3 Keys: Kings at Oilers, Game 2 of Western 1st Round

(P3) Kings at (P2) Oilers
Western Conference First Round, Game 2
10 p.m. ET; ESPN, CBC, SN, TVAS, BSSC
Los Angeles leads best-of-7 series 1-0

EDMONTON -- The Los Angeles Kings will try to defeat the Edmonton Oilers for the second straight time on the road and take a 2-0 series lead back home with a victory in Game 2 of the Western Conference First Round at Rogers Place on Wednesday.
Teams that lead 2-0 in a best-of-7 series have gone on to win the series 86.4 percent of the time (342-54). Last season, teams who took a 2-0 lead went 5-2.
"Of course, we'd like to win tonight and we're going to do everything in our power," Kings captain Anze Kopitar said. "But you have to realize that they are a good team on the other side and it's going to be a good battle again tonight."
The Kings fought back from a two-goal deficit twice for a 4-3 overtime win in Game 1 on Monday. Kopitar had a goal and three assists.
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Los Angeles also held Edmonton captain Connor McDavid, the NHL scoring champion, off the score sheet. McDavid, who had 153 points (64 goals, 89 assists) during the regular season, had five shots on goal in 25:24 of ice time in Game 1 and was minus-2.
"We did a lot of good things in that game, and I was quite happy with the way Connor played that game," Oilers coach Jay Woodcroft said. "Their line had numerous chances, it didn't go in for them, but I liked the way a lot of things happened in that game. He's the best player in the world and he can figure lots of things out."
Here are 3 keys for Game 2:

1. Discipline

The Kings were 2-for-6 on the power play in Game 1. Kopitar scored the tying goal at 19:43 of the third period on a 6-on-4 advantage with goalie Joonas Korpisalo pulled for an extra attacker, and forward Alex Iafallo scored the winning goal on the power play 9:19 into overtime. Los Angeles had the fourth-best power play in the NHL during the regular season at 25.3 percent. Edmonton, which was 1-for-3 with the man-advantage in Game 1, had the best power play in NHL history this season, at 32.4 percent.
"I don't have the exact number, but I think we killed somewhere around 10 minutes (8:22), and that's too much," Woodcroft said. "Anytime you give a good power play 10 minutes to do their thing it's too much. I thought through the first two periods the penalty kill was excellent. They got a little life when it was 6-on-4, and we didn't execute on a face-off in overtime and they stung us there."

2. Containing McDavid

The Kings are matching up centers Phillip Danault and Kopitar as much as possible against McDavid. Danault had 24:29 of ice time to 25:24 for McDavid, who entered Game 1 on a 16-game point streak (29 points; 10 goals, 19 assists) to finish the regular season.
"It's about limiting, he's obviously a world-class player and he's going to get his chances," Kopitar said. "You just have to try to limit them to the fewest that we possibly can. We can do a better job in some areas, but we'll try to do much of the same. He's not going to stay off the scoresheet for too long. It's a reset and reload tonight and make sure we're ready again."

3. Goaltending duel

Korpisalo made 37 saves in his first playoff start for the Kings, after being acquired in a trade with the Columbus Blue Jackets on March 1. Korpisalo kept the Oilers from extending their lead in the second period after they went ahead 2-0 in the first. Korpisalo made 13 saves in the second to keep Los Angeles within reach entering the third.
Edmonton goalie Stuart Skinner made 31 saves in his first Stanley Cup Playoffs start. He allowed three goals on 14 shots in the third period and was beaten on the fourth shot he faced in overtime.
"It's massive being able to move forward after losses and being able to move forward after wins," Skinner said Tuesday. "All those things, when it does happen, you have to know it's in the past and you can't do anything about it. I think it was very important for me to wake up and realize it's behind me, you can't do anything about it, and it's a good thing I was able to go through that, because I'm a better man for it."

Kings projected lineup

Quinton Byfield -- Anze Kopitar -- Adrian Kempe
Trevor Moore -- Phillip Danault -- Viktor Arvidsson
Alex Iafallo -- Blake Lizotte -- Gabriel Vilardi
Carl Grundstrom -- Rasmus Kupari -- Arthur Kaliyev
Mikey Anderson -- Drew Doughty
Vladislav Gavrikov -- Matt Roy
Alexander Edler -- Sean Durzi
Joonas Korpisalo
Pheonix Copley
Scratched: Jaret Anderson-Dolan, Alex Laferriere, Sean Walker, Zack MacEwen
Injured: Kevin Fiala (lower body)

Oilers projected lineup

Ryan Nugent-Hopkins -- Connor McDavid -- Zach Hyman
Evander Kane -- Leon Draisaitl -- Kailer Yamamoto
Klim Kostin -- Nick Bjugstad -- Warren Foegele
Ryan McLeod -- Derek Ryan
Darnell Nurse -- Cody Ceci
Mattias Ekholm -- Evan Bouchard
Brett Kulak -- Vincent Desharnais
Philip Broberg
Stuart Skinner
Jack Campbell
Scratched: Devin Shore
Injured: Ryan Murray (back), Mattias Janmark (undisclosed)

Status report

Vilardi will return after missing a 4-3 overtime win in Game 1 on Monday and the final nine games of the regular season with an upper-body injury; he likely will replace MacEwen, a forward. ... Janmark, a center, is not expected to play after blocking a shot in Game 1; the Oilers could play 11 forwards and seven defensemen, with Broberg entering the lineup if Janmark doesn't play.
NHL.com staff writer David Satriano contributed to this report