Edmonton, Canada – What started as a better of the seven playoffs of the Stanley Cup is now a series of three best Edmonton Oilers Rallied with a third period deficit of two goals to beat the kings 4-3 In overtime on Sunday, in the evening, the series with two victories each.
The winning goal came from Leon Draisaitlwho defeated the keeper of the kings Darcy Kuemper On the power game with 1:42 on the left in the additional period. Kuemper deserved a better spell for a night when he stopped 44 shots.
The teams will meet again Tuesday for match 5 at Crypto.com Arena, where the Kings won a league 33 times, including the playoffs. Match 6 is scheduled for Thursday in Edmonton. Match 7, if necessary, would be on Saturday in Los Angeles.
“They feed on the crowd. In the end, they had more energy, and obviously they returned,” said the center of Kings Phillip Danault, pointing to the crowd with noisy closed counters in Rogers Place. “Obviously, it takes a lot of energy. We have to find a way to seal the agreement. You have to do these parts when it matters.”
None of this seemed necessary after the Kings, who won the first two games, took a 3-1 lead in the last 13 minutes of regulation. They were 29 seconds to win when Evan Bouchard Flissa a slap pulled by Kuemper just inside the blue line, capping a third -time wild rally. It was Bouchard's second goal at the time and his fourth in the playoffs.
It was also the third goal that the Oilers scored after shooting their goalkeeper for an additional attacker, and he scored the third time in four games that the Kings have exploded an advance in the last 13 minutes.
The oilers outclassed the Kings 12-5 in the third period and in overtime of the series.
Subsequently, Jim Hiller was asked about the Kings game in the third period in the series, and he was not happy.
“Please do not like it,” he replied.
“They have a fairly good team,” he said. “They will come to you. … he refuses and flows. “
Kings' objectives have come Trevor Moore,, Warren generated And Kevin Fiala. Danault harvested two assists. Corey Perry had the objective of the other Oilers; Draisaitl helped the first three goals of Edmonton.
The Kings have not beat Edmonton in an post -season series since 1989 – and have not eliminated anyone in the playoffs since 2014, when they won their second Stanley Cup.
The Kings set the tone early, the pepper -style guardian Calvin Pickard With 10 shots in the first 10 minutes before Moore beat him from the center of the right circle on the 11th blow. The goal, 10:35 am in the first period, scored the third time in four games that the Kings had scored first.
Foegele, a former oil tanker, doubled the head of 91 seconds in the second, turning in the fold to recover a pass from Danault, then pushing the puck under pickard.
The oilers withdrew this goal on a power game less than three minutes later when Perry took three shots to the washer before obtaining it by Kuemper. Fiala restored the advance two goals later in the period, reaching the boost of Alex Laferriere, then deviating the washer in the net on the side of the pussy of the pickard.
But the Oilers would not leave, reducing the deficit to 12:09 to play on the first of the two goals of Bouchard. This prepared the field for a desperate thrust of the oilers, who put 15 shots on the net in the last period, Bouchard's last goal who sent the match in overtime.
Draisaitl, who led the NHL in goals this season, ended 44 seconds after Kings Vladislav Gavrikov defender was called to stumble. It was the first goal of the Draisaitl qualifiers.
