Although Edmonton has dominated play in stretches, the Kings will look to make adjustments that can even the best-of-seven series on Sunday.
If the Kings-Oilers series was a title fight instead of a hockey playoff, even a blind referee might consider stopping it. Through three games, the Kings have been outshot, outskated, outhit and outscored. Boy, have they been outscored: Edmonton twice led the opener of the first-round series by four goals and they won Game 3 on Friday by five, 6-1. The Kings’ penalty kill has been deadly — for the Kings, with the Oilers scoring seven times in 14 man-advantage opportunities.
“Like I said, it’s 2 to 1,” Roy repeated. “We’re still in the series, we’re not out of it. And no one’s going to quit in here.” Yet the Kings clearly have a lot of work to do and precious little time to get it done. For starters, they have to button down a penalty kill that ranked second in the NHL, yet has given as many power-play goals in three postseason games as it allowed in its final 11 regular-season ones.
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