Pearson scores late, Kings beat Oilers 3-2

The Los Angeles Kings have officially put a tough start to the season behind them.

Defenseman Drew Doughty led the way with two assists for the Kings (5-3-0).

Kopitar and Jeff Carter also scored for the Kings. All three were hard plays for the netminder due to either circumstance or defensive breakdowns, and all three came amidst a flurry of exceptional saves. The puck struck Oilers defender Andrej Sekera in front, and Pearson was there to pounce on it. Look for Talbot to continue seeing the majority of starts in the Edmonton Oilers ‘ crease and build off this 30-save performance.

“I knew I didn’t see it go in”, Quick said. He impressed in place of an injured Henrik Lundqvist last season while posting a goals-against-average of 2.21 and save-percentage of.926.

“He comes exactly as advertised”, Kings coach Darryl Sutter said after the morning skate. “It was a power-play goal, and he’s in the slot”. “It was a competitive night by our club against a team that has pushed it before against Edmonton”. “We just fought back and we came within inches at the end”.

“There were a lot of positives in the game”.

The Oilers tied the game with six minutes left in the third as Hall was able to tip a Ryan Nugent-Hopkins feed past Quick to make it 2-2.

Los Angeles’ victory means they move up to 10 points in the Pacific Division. There was video review that tried to determine if the puck crossed the line, but the call on the ice stood, no goal. “It just shows that he’s a world-class goaltender”.

Cam Talbot stopped 31 of 34 shots in Sunday’s loss to the Kings. It is what it is. “Get the puck in and create chances, and tonight it worked out”.

The first of those three tallies, scored in the first period of the Flames tilt by winger David Jones was a tipped point shot through traffic, which just barely trickled in. Pouliot corralled a big rebound from a McDavid attempt and sent a shot past Quick. Carter was able to bank a shot from behind the goal line and past Talbot for his third goal of the season at 6:04.

The Oilers played half the game with five defensemen after Justin Schultz left because of an undisclosed injury.

The 28-year-old took a few time to settle in over his first three games with the team, and certainly didn’t catch any breaks as he opened his season against the St. Louis Blues (twice) and the Nashville Predators – two bona fide Western Conference titans.