Oilers 'showed a lot of maturity' to rally for Game 4 win

LOS ANGELES --Staring down a 3-1 series deficit in the Western Conference First Round, the Edmonton Oilers rallied twice, including from three goals down in the first period, to defeat the Los Angeles Kings 5-4 in overtime in Game 4 and get back on level ground in the best-of-7 series.

"There are a lot of really proud hockey players and proud people and people that relish working for each other, and none of us were happy with that first period," Oilers coach Jay Woodcroft said. "Saying that, we hit two posts and we had a chance on the doorstep that we were unable to convert. At the end of it, we were down 3-0, and that was our worst period in the series, a series where we haven't given up a heck of a lot."
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Trailing 3-0 entering the second period, Edmonton began its comeback when Evan Bouchard scored a power-play goal on a blast from the point at 4:55.
Leon Draisaitl cut it to 3-2 at 9:41 after Connor McDavid forced a turnover by Kings defenseman Drew Doughty. He then scored another power-play goal for Edmonton to tie it 3-3 at 19:49.
"We've been there before and we had lots of time," Draisaitl said. "Obviously, you want to put a period like that behind yourself and not dwell on that. I thought we had a good meeting (in first intermission) and came out really strong and gave ourselves a chance."
However, in the third period it seemed things might slip away again when Matt Roy scored at 4:28 to put the Kings back in front.
But Jack Campbell, who replaced Stuart Skinner at the start of the second period, kept it a one-goal game when he stopped Viktor Arvidsson on a breakaway at 14:04, allowing Evander Kane to tie 4-4 with 3:02 remaining.
"It was obviously not the first period we wanted to have, getting down 3-0, but I thought we showed a lot of maturity and character to come back in the second and even the score," Kane said. "Them getting one early in the third period, we were able to find one late and finally got the job done in overtime."

That came at 10:39 from Zach Hyman, who took a stretch pass from Bouchard, skated into the left circle and beat Joonas Korpisalo under his right arm.
It was a big goal for Edmonton, which had lost nine of its previous 10 overtime games in the Stanley Cup Playoffs.
"They came out hot in the first, but nobody got down," Campbell said. "We came out in the second and worked hard all night and then got a big goal against a good team in overtime. I felt great right off the hop, and the guys did a great job in front of me. It was a big win."
One that sends the Oilers back home for Game 5 on Tuesday (9:30 p.m. ET; ESPN, CBC, SN, TVAS, KCOP-13) without the prospect of facing elimination.
"There have been three overtime games (in the series) and the other one was tight down to the wire," Hyman said. "There is not much space. Two good teams, two good power plays. … This is what to be expected going in. Everyone thought this was going to be a tough series. Nobody thought it would be an easy one, and now it's a best-of-3."