The longest seven-game homestand of this regular season in the West down the stretch for the Los Angeles Kings (34-26-19) and the final home game for Anze Kopitar wrapped up a very heartfelt and emotional night on the ice vs. the Edmonton Oilers (40-30-10) on Saturday (April 11) this weekend.
Artemi Panarin scores the eventual game-winning goal for the Los Angeles Kings in a shutout 1-0 win in the Pacific Division on Saturday
Kopitar and the Kings and the coaching staff got a huge win on the ice in the standings in the West this regular season down the stretch yesterday vs. Edmonton in the division. Goalie Anton Forsberg registered a shutout, stopping all 27 shots he faced from the Oilers and Connor McDavid in the zone defensively yesterday.
Artemi Panarin tallied one of the biggest goals he's scored in a Kings' uniform this regular season down the stretch in this past couple of months in the West in the opening frame in the first period off of a Oilers turnover around center ice early in the game yesterday.
This game between the Kings and Oilers on the ice yesterday had the energy and physical intensity you would expect from a playoff-level matchup from these two teams in the Pacific Division.
Here are two studs and one dud from the Kings' 1-0 shutout win over the Oilers in the Pacific Division in the regular season finale at home on Saturday afternoon.
Stud: Artemi Panarin, F
Panarin has been really good offensively in the zone for the Kings in the West this regular season in this past month or so for the team on the stat sheet. He's scored at a pace of around one point per game in this past couple of months on the ice for the Kings this regular season since this past February late.
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The game's only goal on the scoreboard in the opening frame in the first period was scored yesterday early by Panarin on a breakaway against Edmonton's Connor Ingram in goal in the crease. Panarin roofed one past Ingram to give the Kings the momentum on the ice and on the scoreboard early in the game yesterday in the opening frame in the first period vs. Edmonton in the Pacific Division.
Panarin now has a two-game point streak in the West in the Pacific Division this regular season late down the stretch for the Kings in this past few days on the ice. He's scored one goal and three total points offensively in the zone for the Kings in this past couple of games in the West in the Pacific Division this regular season down the stretch.