The “cleanup guy” scored the overtime winner for the Los Angeles Kings, who surged to a 4-3 victory over the Edmonton Oilers for an early lead in their playoff series Monday.
Anze Kopitar’s power-play goal with 16.7 seconds remaining in regulation sent Game 1 into extra time. Alex Iafallo’s power-play goal at 9:19 ended it in OT.
“Alex is kind of our unsung hero,” Kings head coach Todd McLellan said. “He cleans up.
“(Assistant coach) Trent Yawney always says he cleans up a lot of messes. Errors, mistakes, for teammates, he seems to be the cleanup guy.
“But on the other side of it,
