In Los Angeles, Trevor Moore scored three and half minutes into extra time on Friday to give the Kings a 3-2 win over the Edmonton Oilers in Game 3.
The win gives the Kings a 2-1 series lead.
“Special teams is huge, and to get a goal like that in overtime, that’s what we work for,” Kings forward Alex Iafallo said.
Joonas Korpisalo made 38 saves in the LA win.
The goal came off the power play, and was reviewed for a high stick violation prior to being called a good goal.
“They have that review in place for a reason, I guess they determined they couldn’t tell,” Edmonton’s Connor McDavid said.
Iafallo scored in the first period to give the Kings a 1-0 lead.
“I didn’t really get enough wood on it, but I just saw it going to the net, so I was just hoping it was going in,” Iafallo said.
McDavid scored twice off the power in the middle frame to give the Oilers a 2-1 lead.
“Obviously anytime you’re in the box, you’re not putting pressure on the other team,” Oilers coach Jay Woodcroft said. “We’ve liked the way we’ve played the game. In the end, we feel we’re doing a lot of really good things that are putting hard miles on that team.
“We feel good about our game. Certainly, we can clean up some of the penalties. In the end, the score sheet would tell you we had four power plays, they had five.”
Adrian Kempe s scored 18 seconds after McDavid’s double to tie the game, 2-2.
“It’s breaks here and there, it’s little calls here and there, and we haven’t seem to be getting any of the bounces,” McDavid said. “We had our looks, we had our chances, and they found a way to get a power play and they score in overtime.”
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Stuart Skinner made 28 saves in the Oilers loss.
“I think we’re playing well, we’re doing a lot of good things, we’re definitely the better team for a lot of spurts,” Edmonton forward Leon Draisaitl said. “It seems like we can’t score at the right times, but we have to regroup and find a way.”
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