For Leon Draisaitl, the answer is easy. The Edmonton Oilers simply need to find another gear. The Los Angeles Kings thumped the Oilers 6-2 on Wednesday to take a 2-0 lead in their best-of-seven, first-round playoff series. The result smarts but Draisaitl said Edmonton's locker room has what it takes to rally from the deficit.

The Edmonton Oilers are down 0-2 in their first-round series against the Los Angeles Kings and return home to head into Game 3. While it has been a familiar story for the Oilers in previous postseasons with their head-to-head matchups with the Kings,

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.