Alex Iafallo scores overtime winner as Los Angeles Kings overcome pair of two-goal deficits for 4-3 overtime win
Alex Iafallo scored the overtime winner for the Los Angeles Kings in a 4-3 victory over the Edmonton Oilers to open their first-round playoff series Monday.
The Oilers almost ended it at 1:54 of OT, but officials ruled Ryan McLeod’s shot from the blue line deflected off Derek Ryan’s high stick.Games 3 and 4 of the best-of-seven affair are Friday and Sunday atEdmonton also dropped the opener of a first-round series against the Kings last year, but the Oilers took it four games to three to advance.Kempe halved the deficit 52 seconds into the third period when the clubs played four aside.
The puck lay in the crease for Kopitar to poke in after Philip Danault’s shot squeezed between Skinner’s pads. The puck squirted loose in the ensuing goalmouth scramble. Draisaitl skating by again reached back to get a shot away for his second goal.
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