EDMONTON — Leon Draisaitl continued his torrid start in the NHL playoffs, but the Edmonton Oilers also leaned on their depth in a 4\u002D2 win Wednesday over the…
Edmonton’s goalie Stuart Skinner made 23 saves for his first career NHL playoff win. Kings counterpart Joonas Korpisalo stopped 33 shots in the loss.
That configuration upped Draisaitl’s five-on-five minutes to 19 minutes 28 seconds, when his regular-season average was 17:06 at even strength.Article content “I was looking for Leo actually,” Kostin said. “I was just trying to give the puck his hands. I trust him more than myself. I saw three guys around me. I had nothing to do shoot the puck and it went in.”
“He’s been the best player on the ice for two games in the series, by far,” Oilers head coach Jay Woodcroft said. “He found a way to get things done in different ways and it was a big reason we won the game tonight.” Vilardi scored his team’s second goal driving the puck below the goal-line and putting a shot off the back of Skinner’s skate and into the net.
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