Kings survived an epic crash against the Oilers to lead the 1-0 series – Hockey Writer – Los Angeles Kings

Season 1 played for the first time in downtown Los Angeles in four seasons with the Los Angeles Kings and the Edmonton Oilers. Throughout the season, the NHL’s toughest wins at home are taking advantage of home ice. Although the Kings led 4-0 and 5-2 in the game, it took them the last second to breathe, breathing 6-5 in Game 1 with little to no scream from the Oilers.

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It is always crucial to make the most of the special team with the Oilers, and just two minutes after the game started, the Kings had the opportunity to showcase their progress in their strong play over the past few months. The Kings chose to run immediately with their five former units as Kevin Fiala found Andrei Kuzmenko open on the side of the Nets to open the score. This is Kuzmenko’s first playoff goal in his first playoffs.

The king took out another one before the end of the first phase. With 33 seconds left with 33 seconds left, Quinton Byfield grabbed the rebound in the air and quickly threw it back into the net, locking it off Stuart Skinner below the goal line to give the Kings a 2-0 lead.

The first 20 minutes from the Kings’ first 20 minutes into full domination in the second phase as they raise the lead to four. The relentless pressure from the top line of the king caused Adrian Kempe to move Skinner alone in the slot. He quickly took the backhand and led the Kings 3-0.

Less than three minutes later, the Kings won the game 4-0. Evan Bouchard accidentally threw the puck into the slot and Phillip Danault grabbed it and teared a Skinner apart.

Just before the second phase ended, the Oiler finally entered the board of directors. It’s no surprise that the magic of Connor McDavid and Leon Draisaitl was able to break through. McDavid fought Kopitar and then passed the cross-pass to Draisaitl who buried a training trainer.

In the game that seemed to be the Kings comfortable in the driver’s seat, it completely slipped down as the Oilers entered the third stage of four goals. Mattias Janmark rode the momentum at the end of the second, cutting the Kings’ lead by two minutes, just two minutes from the third.

Not long after, the Kings took a brief 5-on-3 capital utilization after Zach Hyman and Jake Walman were punished. In the draw, Kempe fed Fiala at the best position near the top of the right circle, who undoubtedly completed a single match to restore the Kings’ lead to three.

It was McDavid’s performance, who took over the game alone, goals and two main assists. McDavid set Corey Perry exactly in the slot, fed Hyman’s Cross Creas Pass in front of the net, and then went on to finish all the matches alone, for five-fifths. McDavid passed by the two kings, then drove around the internet, stuffed a five-hole into Darcy Kuemper, with more than 1:30 left.

The King was on the verge of an epic collapse, allowing the oilers to reintegrate into the game, and then Dannot decided to do two dips with the remaining 41 seconds to allow the King to win the most important match-win goal. Moore won the area and then stopped and put a t-shirt for Danault. He slammed on it, the puck was floating in the air, and climbed up to Skinner.

The King insists on taking the 1-0 series lead in a dramatic way. Game 2 is scheduled to be held on Wednesday, April 23 at Crypto.com Arena.