Both teams appear stronger than last year’s first-round series, won in seven games thanks to the brilliance of Edmonton’s Connor McDavid and Leon Draisaitl
Last year’s first-round clash between the Kings and Edmonton Oilers was such an entertaining, edifying series that it only seemed fitting that they would meet again.
“We’re in a good spot,” Kings forward Trevor Moore said. “We’ve been doing it for 82 games now and I feel like we know what we’re doing; whoever we get in the playoffs I think has a big challenge.”For the Kings, their lineup last season was brimming with first-time competitors in the playoffs, while the Oilers were looking to make the leap from invitee to guest of honor.
McDavid’s 153 points were the most by any player in a single season since Mario Lemieux’s 161 in 1995-96, the 15th most in NHL history and the second most by any player other than Lemieux or Wayne Gretzky. That made him a lock for the Hart Trophy and Ted Lindsay Award with the Art Ross Trophy and his first Maurice Richard Trophy already in his back pocket. McDavid concluded the campaign on a 16-game scoring streak and Edmonton ended on a 15-game points streak.
That trio was historically productive on the power play, an area where the Kings improved vastly but fell short of Edmonton’s lethal quickstrike ability. Yet the Kings kept Edmonton’s NHL-leading unit and its top three power-play producers off the board entirely in the first three meetings of the season.The Kings bottled up Edmonton at times last spring thanks to a hermetic 1-3-1 system and the defensive savvy of their top centers, Anze Kopitar and Phillip Danault.
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