The Edmonton Oilers have a 2-0 lead over the Anaheim Ducks after the first period in Game 4 of their first-round playoff series on Sunday night.
Kasperi Kapanen opened the scoring just 38 seconds into the game. Hanging around the front of the net, the puck found its way to Kapanen, who spun around and shot the puck past Ducks goaltender Lukas Dostal for the early 1-0 lead.
Jake Walman and Jason Dickinson got the assists on Kapanen’s goal.
Ryan Nugent-Hopkins doubled Edmonton’s lead six minutes later on the power play as his wrist shot from the circle beat Dostal. Evan Bouchard and Connor McDavid picked up the assists on the goal.
The Oilers made a goaltending change prior to the game as Kris Knoblauch opted to start Tristan Jarry ahead of Connor Ingram, who started the first three games of the series.
Jarry went 9-6-2 as an Oiler in the regular season with a 3.86 goals-against average and an .858 save percentage.
Ingram allowed 14 goals on 93 shots in the first three games of the series.
