The Kings almost made up for all their disadvantages in a 4-2 loss to the Edmonton Oilers in Game 2 on Wednesday that tied their series at 1-1.
’ incredible skills. They don’t have the Oilers’ impressive scoring depth, imposing size or brawn.
, newly returned to the lineup after an injury kept him out of the last nine regular-season games and the playoff opener, and nearly took the lead on a shot by Rasmus Kupari that eluded Oilers goaltender Stuart Skinner but hit the post with 10 seconds left.The Kings got a huge overtime victory against the Edmonton Oilers to open the Stanley Cup playoffs Monday, thanks in part to goalie Joonas Korpisalo.
“Obviously, we haven’t played that full 60 minutes yet and that’s something we’ve got to learn,” winger Adrian Kempe said. “Going home with one win out of two — and we could have won two games — not playing good for 60 minutes, I’d say we’ll take that.” “The frustrating thing for me is that there were some things that we needed to do early in the game and we didn’t decide to do until the second period,” he said. “Very similar to Game 1.”
Draisaitl took a pass from Connor McDavid and ripped a shot from one knee in the right faceoff circle, getting it past Korpisalo at 12:06.
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