The Kings cannot continue to expect to sleepwalk in the first period and come back later against the Oilers who have edges in scoring, skill and size.
The Kings almost made up for all their disadvantages in a 4-2 loss to the Edmonton Oilers in Game 2 on Wednesday that tied their series at 1-1.
The Kings pulled even in the second period but couldn’t respond in the third after Klim Kostin put the Oilers ahead for good. A better start on Wednesday might have made the difference between pulling off a stunning sweep of the first two games and the split they got. Kings’ Blake Lizotte and Edmonton Oilers’ Vincent Desharnais vie for the puck during the first period of Game 2 of a Stanley Cup first-round playoff series on Wednesday in Edmonton, Canada.
The Kings have sharply felt his absence on the power play. Fiala ranked fourth on the team in power-play points this season with 24, off seven power-play goals and 17 power-play assists. The Kings are two for 10 against the Oilers on the power play in the series and have had an advantage for a whopping 16 minutes and six seconds. The Oilers have had 3:56 of power-play time but they’re two for four.A look at the process of changing over Crypto.
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