Klim Kostin scores game winner as Edmonton Oilers even up first round series with 4-2 victory over Los Angeles Kings
Klim Kostin scored the third-period game-winner for the Edmonton Oilers in a 4-2 victory over the Los Angeles Kings on Wednesday to even their first-round playoff series at a win apiece.
Stuart Skinner had 23 saves for his first NHL career playoff win. Kings counterpart Joonas Korpisalo stopped 33 shots in the loss.Vilardi returned to the Kings’ lineup after sitting out the last nine games of the regular season and first game of the series with a lower-body injury.Arena in Los Angeles, where the Kings went 26-11-4 in the regular season.Defenceman Philip Broberg drew into the lineup as the Oilers went with 11 forwards and seven defencemen.
Kostin produced the go-ahead goal at 2:20 of the third. Draisaitl’s neutral-zone check on Arthur Kaliyev along the boards forced a turnover for Kostin to skate the puck into the zone and wire a shot far side on Korpisalo. Danault halved the deficit by cutting in front of the net and lifting his own rebound over Skinner’s pad on the backhand.
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