Oilers push Kings to brink of elimination with decisive Game 5 win in Edmonton
CBC
Nick Bjugstad scored a pair of goals for the Oilers in Tuesday's 6-3 win over the visiting Los Angeles Kings as Edmonton took a 3-2 lead in their playoff series.
The Oilers are a win away from advancing to the second round. Game 6 is Saturday in Los Angeles. A Game 7, if necessary, would be Monday in Edmonton.
Leon Draisaitl, Evander Kane, Zach Hyman and Brett Kulak also scored for Edmonton.
Stuart Skinner returned to Edmonton's net after he was swapped out for Jack Campbell a period into Edmonton's Game 4 overtime win Sunday.
The 24-year-old Edmontonian made 25 saves for the win.
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His Los Angeles counterpart Joonas Korpisalo was pulled for Phoenix Copley in Tuesday's second period after Edmonton's fourth goal.
Korpisalo, who has faced more rubber than any other goalie this post-season, stopped 15 of 19 shots before giving way to Copley and his six saves.
Quinton Byfield, Adrian Kempe and Alex Iafallo scored for the Kings.
When the two clubs clashed in the first round last year, the Kings claimed Game 5 to take the series lead to Los Angeles, where the Oilers won back-to-back.
Edmonton now has the chance in this series to close it out on the road.
Bjugstad scored his second of the game at 4:26 of the third period.
His floating backhand toward the net went off the skate of Kings defenceman Mikey Anderson and across the goal line.
Byfield scored the Kings' third goal at 6:33 shooting upstairs on Skinner from the Edmonton goalie's doorstep.
