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Hyman then put the Oilers in front for the first time on a play that began innocently enough, with Nugent-Hopkins sending the puck off the boards on a faceoff deep in the Kings end.

The carom found Darnell Nurse at the point and he sent a one-timer on goal that Kings’ goalie Darcy Kuemper had a bead on before Hyman got his stick up, redirecting the puck into the back into the back of the net.

Still, Edmonton played with urgency, taking its first lead of the series less than three minutes in when an unguarded Nugent-Hopkins took a Zach Hyman pass directly in front of the net and pushed the puck under Kings goalie Darcy Kuemper.

The goals from Hyman and McDavid came after Edmonton pulled its goalie in the final three minutes.

Together Draisaitl and McDavid combined for 206 points during the regular season but they hadn’t been on the ice together in more than a month until Monday, when McDavid assisted on the goals by Draisaitl, Perry and Hyman, then scored the tying goal.