EDMONTON --The Edmonton Oilers and Los Angeles Kings each will try to get the upper hand in the Western Conference First Round in Game 5 at Rogers Place on Tuesday.
"It's a 2-2 series going on the road, and we have to win one on the road, there is no secret to it," Kings center Anze Kopitar said Tuesday. "There's no downside to it. It's a good challenge for this team."
The Oilers rallied twice for a 5-4 overtime win in Game 4 at Crypto.com Arena on Sunday. Edmonton battled back from a 3-0 deficit in the first period and fell behind 4-3 in the third before forward Evander Kane tied it at 16:58 of the third and forward Zach Hyman won it at 10:39 of sudden death.
Three of the four games of the series have gone into overtime, including victories by Los Angeles in Games 1 and 3.
"It's exciting, the last win was obviously huge for us and it's nice to carry over that energy and momentum coming back home tonight," Oilers defenseman Brett Kulak said. "We're looking forward to it. We kind of got a bit of a wake-up call in the first period in the last game. What it's going to take to beat these guys is to have that work ethic every shift, and we're excited."
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Stuart Skinner will start for Edmonton after being pulled following the first period of Game 4, when the goalie allowed three goals on 11 shots. He was replaced by Jack Campbell, who stopped 27 of 28 shots.
"Stuart Skinner has been our starting goaltender here in the second half of the year, we expect a great game out of him today," Oilers coach Jay Woodcroft said. "We have two really good goaltenders and that's a luxury for a head coach to have and in the end, it's the head coach's decision."
When a best-of-7 series is tied, the winner of Game 5 holds a series record of 224-61 (.786).
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