2023-04-24 03:38:13
Summary
LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles Kings can afford a 3-1 lead over the Edmonton Oilers on Sunday in the evening presentation of Game 4 at Crypto.com Arena.
It’s currently tied 4-4 following Evander Kane put the Albertans level with the Kings with 3:02 to go.
About ten minutes earlier, defenseman Matt Roy had chosen an excellent moment to score the first goal of his career in the playoffs, in his 11th game, to give the Kings a 4-3 priority.
The first two engagements were diametrically opposed: an excellent first period for the Kings, punctuated by goals from Gabriel Vilardi, Viktor Arvidsson and Anze Kopitar, first sent a whole message.
Totally inert during the first 20 minutes, the Oilers activated the machine in the middle period, scoring two goals in the first half of the commitment, those of Evan Bouchard and Leon Draisaitl.
Then the No. 29 of the Oilers considerably cooled the ardor of Kings fans by hitting the target on the massive attack at 19:49 to bring the two clubs back to square one.
Draisaitl already has five goals to his name at the start of the post-season schedule. He is the leading scorer so far with nine points.
Forward Kevin Fiala is back in action for the occasion, following nine games away, including the first three of this first-round series.
In his first campaign in LA, the 26-year-old Fiala contributed 72 points (23-49) in 69 games, just two points behind captain Anze Kopitar’s 74 points.
On Friday, the Kings added a second victory by winning early in the first period of overtime on a goal by Trevor Moore on the power play.
Los Angeles has made up deficits in each of the first three meetings so far. In Game 1, Alex Iaffalo saved his club in extra time.
“We’ve done a lot of good things since the start of this series,” Oilers coach Jay Woodcroft said. “We want to continue building on that tonight. »
In Game 3, Connor McDavid scored his first two goals of this series. The recipient of the Art-Ross and Maurice-Richard trophies totaled 153 points, including 64 goals, in the regular season.
Joonas Korpisalo is back in front of the Kings net following making 38 saves on Friday. He was facing Stuart Skinner, but the latter gave way to Jack Campbell at the start of the second period.
The Oilers will use a roster of 11 forwards and seven defensemen for the third straight game.
Formation des Oilers
Ryan Nugent-Hopkins – Connor McDavid – Zach Hyman
Evander Kane – Leon Draisaitl – Kailer Yamamoto
Warren Foegele – Ryan McLeod – Derek Ryan
Klim Kostin – Nick Bjugstad
Darnell Nurse – Cody Ceci
Mattias Ekholm – Evan Bouchard
Brett Kulak – Vincent Desharnais
Philip Broberg
Stuart Skinner
Jack Campbell
Formation des Kings
Quinton Byfield – Anze Kopitar – Adrian Kempe
Trevor Moore – Phillip Danault – Viktor Arvidsson
Kevin Fiala – Gabriel Vilardi – Alex Iafallo
Carl Grundstrom – Rasmus Kupari – Arthur Kaliyev
Mikey Anderson – Drew Doughty
Vladislav Gavrikov – Matt Roy
Alexander Edler – Sean Durzi
Joonas Korpisalo
Pheonix Copley
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