Anze Kopitar fired a wrist shot past Stuart Skinner’s glove and into the top corner on a breakaway to give the Los Angeles Kings a 5-4 victory over the Edmonton Oilers on Wednesday night in Game 2 of the first-round playoff series.
Kopitar scored just 2:07 into overtime after a weird bounce gave him a lane up the centre of the ice and he beatalso scored for Los Angeles, which is looking for revenge after being knocked out in the first round by the Oilers the previous two seasons.also responded for Edmonton. The Oilers failed to win the first two games of a playoff series on home ice for the first time since the second round in 1990.The Kings opened the scoring just 3:19 into the first period.
Edmonton came close to getting that goal back less than a minute later as the puck was loose in the crease before a dogpile formed even inside the net itself, keeping the Oilers off the board.dropped it back to Kulak in the high slot and he got all of it for his second career playoff goal. Edmonton pulled back to within a goal 7:51 into the second period. Holloway scored his first career playoff goal on a hopeful shot from distance that Talbot waved at.
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