LOS ANGELES — Evander Kane’s teammates believe he’s tailor-made for the playoffs, and so does the man himself. 'The drama of it all,' Kane said about the post-season. 'It just brings the best out of me.
LOS ANGELES — Evander Kane’s teammates believe he’s tailor-made for the playoffs, and so does the man himself.Kane had a goal, an assist and a fight — known as a “Gordie Howe hat trick” — and the Edmonton Oilers defeated the Los Angeles Kings 6-1 on Friday to take a 2-1 lead in their first-round playoff series.
Drew Doughty replied with his second goal of the playoffs for Los Angeles and Cam Talbot stopped 35 shots. Game 4 of the best-of-seven matchup is set for Sunday night at Crypto.com arena. The series shifts back to Edmonton for Game 5 at Rogers Place. "It's a great play by there. Great read and obviously Hyman stuck with it, he's the best in the league at that,” Draisaitl said. “The first goal is always big, but I really enjoyed how we followed it up."
"He just feeds off the intensity,” Draisaitl said. “He enjoys the physicality and he enjoys the simplicity in a way of playoff goals and he's obviously really, really good at it.”
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