Quick makes 31 saves, Kings blank Oilers to win Game 4

LOS ANGELES --Jonathan Quick made 31 saves for his 10th career Stanley Cup Playoff shutout, and the Los Angeles Kings defeated the Edmonton Oilers 4-0 in Game 4 of the Western Conference First Round at Crypto.com Arena on Sunday.

The best-of-7 series is tied 2-2. Game 5 will be in Edmonton on Tuesday.
Quick broke a tie with Mike Richter for most shutouts in the playoffs by a United States-born goalie. It was his first since June 9, 2014, in Game 3 of that Cup Final against the New York Rangers.
"I mean, we played the game that got us to the playoffs," Quick said. "We got pucks deep, we forechecked, blocked shots, (got) pucks to the net and rebounds. We play that way, we can be successful."
The Kings, the No. 3 seed from the Pacific Division, were outscored 14-2 in the previous two games. They lost 8-2 at home in Game 3 on Friday.
"Obviously, I think everyone in our room was tired of giving up that many goals so, as a whole, I think we tried to lock it down more," Los Angeles defenseman Mikey Anderson said. "Get back to our identity, being harder to play against, and trying to give up less than we've given up the last couple games."
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Carl Grundstrom had two goals and an assist, and Trevor Moore and Troy Stecher each had a goal and an assist for the Kings, who had lost six straight home playoff games. They had not won here since defeating the Rangers in Game 5 of the 2014 Cup Final to win their second championship.
Mike Smith made 42 saves for the Oilers, the No. 2 seed from the Pacific.
"I think it's the same thing across the board, probably," Edmonton forward Ryan Nugent-Hopkins said. "Penalty kill, five-on-five, power play, it's just working. We got to outwork those guys."

Moore put the Kings ahead 1-0 at 8:03 of the first period, scoring into an open net off Phillip Danault's backhand pass. Smith lost his balance trying to poke check the puck away from Danault and ended up sprawled face down on the ice as Moore scored his second goal of the playoffs.
"We didn't play very well for two games, and then I can tell you that we played better tonight to a man," Kings coach Todd McLellan said. "It wasn't 100 percent better. It was only like five percent better per player, but we did some of the things we needed to do to win the game, and we hadn't been doing that since Game 1."
Stecher made it 2-0 at 14:03 when Duncan Keith tipped the shot from above the right circle to send the puck in between Smith's legs. Stecher, who was acquired in a trade from the Detroit Red Wings on March 20, had not played in the first three games of the series.
"Well, I didn't think we started anywhere near where we needed to start," Oilers coach Jay Woodcroft said. "We knew they were going to come with a push, and we didn't weather it very well, or certainly the way we wanted to. It's a missed opportunity for us."
Quick made two critical saves in succession late in the second period, getting in front of Kailer Yamamoto's shot from the slot and sending it up off the crossbar despite losing his glove at 18:00 and using his blocker to save Evander Kane's attempt at 18:03.
"That guy makes big saves when you need him to," Anderson said. "Obviously there's a reason he's won two Cups here (2012, 2014) and has been here for however [long] he has been. But he's done it all year for us. Comes up in big games when we need him to."
Grundstrom scored on a breakaway at 15:06 of the third period to increase the lead to 3-0, pushing the puck in sliding headfirst after being tripped from behind by Darnell Nurse to draw a penalty. Grundstrom, who also had the secondary assist on Moore's goal, did not play in Game 3 because of an undisclosed injury.

Edmonton unsuccessfully challenged the play for goaltender interference and received a penalty for delay of game.
Grundstrom scored an empty-net goal at 18:29 for the 4-0 final.
"Pretty darn good night for him," McLellan said. "He's been a really good player for us down the stretch. Trusting player, reliable. … He's got a pretty unique smile, so it's good to see it."
NOTES:Quick is tied for 12th in NHL history in playoff shutouts with Ken Dryden and Henrik Lundqvist. … The Oilers and Kings were each 0-for-3 on the power play. Edmonton came into the game 5-for-11 (45.5 percent). … Moore has five points (two goals, three assists) in the series. … Oilers forward Derek Ryan did not play because of an undisclosed injury. Derick Brassard replaced him on the third line with Nugent-Hopkins and Josh Archibald and had three hits in 8:12. … The Kings scratched forward Andreas Athanasiou, who had no points and a minus-3 rating through three games and defenseman Jordan Spence, who had no points and a minus-4 rating. Gabriel Vilardi replaced Athanasiou and had one shot in 7:04 and Stecher replaced Spence and had four shots in 16:48. … Kings forward Blake Lizotte had a game-high eight shots. … Defenseman Dustin Brown had an assist to pass Tomas Sandstrom for seventh in Kings playoff history with 29. … The Kings had 20 shots on goal in the first, the fifth time they had done that in a playoff period. It was one shy of their record, accomplished three times, most recently in 2000.