Yamamoto scores late, Oilers eliminate Kings with Game 6 victory

LOS ANGELES -- Kailer Yamamoto scored the go-ahead goal with 3:03 remaining, and the Edmonton Oilers eliminated the Los Angeles Kings with a 5-4 win in Game 6 of the Western Conference First Round at Crypto.com Arena on Saturday.

"I think a lot of people look at the Oilers and think it's a two or three-man team. Couldn't be further from that at all," said Oilers captain Connor McDavid, who had a goal and an assist. "Up and down the lineup we got contributions. … That's what playoff hockey is all about, and it's a good sign for our group."
Edmonton will play the Vegas Golden Knights, who were first in the Pacific Division and had the best record in the Western Conference, in the second round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs.
Klim Kostin scored twice, and Stuart Skinner made 40 saves for the Oilers, the No. 2 seed from the Pacific.
"We are sure of ourselves and sure of what our opportunity is here, and we have an understanding that it's not always going to be smooth sailing," Edmonton coach Jay Woodcroft said. "It's OK that there is some drama in the story."
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Kevin Fiala had a goal and two assists for the Kings, who were the No. 3 seed from the Pacific. Joonas Korpisalo made 21 saves.
"I mean, it comes down to a few plays, obviously," Los Angeles defenseman Sean Durzi said. "They get timely goals. I mean, we got a few timely goals. They just got the last one."
Yamamoto gave the Oilers a 5-4 lead on a long wrist shot at 16:57 of the third period. His goal came after Phillip Danault tied it 4-4 while short-handed at 7:46, shooting into an open net from the slot after Skinner broke his stick trying to pass the puck to Evan Bouchard.
"I was having flashbacks to Game 4 against Calgary last year," McDavid said. "It's good that we've been in that situation before where a weird one goes in. It kind of feels funny that the game is tied, you didn't really do anything wrong, but it was a tough break. … Then the little guy (Yamamoto) steps up here, and it's a credit to those guys."

McDavid gave the Oilers a 1-0 lead 1:25 into the first period, tipping Bouchard's pass under Korpisalo's right leg.
Durzi tied it 1-1 at 8:13 on a shot from above the left circle through the screen of forward Gabriel Vilardi.
Kostin gave the Oilers a 2-1 lead at 11:12. Using Kings defenseman Sean Walker as a screen, he scored on a wrist shot from the high slot.
Leon Draisaitl made it 3-1 at 4:06 of the second period. He scored his seventh goal of the series, and third on the power play, with a one-timer from the right circle set up by McDavid.

Edmonton was 1-for-2 with the man-advantage in Game 6 and 9-for-16 (56.3 percent) in the series. Los Angeles was 2-for-3 in Game 6 and 7-for-21 (33.3 percent) in the series.
Adrian Kempe cut it to 3-2 on a power play at 6:36, going top shelf with a wrist shot from the right circle.
Fiala tied it 3-3 at 8:16 with a wrist shot from the left circle through heavy traffic. He had six points (one goal, five assists) in three games after missing the first three because of a lower-body injury.
"Obviously, a healthy Kevin is different than somebody hurt," Danault said. "But, yeah, we were missing him at the beginning of the series for sure. But he came out pretty strong for us and he played well."
Kostin put Edmonton ahead 4-3 at 10:54 of the second, scoring from the slot after Kings defenseman Drew Doughty's pass to Mikey Anderson along the boards behind the net skipped over his stick.
"They find a way to score some big goals, and their bottom six guys were huge for them. I think that was the turning point there," Danault said. "We played a solid game, but they played the whole game and got rewarded."
NOTES:McDavid has 10 point (three goals, seven assists) during a five-game point streak, including four straight multipoint games. … Bouchard has 10 points (two goals, eight assists) in a six-game point streak. His eight points on the power play (two goals, six assists) tied Denis Potvin, John Carlson, and Paul Coffey for most in NHL history by a defenseman in a playoff series. … The Kings have not won a series in four playoff appearances since winning the Stanley Cup in 2014.