Oilers’ Zach Hyman scores a purpose off his face in Edmonton’s win

This was a painful method to rating a purpose.

Edmonton proper winger Zach Hyman scored a purpose off his face in the course of the Oilers’ 6-3 win over over the visiting Los Angeles Kings on Tuesday evening.

Holding a 4-2 lead within the second interval, the Oilers went on the facility play and received a “face-lift” from Hyman.

Evan Bouchard hammered a slapshot from close to the blue line whereas Hyman was in entrance of the web offering a display in entrance of Kings goalie Phoenix Copley.

As an alternative of simply shielding Copley from the puck, Hyman redirected it into the web … because of his face.

Happily for Hyman, Bouchard didn’t get the entire blast.

Based on the SportsNet broadcast, Hyman got here down “the celebration line first [after the goal], which is a good signal,” including that it virtually was an “virtually a grazing blow.”

Hyman stayed within the recreation.

Nick Bjugstad scored twice for the Oilers, who took a 3-2 sequence lead within the first-round playoff sequence.

The Oilers are a win away from advancing to the second spherical.

Sport 6 is Saturday in Los Angeles. Sport 7, if mandatory, could be Monday in Edmonton.

Leon Draisaitl, Evander Kane, and Brett Kulak additionally scored for Edmonton.

Connor McDavid and defensemen Mattias Ekholm and Darnell Nurse had two assists apiece.

Stuart Skinner was again within the web for Edmonton’s after he was swapped out for Jack Campbell one interval into the Oilers’ Sport 4 additional time win Sunday.

The 24-year-old Skinner made 25 saves.

Kings goalie Joonas Korpisalo was pulled for Copley within the second interval after Edmonton’s fourth purpose.

Korpisalo stopped 15 of 19 pictures earlier than giving method to Copley, who had six saves.

But it surely was Hyman’s purpose that was the memorable one within the win.

— with AP