In Game 1 on Monday, the Kings’ penalty kill produced only self-inflicted wounds, allowing the Oilers to score three times in a 7-4 Edmonton win.
The Kings-Oilers NHL playoff series was supposed to be decided by the most elemental of showdowns: the unstoppable force versus the immovable object. In this case, Edmonton’s powerful power play versus the Kings’ deadly penalty kill. But in Game 1 on Monday, the Kings’ penalty kill produced only self-inflicted wounds, allowing the Oilers to score three times in a 7-4 Edmonton win that wasn’t nearly as close as the final score would indicate.
But when they do get on the power play, we want to make sure we just continue to do a good job, as we did in the regular season.” Instead the Kings reverted to the form they showed in the last two seasons when their penalty kill ranked in the bottom third of the league — something the Oilers took advantage of, scoring power-play goals in 11 of their previous 13 playoff games with the Kings, winning both first-round series. This year the Kings were supposed to have the special teams advantage.
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