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It was an evenly played third period as the game went to OT for the third time in the series.
“We gave up the lead in the second period, but we lost it in overtime,” Kings coach Todd McLellan said. “The start for us was tremendous; it was something we haven’t had in the series. It has been a strange series; the team that gets in the lead kind of takes their foot off the gas.”
A lower-body injury sidelined Fiala for the Kings’ last six regular-season contests as well as the first three games of this series. He had played in only three of the final 16 regular-season games after taking a knee-on-knee hit from Colorado’s Andrew Cogliano on March 9.
Fiala made his impact felt quickly with two assists in the first period. Vilardi put in a rebound at 9:25 to open the scoring after Skinner made a pad save on Fiala’s backhand. Fiala also had an assist on Kopitar’s power-play goal with 1:49 left in the period as the Kings scored twice in 84 seconds to extend their lead to 3-0.
Bouchard began the comeback at 4:55 of the second with a slap shot from the point on the power play. Draisaitl then evened it with a pair of goals. His one-timer midway through the period was the Oilers’ first even-strength goal since late in Game 2.
Draisaitl then tied it at 3 with 10.5 seconds remaining in the period with the Oilers’ second power-play goal. This one was a wrist shot that beat Korpisalo on his blocker side.
Roy’s backhand in front of the net at 4:28 of the third put Los Angeles back on top 4-3, before Kane forced overtime with 3:02 remaining on a snap shot to the far side that Korpisalo was unable to get with his glove.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
