Oscar Moller makes a good impression with the Los Angeles Kings

"I'm a guy who wants to play more games than practice," he said.

"My parents probably took it pretty hard. I just looked at it as an adventure."

The decision appears to be paying off for Moller, a 19-year-old center. Over the last two seasons playing for the Chilliwack Bruins of the Western Hockey League, he had 71 goals and 151 points in 131 games. In between seasons, he was drafted in the second round by the Kings.

Moller was invited to training camp this month, where he has continued making an impression, despite his youth and unimposing 5-foot-11, 182-pound frame.

In the Kings' first exhibition game Monday, he broke a 4-4 tie with 1 minute 17 seconds remaining in regulation against the Phoenix Coyotes, slapping in a backhand as he cut into the crease. Moller also had two assists in the 6-4 victory.

"Oscar Moller is playing like an NHL player," Kings Coach Terry Murray said after the game. "He's the one guy among the young guys that has absorbed so much information from the start of training camp."

Despite the accolades, Moller is keeping his expectations in check.

Training camp is stacked with talented young forwards, some with NHL experience and a few with more inches in height. Moller said he's mainly concentrating on his own development.

"My main focus is just to work hard, be the best player I could be every day, get a couple exhibition games, do my best in those and go from there," he said. "It's been working out pretty well so far."

Moller is the type of player who should benefit most from the adjusted NHL rules, which prevent much of the clutching and hooking that slowed offensive-minded speedsters prior to the NHL lockout of 2004-05.

"You get a lot more room to use your speed, quickness and hands," he said.

During practice Friday, Moller had the opportunity to skate on the same line as Anze Kopitar and Dustin Brown, the two leading goal scorers for the Kings last season. He took mental notes in between shifts, knowing Kopitar and Brown were in his position not long ago.

"You look at them in practice," he said, "see what they do and you learn from them."

David Meckler, a fifth-round pick in 2006, also has been matched with Moller on several occasions. Meckler said he has learned to keep his eyes trained on Moller while on the ice.

"He's got incredible vision out there and he's able to find guys," Meckler said. "He can definitely score too, so when he gets the puck you have to be ready for anything."

dan.arritt@latimes.com