The Kings allowed the Oilers' offense to take over during Game 5, and now L.A.'s season is at stake after a 6-3 loss Tuesday night in Edmonton.
after Kopitar had made a good play to keep the puck in the zone. Kempe has scored at least one point in all five games of this series.
A minute later, the Oilers rebuilt a two-goal margin when defenseman Brett Kulak darted in from the blue line to snap a shot past Korpisalo. But the Kings cut that lead to 3-2 when Kempe got behind the defense and unleashed a wrist shot that eluded goalie Stuart Skinner at 17:35. The second period was sleepy, by comparison, until the Oilers woke up the crowd by extending their lead to 4-2 when Bjugstad tipped a shot by Cody Ceci. That was the last shot faced by Korpisalo, who was replaced by Copley after stopping 15 of 19 shots. The appearance was the first in the Stanley Cup playoffs for Copley, a journeyman who saved the Kings’ season after Cal Petersen and Quick stumbled.
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