To keep in step with a high-powered offense like that of the Oilers, the Kings needed to have all hands on deck as much as possible. “Maybe we were a bit too passive in this series,” LA defenseman Matt Roy said. The Kings didn’t block enough shots, Kings center Phillip Danault said after their Game 6 loss to Edmonton, per Helene Elliott of the Los Angeles Times. Although the Kings appeared to have some measure of success in slowing down McDavid, who scored just one even-strength goal in the entire series, the Oilers still recorded a 5-on-5 54.35 expected goals for percentage to just a 5-on-545.65 expected goals for by Los Angeles.
The Oilers have two 100-point men on the team in Draisaitl and McDavid. The Kings let Edmonton get too many good looks With that all that said, here are some of the reasons they faltered against the Oilers. It’s another painful end to the season for Los Angeles, which now faces a long offseason ahead of them. The Kings looked as though they were going to get the job done when they took a 2-1 lead after three games but failed to win another the rest of the way. The two teams met again in the same round in the 2023 edition of the NHL postseason, but this time, the series ended one game shorter - and with the same result. The Los Angeles Kings took Connor McDavid and the Edmonton Oilers to Game 7 in the first round of last year’s Stanley Cup Playoffs during a first-round showdown.
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