Edmonton, Canada – For the fourth time in as many years, the Kiss“The season ended with a defeat in playoffs in the first round against the EDMONTON OILTS. THE grace came to a 6-4 Giles des Oilers In a Rogers Rogers Rogers, which has become a horror house for kings.
Edmonton obtained goals from (deeply breathe) Adam Henrique, Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, Zach Hyman, Darnell Nurse, Trent Frederic and Connor Brown. For the Kings, Quinton Byfield, Brandt Clarke, Jordan Spence and Anze Kopitar marked.
The Kings have not been beating the oil players in the playoffs since 1989, but the loss of this year could be the most painful of the nine playoffs that they abandoned in Edmonton. The Kings equaled the franchise records for the victories (48) and the points (105) this season and won a team record 31 times at home during the regular season, ending in front of the Oilers in the Pacific division for the first time in seven years.
They seemed ready for a long race in the playoff series, but again, they could not go to Edmonton. They came out like Warriors, made on their shields after a wild end to finish match which saw the teams combine for at least 10 goals for the third time in the series. There were 51 scores overall, an average of 8.5 per game.
So much for the conservative hockey of the playoffs.
With their backs against the wall, the Kings established the frenzied rhythm early, with Byfield marking 79 seconds after the match, one of the four goals in a manic and exhausting the first 5 minutes and 55 seconds. A single potential elimination match of the Stanley Cup in the past 60 years has seen the first four goals score faster.
The goal of Byfield, his third in the series, came on a breakaway which saw him beat Leon Draisaitl in the slit, the Deke Guardian Edmonton Calvin Pickard on his left, then slides the washer behind him and in the net. It was the second fastest objective to start an elimination match in the history of the franchise, dragging only the Wayne Gretzky scoring at the first minute of match 7 against Edmonton in 1989.
Protective facts of the 6-4 victory of Edmonton's Oilers on the Kings in match 6.
It should have been a good omen since the last time the Kings beat the oilers in the decisive game of an eliminatory series. This would not happen on Thursday.
Edmonton equalized things about Henrique's deviation in traffic less than two minutes later, but Clarke only needed 33 seconds to put the kings in front of the interior of the right circle. This advance was also short-lived, the Nigent-Hopkins equaling things for the Oilers on a Wristy on the edge of the left circle within six minutes after the start of the period.
Hyman then put the Oilers at the front for the first time on a room that started quite innocently, Nugent-Hopkins sending the puck of the boards on a deep play in the end of the kings. The Carom found the Darnell nurse to the point and he sent a single animated to the goal that Kings goalkeeper, Darcy Kuemper, had a pearl before Hyman gets up, redirecting the washer backwards at the back of the net. This gave Edmonton an advance of 3-2 with more than seven minutes in the first period.
Captain of the Kings Anze Kopitar, on the left, shakes hands with the captain of the Oilers of Edmonton Connor McDavid after the defeat of the 6-4 Kings season in match 6.
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The nurse, having had a lot of space in the high slit, doubled the advantage on a wrist shot which passed just under the crossbar at the end of the second period; Frédéric succeeded only 5-2 96 seconds later on a tip of the fold at the end of a breakaway from the Oilers.
But the Kings would not leave, Spence marking two minutes before the second intermission to keep the scoring. The Kings pulled Kuemper for an additional striker with 4:18 on the left and were rewarded when Kopitar scored with 53.3 seconds to play, but the Kings would not be closer thanks to the empty goal of Brown, the fourth in the series of Edmonton, in the last two seconds. This left the Kings to start focusing on next season while the oilers spend Las Vegas in the second round of the playoffs.
Neither the kings nor the oilers made things easier for Kuemper, finalist of the Vezina trophy. He faced 121 shots in the last three games and 207 in the series.
