Kopitar's OT winner lifts Kings to 5-4 win over Oilers to even series at 1-1

Anže Kopitar scored the overtime winner and had a pair of assists as the Los Angeles Kings knocked off the Edmonton Oilers 5-4 to tie their opening-round playoff series 1-1 on Wednesday.

Kopitar scored just 2:07 into overtime after a weird bounce gave him a lane up the centre of the ice and he beat Stuart Skinner high to the glove side.

Adrian Kempe, with a pair of goals, Drew Doughty and Kevin Fiala also scored for Los Angeles, which is looking for revenge after being knocked out in the first round by the Oilers the previous two seasons.

Cam Talbot made 27 saves. Skinner stopped 21 shots.

Dylan Holloway scored a pair of goals, while Brett Kulak and Zach Hyman also responded for Edmonton. The Oilers failed to win the first two games of a playoff series on home ice for the first time since the second round in 1990.

The Kings opened the scoring just 3:19 into the first period. Edmonton flubbed a chance to escape its own zone, allowing Kopitar to feed it to Kempe, who sent a wrist shot past Skinner for his second of the playoffs.

The same duo gave Los Angeles a two-goal advantage with 5:03 to play in the first. Kopitar's pass deflected in front to Kempe, who did a nifty job corralling the puck and then batting it out of mid-air and past Skinner for his second of the contest.

Edmonton came close to getting that goal back less than a minute later as the puck was loose in the crease before a dogpile formed even inside the net itself, keeping the Oilers off the board.

Kulak put his side on the board with 2:27 to play in the first period. Leon Draisaitl dropped it back to Kulak in the high slot and he got all of it for his second career playoff goal.

However, just 29 seconds later, the Kings responded when Doughty was sent in on