In Los Angeles Saturday night, Nick Shore with less than two minutes left in regulation to help the Kings escape the Edmonton Oilers, 4-3.
“It feels good,” Shore said. “I was just trying to hunt it down and throw it back toward the net and I was lucky enough for it to go in … sometimes those go in. That’s what shooting pucks does.”
Marian Gaborik, Tanner Pearson and Milan Lucic also scored for LA.
“[Gaborik] was good early,” Kings coach Darryl Sutter said. “Tanner’s been good. Isn’t that what [Gaborik’s] supposed to do? So how important is it? Pretty important … it’s not really any magic or some recipe there. He’s supposed to produce.”
Gaborik and Pearson gave the Kings a 2-0 first period lead.
“It’s always good, after a while, to get on the board, especially in a win,” Gaborik said. “The chances have been there and I’m so glad they went in.”
Taylor Hall, Teddy Purcell and Leon Draisaitl scored for the Oilers who did not back down from the Kings.
“I think we’re emotionally torn because of the drive to come back against a good, hard team,” Oilers coach Todd McLellan said. “That seems to be our mantra right now, ‘O’-zone penalties, mistakes at the end. It seemed to cost us. We’re in a vicious cycle. We have to find a way to get out of it.”
Cam Talbot took the loss on 24 saves and Jonathan Quick made 22 stops in the win.
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