review to confirm that he pushed the washer with his stick, not his skate.
Kings coach Jim Hiller, in the most controversial decision of the game, chooses to challenge, claiming interference from the goalkeeper. But the goal was held and Hiller's unsuccessful challenge gave an advantage. Bouchard only needed 10 seconds to charge the Kings, scoring the second Power-Play goal from Edmonton on a tip from Kuemper's left. Kuemper made 29 stops.
