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Zach Hyman Make Bold Guarantee for Game 2 After Comeback Heartbreakingly Falls Short


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Daniel Lucente
April 22, 2025  (10:40)
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Edmonton Oilers' Stuart Skinner attempts a save against the Los Angeles Kings
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The Oilers nearly pulled off the most impossible comeback, but it fell short when they gave up a goal in the final minute, which has led them to make a guarantee.

Phillip Danault scored his second goal of the night with just 42 seconds left in regulation to propel the Los Angeles Kings to a 6-5 victory over the Edmonton Oilers in Game 1 of the Western Conference First Round at Crypto.com Arena on Monday.

The Kings blew a four goal lead

After squandering a four-goal lead, the Kings regained control when Danault's wrist shot from the high slot took an odd bounce, fluttering past Stuart Skinner's right shoulder.
His winner came not long after Connor McDavid had knotted the game 5-5 at the 18:32 mark. McDavid, skating in on the attack, fired a shot off the left post from the right circle, beating Darcy Kuemper with Skinner pulled for an extra attacker.
Game 2 of the best-of-seven series will be at the same venue on Wednesday. Zach Hyman spoke following this heartbreaking loss and made a bold guarantee for the next game, and he promised the team will be a lot better than they were last night.
"We can be a lot better," Hyman admitted. "We gave ourselves a chance to win the game. I like that we stayed with it even though there were a lot of opportunities to quit.

"We still lost, but I think you can take some positives out of that."

"We fell short today, which sucks, nobody is happy about it. We have a history of bouncing back, and I'm sure we'll play a lot better in Game 2."
Andrei Kuzmenko and Adrian Kempe each recorded a goal and two assists, and Quinton Byfield and Kevin Fiala each scored a goal and had an assist. Kuemper stopped 20 shots as the Kings, the No. 2 Pacific Division seed, held on for the win.
McDavid had a goal and three assists in a highlight-reel outing for the Oilers. Leon Draisaitl and Corey Perry each had a goal and an assist, and Skinner stopped 24 shots for the No. 3 Pacific seed.
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