Oil were once again outshot, bad on the dot, gave too many pucks away and basically relied on the PP to create the only solid offense they could muster... and once again relying on a hot goalie to keep them in the game.
It's like turning the clock back before the last 2 games which they were great in.
Granted the Kings are a physical and stingy team defensively but once again the Oilers had chances and didn't capitalize.
Frustrating game because it feels like in many ways the Oil took a big step back tonight but realistically I think they just met up with a hungry team that had a plan to shut the Oilers down and they did it very well.
Oilers need to regroup and come back swinging hard in the next game. I think they can do that.
Eager had a solid game as did Fistric. They were the best Oilers along with Khabi who was excellent. The old dog has genuinely surprised me with how solid he has played. Gotta give credit where it's due.
Hartikainen looked pretty much invisible again which is a worrying trend for him. He needs to find more game if he doesn't want to be sent back to OKC when Jones and Petrell come back in... because that's where he's headed at this rate.
Top line had lots of try in them... Hall especially I thought was working hard and giving his all but collectively they had a lot less room out there and were on the ice for for all 3 goals against.
Again credit to the Kings for playing a smart, physical veteran style game that essentially shut down a lot of the free wheeling the Oil were trying to accomplish. Still they had enough chances that they should have buried more... just wasn't to be.
