The Edmonton Oilers faced the prospect of going down 3-0 to the Los Angeles Kings in Game 3 of their first-round series, but former Buffalo Sabre Evander Kane played a key role in the Oilers 7-4 comeback victory at Rogers Arena on Friday.
Kane took the spot of another former Buffalo winger Jeff Skinner in Game 2, and after a scoreless outing in his first game in 10 months, the big forward assisted on Connor Brown’s second-period goal and tied the game on a controversial goal late in the third period. After going to the front of the net, Kane kicked the puck to his stick and slide it past a prone Darcy Kuemper.
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The officials ruled it a good goal, but Kings coach Jim Hiller challenged the goal for goalie interference. After ruling that there was not any contact with Kuemper, the Oilers went on the power play and Evan Bouchard scored the game-winner 10 seconds later.
After a review for a kicking motion AND a challenge for goaltender interference, Evander Kane gets his first of the playoffs.
The official call is that Kane kicked the puck to his stick and was able to shoot it before it went in. pic.twitter.com/Aw0y3ZgMVJ
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Here is how some former Sabres did in the playoffs on Friday:
Joel Armia (MTL) 1A, -1, 15:18 TOI, 1 SOG
William Carrier (CAR) 14:32 TOI, 6 Hits, 2 SOG
Eric Robinson (CAR) -1, 16:25 TOI, 3 Hits
Taylor Hall (CAR) -1, 19:33 TOI, 1 SOG
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