Edmonton’s Ryan Nugent-Hopkins celebrates after scoring a goal against Kings goaltender Cam Talbot, right, during the second period of Game 1 of their first-round playoff series Monday, April 22, 2023, in Edmonton, Alberta. The Kings anticipated another playoff matchup with the Edmonton Oilers this season and envisioned it as being different from the past two years, when the Oilers sent them to golf tees and fishing boats in successive springs.
Analytically, interim coach Jim Hiller said the matchup was closer than suggested by results from the regular season, when Edmonton took three of four clashes including the final two meetings by an 8-3 aggregate score. They did get a goal from their bottom six, and from Dubois no less: a Rube Goldberg machine of a goal with a shot that was initially blocked by the Oilers’ Cody Ceci, sending it careening wide into the skate of Edmonton’s Darnell Nurse and serendipitously into the net.
One such penalty was Moore’s clipping of defenseman Vincent Desharnais’ knee, which drew a minor penalty but no supplemental discipline despite bearing some similarity to the play for which former Edmonton forward Josh Archibald was suspended in the 2021 playoffs. For the Oilers, personnel changes seemed unlikely, especially to their top line. Former Duck Adam Henrique scored his first postseason goal since 2012, when he potted one for the New Jersey Devils against the Kings in the Stanley Cup Final, and added an assist. Zach Hyman, who is Jewish, celebrated Passover’s first seder with a hat trick and a helper.
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