Unpredictable series resumes as Kings visit Oilers
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The Los Angeles Kings and Edmonton Oilers are tied at 2-2 in a best-of-seven first-round clash that can best be described as the Jekyll and Hyde series.
The Los Angeles Kings and Edmonton Oilers are tied at 2-2 in a best-of-seven first-round clash that can best be described as the Jekyll and Hyde series.
When both teams have won, they've played well. When they've lost, not so much.
The Kings were outscored by an eye-popping 14-2 margin in dropping Games 2 (6-0) and 3 (8-2), but bounced back to blank the Oilers, 4-0, in Game 4 on Sunday night in Los Angeles. They have outscored Edmonton 8-3 in their two victories.
Which teams show up for Game 5 in Edmonton on Tuesday night is anybody's guess.
"No momentum," Kings coach Todd McLellan said when asked if his team had the edge now after tying the series. "It starts again every night. If momentum carried over, we'd have been drilled tonight."
Instead, Los Angeles got an impressive 31-save shutout from Jonathan Quick. Forward Carl Grundstrom had two goals and an assist, and defenseman Troy Stecher and forward Trevor Moore also scored as the Kings jumped out to a 2-0 first-period lead.
Quick, making his 89th consecutive postseason start to tie Pekka Rinne for the fourth-longest streak in NHL history, picked up his 10th career playoff shutout, surpassing Mike Richter for the most by an American-born goaltender. It came after he was pulled early in the second period after allowing four goals on 17 shots in the 8-2 loss on Friday.
