Mattias Janmark scored Tie’s goal at 7:12 of the third period, and the Edmonton Oilers beat the Kings of Los Angeles 3-1 on Tuesday night due to their third consecutive victory and a 3-2 advantage in their first round series.
Evander Kane and Ryan Nugent-Hopkins also scored and Calvin Pickard made 20 rescues for the defending champion of the West Conference Oilers, who can advance with a victory in game 6 in Edmonton on Thursday.
Edmonton was finally rewarded for dominating possession and shots during game 5 when Janmark turned a rebound from Viktor Arvidsson’s shot.
After some final moments, Ryan Nugent-Hopkins added an empty network goal to finish the Oilers franchise record, the third consecutive victory of Playoffs consecutive return.
Andrei Kuzmenko scored and Darcy Kuemper stopped 43 shots for the second sown Kings, which are a defeat of their fourth consecutive exit of the first -round playoffs in Edmonton’s hands despite winning the first two games of this series at home and blowing with Leads of the third period in the next two.
The local teams won the first four games in this series, but the Kings then hesitated badly in the building where they had the best record at the NHL’s house this season. Los Angeles also led at the last minute of game 4 before losing extra time, allowing Edmonton to return to the series.
After setting up a return of the third period to carry game 3, the Oilers have inclined the series decidedly in their favor from the middle of game 4, completely dominating possession and shots. Edmonton has surpassed Kings 79-34 since the beginning of the third period of game 4.
But Kuemper made 19 salvages in the first period of game 5 to keep it without anstation, and Los Angeles went ahead at the beginning of the second when Kuzmenko tipped the captain of Casa Anze Kopitar during a work of power. Kuzmenko recorded his sixth point of the postseason and his 23rd point in 27 games since he joined the Kings less than two months ago.
The Oilers achieved another nail biting at Rogers Place on Sunday. Leon Draisaitl scored the winning goalkeeper in extra time. Victory links the series in 2-2 between the Edmonton Oilers and the Kings. Game 5 is Tuesday night in Los Angeles.
The Oilers responded less than three minutes later with Kane’s second goal from the slot series. Kane was later unpunished in the period for a knee knee to the Kings leader, Adrian Kempe.
The 33 Edmonton shots in the first two periods were the most allowed throughout the season by Los Angeles, which was closed after scoring 19 goals in the first four games in the series.
