Kane logs his first playoff hat trick, Ryan Nugent-Hopkins and Zach Hyman each score two goals, and Edmonton rolls for the second straight game, coasting to an 8-2 victory. Game 4 is Sunday night.
LOS ANGELES — If Game 2 was a grease fire, Game 3 left the Kings’ first-round playoff series on the verge of a six-alarm blaze.
Center Anze Kopitar led the Kings with an unassisted goal and his setup of center Phillip Danault’s power-play goal. Jonathan Quick made 13 of 17 saves before he was relieved by Cal Petersen . Edmonton had already pulled away from the Kings in the second period with three goals in less than four minutes. The Kings responded with a tally of their own and then their first power-play goal of the series, though the game was already out of hand.
Kane put on a puck pursuit clinic during a sequence that culminated with him popping in yet another Ceci rebound for his second goal of the game and fourth of the series. The Kings piled up shots on goal in the first period, 19 to Edmonton’s seven, but only three were high-danger chances. By contrast, Edmonton had four such opportunities, and two of them ended up in the Kings’ net.
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