Edmonton will offer electric atmosphere and a familiar foe as Kings open first-round series
Kings Coach Todd McLellan was glib, vague and terse at practice a day before the Kings chartered a flight for Edmonton to begin their first-round series against the Oilers on Monday.
“It’ll be either Copley or Korpisalo,” said McLellan, enumerating all the available options and having previously hinted at the possibility of alternating his netminders. The Oilers’ two-headed monster of Connor McDavid and Leon Draisaitl are part of the best-of-their-era conversation, both on the power play and overall. Draisaitl had a career-best point total of 128 and finished heads above the rest of the NHL, save for McDavid. McDavid’s 153 points were two shy of Steve Yzerman’s 155 for the most for a player other than Wayne Gretzky or Mario Lemieux, who between them own the top 13 individual scoring campaigns in hockey history.
Edmonton had signed former King Jack Campbell as its answer in net, but ultimately rode rookie Stuart Skinner to the hottest finish from March 1 onward by a wide margin. They also made a bold move for defenseman Mattias Ekholm and shored up their depth down the middle with Nick Bjugstad. Doughty noted that Edmonton played a more physical game in their late-season victories over the Kings than they did in a pair of Kings wins earlier in the season.
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