Oilers lose 5-4 to Kings in Game 5

Adrian Kempe scored 1:12 into additional time and the L.A. Kings held on for a 5-4 win over the Edmonton Oilers to take a 3-2 lead of their first-round playoff sequence on Tuesday.

Kempe muscled his well beyond his defender then wrapped a shot round Edmonton goalie Mike Smith to safe the victory.

The end result means the Oilers want a win in Sport 6 in L.A. on Thursday to stave off elimination.

Kempe additionally scored and had an help for the Kings in regulation, whereas Troy Stecher, Andreas Anthansiou and Phillip Danault all had objectives.

Edmonton obtained two objectives and an help from Leon Draisaitl, whereas Connor McDavid scored and contributed a pair of helpers. Zack Kassian additionally scored for the Oilers, who have been blanked 4-0 in Sport 4 on Sunday.

Jonathan Fast made 24 saves for L.A. and Edmonton’s Mike Smith stopped 38-of-43 photographs.

The Oilers got here into the third interval down 3-1 however used their particular groups to claw their method again into the sport with two power-play objectives and a short-handed tally.

Edmonton scored the equalizer on one more man benefit with 4:52 left in regulation after Danault was referred to as for interference.

Gathering a slick go throughout the slot from McDavid, Draisaitl hammered a one-timer from the underside of the faceoff circle for his fifth purpose of the playoffs and his second of the sport.

A four-minute minor arrange a lot of the motion within the third after Ryan McLeod was referred to as for a excessive stick on Matt Roy 9:13 into the body.

The Kings took a 4-2 lead on the 11:06 mark when a backdoor shot from Danault trickled over the purpose line.

L.A. stayed on the facility play, however it was Edmonton who scored subsequent.

McDavid drove the online then sliced a puck into the slot the place Alex Iafallo tried to comb it away however put it as a substitute on Draisaitl’s tape. The star sniper despatched it into the again of the online to make it 4-3 on the 12:33 mark.

An influence-play purpose from McDavid 2:50 into the third reduce the Oilers’ deficit to 3-2.

Simply three seconds after Blake Lizotte was referred to as for high-sticking, McDavid despatched a backhanded shot off the crossbar and in over Fast, sprawled within the crease.

The purpose was the second of the playoffs for the Oilers’ captain.

Edmonton was 2 for 3 on the facility play Tuesday and L.A. went 1 for five.

A affected person play by Athanasiou boosted the Kings’ result in 3-1 within the center body.

Dustin Brown collided with Zach Hyman within the Oilers’ zone and took off with the puck, slipping a go to Athanasiou, stationed along with the online. Athanasiou waited for Smith to dive, then despatched a shot into the far nook of the online 13:34 into the second.

The Kings retook the lead halfway by the second after Kopitar picked off a go on the Oilers’ blue line.

He took a number of strides into the Edmonton zone earlier than slicing a go to Kempe, who practically misplaced the puck however reached behind himself to retrieve it earlier than firing a wrist shot previous Smith to make it 2-1 on the 9:29 mark.

Kassian briefly injected some life into the listless Oilers with a purpose 2:32 into the second.

McDavid picked up a rebound and as a substitute of making an attempt to power it in previous Fast, the captain took it across the again of the online and located Kassian, who popped a shot in over defenceman Mikey Anderson mendacity within the crease for the equalizer.

It was the primary purpose Edmonton scored in 4 durations after being shutout 4-0 in Sport 4 on Sunday.

The Kings managed the shot clock throughout the primary, outshooting the Oilers 16-5, regardless of Edmonton having the lone energy play of the interval.

The house aspect had probabilities with the person benefit and compelled Fast right into a sliding splits save along with the online.

Stecher opened the scoring 3:43 into the sport with a slap shot from concerning the faceoff circle for his second purpose of the playoffs.

NOTES: Sport 5 marked the primary within the sequence to go to additional time … Athanasiou slotted again into L.A.’s fourth line rather than Gabe Vilardi … Derek Ryan returned to the Oilers’ lineup after lacking Sport 4 with an undisclosed harm.

This report by The Canadian Press was first revealed Might 10, 2022.