Anze Kopitar scores in overtime, Kings beat Oilers 5-4 in Game 2 to tie series
by The Hill
The Hill— EDMONTON, Alberta (AP) — Anze Kopitar fired a wrist shot past Stuart Skinner’s glove and into the top corner on a breakaway to give the Los Angeles Kings a 5-4 victory over the Edmonton Oilers on W
NBC Los Angeles—O Captain! My Captain! Anze Kopitar delivers game-winning goal in overtime as Kings stun Oilers 5-4 to even series. Anze Kopitar delivered the game-winning goal in overtime and the Kings defeated the Edmonton Oilers 5-4 to even their best-of-seven series at one game apiece.
Los Angeles Times—Anze Kopitar's overtime goal lifts Kings past Oilers in Game 2 thriller. The NHL regular season is like an anthology of 82 stories, each with their own beginning, middle and end. The playoffs, however, are like a novel, each game a new chapter that builds on the last one. And Kings coach Jim Hiller says likes it that way, especially after his team took the book in a new direction Wednesday with Anze Kopitar scoring 2:07 into overtime to give his team a 5-4 win over the Edmonton Oilers, evening their first-round playoff series with the Oilers at a victory apiece...
NHL.com—Kopitar, Kings defeat Oilers in OT in Game 2 to even West 1st Round series. EDMONTON \-\- Anze Kopitar scored 2:07 into overtime to give the Los Angeles Kings a 5-4 win against the Edmonton Oilers in Game 2 of the Western Conference First Round at Rogers Place on Wednesday.Kopitar, who also had two assists, skated into a deflected pass by Quinton Byfield in the offensive zone and beat Stuart Skinner glove side on a partial breakaway. “Honestly, it was kind of a whacky play where Mikey (Anderson) throws it up the boards, and I think it was \[Byfield\] who tipped it,...