Evander Kane and Evan Bouchard scored in a 10-second span in the third period and the Edmonton Oilers beat Los Angeles 7-4 on Friday night to cut the Kings' series lead to 2-1. Kane tied at 4 with 6:42 left on a wild scramble in front of the goal.

In last year’s playoffs (25 games), the McDavid line combined with the Bouchard pairing outscored opponents 23-8 (74 percent) at five-on-five in 347 minutes. That kind of high-octane performance (3.98 GF-60 for the line) turned a five-on-five shift into a power play.

That is “one” step in the right direction. That is the motto that the Edmonton Oilers and Oil Country will now be thinking. Playing at home was able to change the storyline in a big way.