***Playoffs Round 1, Game 1 GDT Oilers vs. Kings 4/21/25 7:00pm on ESPN2 & FanDuel***

[VCRW]

Q played almost 23 minutes tonight. Most of any Kings forward. What a difference a year makes!

 

[VF]

There is a lot to address, but a win is a win. Go watch some tape boys.

 

[Pevsfreedom]

BTW McDavid looked like 10 years older and sick as hell and still gets what, 5 points? Serious eye bags and yellow lookin.

The guy is bananas - skates in 1 on 5 and either goes to the center and like teleports the puck to somebody wide open with all 5 of the Kings on him or just spins in for a goal that you don't even see release.

 

[hornman]

Jesus H Christ

I almost had a freaking heart attack. I'm going to have to hit Tom's Watch Bar for some additional libation to calm me down.

What a night!

I had to break out the Springbank 10 year old. Need a hard reset. LOL.

 

[Tiranga]

The skate up the ice and the pass by TO was beautiful. Danault's shot was even better with that knuckle ball. Skinner couldn't believe it when it went into the net.

 

[Clif]

Jesus H Christ

I almost had a freaking heart attack. I'm going to have to hit Tom's Watch Bar for some additional libation to calm me down.

What a night!

The amount of pacing I just did. I am so wired dead sober I won’t sleep for a bit. What a ride. An exhilarating, excruciating, and ultimately awesome ride. Enjoy Tom’s. I’m treating Wednesday differently.

 

[LUUUUC!]

Oilers coach is such a goober... Kings need to come up big on Wednesday!!!!!

 

[Bill Hicks]

Great win, but the Kings need to stop watching McDavid. He was rusty the 1st 2 periods. That 2nd period goal with 6 secs left was the catalyst. No way the Kings should allow this to happen again

Did you miss mcD holding Kopi's stick?
Blatant missed call.

 

[orpheus]

Oilers coach is such a goober... Kings need to come up big on Wednesday!!!!!

I didn't think the Kings would lose even after the Oilers scored. It's good that they didn't or I would've felt like a Goober.

 

[Bill Hicks]

Darcy HAS to be better.

 

[Statue4Deano]

Trevor Moore was excellent tonight. Maybe his best playoff game as a King.

 

[jcwla]

I fear Edmonton - the dirtiest, cheatiest team around, and a true collection of the most garbage people - probably won the series with that third period. What I was waiting to see was are we still mentally weak. The 4-1 goal suggested yes but okay. The third period screamed yes. No lead is safe. When we were winning, the merest of leads was safe.

 

[emsomaso]

Did you miss mcD holding Kopi's stick?
Blatant missed call.

Add to that the 100% obvious trip from Perry when we were on our way to a 2 on 1 with an empty net. There is simply NO WAY the refs didn’t see that one, they just decided to ignore that…

But we still won!!!!!!

 

[Halfwall]

The Kings only played 3 lines vs the Oilers 4. Still the oil overplayed their top D. Kings 40% on the pp and 100% on the pk. Kings have to hold serve Wed to have a chance to win this series.

 

[emsomaso]

Would love a WTS thread about this crazy game, especially with lots of focus on the last minute winning goal from Danault…

 

[brasspucks]

Tonight's game gave me flashbacks to 2012. Crazy intense third period with setbacks but the team found a way to win. What a rush at the end!

 

[aragorn]

And how was that not a tripping call late? Oilers can't stop our O... next game in the bag!

 

[Bollocks]

I fear Edmonton - the dirtiest, cheatiest team around, and a true collection of the most garbage people - probably won the series with that third period. What I was waiting to see was are we still mentally weak. The 4-1 goal suggested yes but okay. The third period screamed yes. No lead is safe. When we were winning, the merest of leads was safe.

Ah so if the Kings weren't mentally weak they'd simply won 4-0 against the team with two of the most talented offensive players in the world?

Yeah OK.

 

[jcwla]

When you have lost three times in a row to this team, when you have lost games you led 4-0, yes, you do whatever it takes to get out of that second period without giving them life. They have two great superstars but nobody else has given them anywhere near the number of shell-shocked, pathetic periods we have. Yeah OK.

 

[05/29/93]

If the Kings had lost this game, series over. The Kings gave themselves another chance.