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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 Oilers’ pulled that goal back on a power play less than three minutes later when Perry took three whacks at the puck before getting it by Kuemper.

After Brown pulled Edmonton even again, Moore scored nine seconds later when he drove to the net and poked the puck past Pickard.

“Sometimes you make plays and the puck goes in the net and you get an assist,” coach Jim Hiller said before the game.

When the puck is traveling at 85 mph, it will react unpredictably.