And the Edmonton Oilers are old postseason foes, and this first-round matchup marks the 11th meeting in the Stanley Cup playoffs. However, in Game 2 on Wednesday, the King did what they didn’t achieve.
They took a 2-0 lead.
The Kings, who have yet to track in the series, scored two goals from Adrian Kempe, with points from Brandt Clark, Quinton Byfield, Andrei Kuzmenko and Anze Kopital, with Clark, Kuzmenko and Kopital all scoring on power plays.
Leon Draysitle and former King Victor Irvidson scored Edmonton’s goal.
When the Kings last led the 2-0 postseason series Anyone They were in the 2014 Stanley Cup final, when they won their final title. This was also the last time the Kings won the Postseason Series.
“We got the advantage of home ice. We worked really hard for it. “So we’re happy so far. Come on the link tomorrow and worry tomorrow. Tell us about the game and then get ready for the next game.”
“But so far, that’s a really good start.”
The victory was the Kings’ NHL 33rd place at home, but now they’re heading down the path they had a record of losing this season. Edmonton will play the host of Game 3 on Friday and Game 4 on Sunday. If necessary, Game 5 will take place on Tuesday at crypto.com arena.
After the team won a Game 1 shootout, combining 11 goals (7 goals in the final 20 minutes and 6 seconds), the Kings remained in Game 2 with Clark’s first career playoff goal of 8:44, making it their first period. And they got help from unexpected sources.
Winger Evander Kane, who had made his season debut for the Oilers, was on the ice just 95 seconds before drawing a cross-check penalty, making his advantage for the Kings. And Clark had the Oilers pay and biased them with a pass from former Euler Warren Vogel for their power play goals.
Byfield doubled the margin right after the first break before Kuzumenko was 3-0 with another power play goal midway through the second period.
The Kings scored five times in two games with a man’s advantage while holding Edmonton’s power plays scoreless with five tries. In a playoff loss to the Oilers last year, the Kings were 12th in power plays, killing only 11 of the 20 Edmonton power plays.
“We all took a few days to talk about what the series looks like, and if you just look back in a year, their power plays are really good. And we didn’t set a power play goal for the series last year, and that was a huge difference,” Kings coach Jim Hiller said. “So, that obviously needs to be emphasized for us this year. And I think both the penalty kill and the power play worked pretty well.”
Draysightle put Edmonton on the board and scored in a deflection at 13:54 in the second season. This was the second goal in Draysightle’s series, leading the league with 52 in an injured season.
Dry Eitle’s second-term goal in Game 1 helped the Oilers gather from a 4-0 deficit, but lost 6-5. His two goals of the game began another rally, and Arvidsson’s chip-in four minutes after the third term made it a one-goal game.
However, the comeback stagnated there, and Kempe and Kopital responded with a goal of less than three minutes to restore the order. After Copiter’s power play goal, the Oilers pulled goaltender Stuart Skinner and replaced him with Calvin Picard.
Kempe scored two assists on two goals, while Kopitar had three assists.
But the Kings have a 2-0 lead, but the series said, the series said.
“It’s four from the first,” he said. “We still have a long way to go. We’ll take it every day and celebrate tonight’s victory, but tomorrow we’ll focus on Game 3.”
