After a long night of drama that capped an equally-compelling series, the Edmonton Oilers eliminated the Los Angeles Kings in six games, with Kailer Yamamoto scored the winning goal with 3:02 left for a 5-4 victory Saturday.
L.A.’s urgency and survival instincts kept things close — they came back from 1-0 down in the first period and 3-1 down in the second and 4-3 in the third — but weren’t enough to withstand an Oilers team that was in no mood for a Game 7.
In a series that never lacked for drama, maybe the biggest shocker of all six games came with Edmonton up 4-3, on the power play and with time winding down in the the third period. “Free goal for that guy. That stuff happens. It’s about how you bounce back from that, how you respond to moments like that. I thought we did a great job.”That could have been it, but the Oilers steadied themselves and won it on Yamamoto’s seeing-eye shot in the waning moments.
There was supposed to be a terrible first period storm awaiting the Oilers in Game 6, but it never really came.
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