Power play, dominant Draisaitl were key to Oilers’ first-round win
The NHL’s top-scoring team sputtered at even-strength to start the series. The league’s No. 1 power play rode to the rescue a few times in the series going 9-for-16 overall for a 56.3-per-cent success rate. Two power-play goals in the second period kick-started Edmonton’s Game 4 comeback.The 23-year-old defenceman took over quarterbacking the aforementioned power play after Tyson Barrie’s trade to Nashville for Ekholm.
“I really, really pride myself on that. That’s really important to me.”Reuniting Draisaitl and McDavid on a line alongside Evander Kane didn’t immediately bear fruit in a 3-2 OT loss in Game 3, but that trio put hard miles on the Kings’ defence. A McDavid-to-Draisaitl even-strength goal in the second period of Game 4 accelerated the comeback, and seemed a catalyst for the secondary scoring that came after. Nine different Oilers scored 16 goals after that period.
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