The Edmonton Oilers are going to the playoffs and the Los Angeles Kings are in danger of missing the post season for the second straight year unless their offense finds itself.
“It’s a special feeling tonight, especially seeing how passionate the crowd was and how excited they were,” Ryan Nugent-Hopkins said. “Not too many of us in here have been through (missing the playoffs) for that long. We’ve had some tough years, but it’s all
Cam Talbot helped Oilers get back to playoffs with win over LA – file photo by Lewis Bleiman
worth it right now.”
Cam Talbot made 34 saves to pick up the win as the Oilers improved to 42-25-9.
The Oilers got goals from Connor McDavid and Eric Gryba.
“It’s definitely special, you saw the excitement in the building,” McDavid said. “The fans are excited, we’re excited. There is a lot of work left to be done still.”
Los Angeles is 11 points back of the second wild card spot and are chasing a mist at this point with the St Louis Blues not seemingly going to oblige with a long losing streak.
“We don’t want to be in this position,” Los Angeles’ Drew Doughty said. “You can point your fingers at a bunch of games throughout the season that put us in this predicament. It [stinks], but we’re still playing for this organization and for each other and we have to play as hard as we possibly can and do whatever it takes to win games even though we might be out of the race.”
Jarome Iginla was the lone goal scorer for the Kings.
“We can’t wait until the final five, 10 minutes to try and win a hockey game,” Kings forward Tanner Pearson said. “You have to put the full 60 minutes in. Maybe if we played like we did the last 10 minutes, we’d have given ourselves a good chance to win the hockey game.”
Jonathan Quick made 27 saves in taking the loss for LA.
“We’re extremely excited and happy for that group. There’s a couple that have been here through a lot of pain. Now, we’re excited for the opportunity that lies ahead,” Oilers head coach Todd McLellan
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