Oilers advance to second round after 5-4 win over Kings
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Kailer Yamamoto scored the late third-period winner for the Edmonton Oilers in a 5-4 win over the Los Angeles Kings to close out their playoff series Saturday.
Kailer Yamamoto scored the late third-period winner for the Edmonton Oilers in a 5-4 win over the Los Angeles Kings to close out their playoff series Saturday.
The Oilers took the best-of-seven conference quarterfinal four games to two. Edmonton meets the Vegas Golden Knights in the second round.
Yamamoto scored his first of the playoffs at 16:58 of the third period. He circled to the top of the faceoff circle and throwing an off-speed shot through traffic into the top corner of the Los Angeles net.
Klim Kostin scored two goals and had an assist and Connor McDavid had a goal and an assist for the Oilers.
Leon Draisaitl also scored for Edmonton. Defencemen Evan Bouchard and Vincent Desharnais each had two assists.
Stuart Skinner made a series-high 40 saves for the win.
The Oilers' goalie had the bad luck to break his stick in the third period, which led to a Kings' short-handed goal to tie the game.
