The Edmonton Oilers forced a Game 7 in the Western Conference first-round series, defeating the Los Angeles Kings with a Game 6 win, 4–2, at Crypto.com Arena on Thursday.
The Oilers goalie Mike Smith made 30 saves, while Evander Kane scored two goals and an assist, and Connor McDavid added a goal and two assists.
Tyson Barrie broke the 2–2 tie late at the 14:50 mark in the third period, with a wrist shot from the right face-off circle, assisted by Leon Drasaitl and Connor McDavid.
“Whatever reason, there was a big gap between me and [Draisaitl], and I just saw that I could jump in and kind of make it an odd-man [rush], and he made a nice little sauce over to me and kind of got lucky to beat ‘Quickie’ there,” said Barrie. “So, just kind of a nice to see that one go in.”
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