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Kopitar's OT winner lifts Kings to 5-4 win over Oilers, even series at 1-1

The Kings take Game 2 to even up their first round series with the Oilers, April 24, 2024
The Kings take Game 2 to even up their first round series with the Oilers, April 24, 2024

EDMONTON - Anze Kopitar scored the overtime winner and had a pair of assists as the Los Angeles Kings knocked off the Edmonton Oilers 5-4 to tie their opening-round playoff series 1-1 on Wednesday.

Kopitar scored just 2:07 into overtime after a weird bounce gave him a lane up the centre of the ice and he beat Stuart Skinner high to the glove side.

Adrian Kempe, with a pair of goals, Drew Doughty and Kevin Fiala also scored for Los Angeles, which is looking for revenge after being knocked out in the first round by the Oilers the previous two seasons.

Cam Talbot made 27 saves.

Dylan Holloway scored a pair of goals, while Brett Kulak and Zach Hyman also responded for Edmonton. The Oilers failed to win the first two games of a playoff series on home ice for the first time since the second round in 1990.

Skinner stopped 21 shots.

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