Leon Draisaitl took a McDavid Connor pass and scored the race at 15:20 of extra time to give the Edmonton Oilers a 5-4 victory over the Vegas Golden Knights on Thursday night and a 2-0 advantage in the second round series.
After not capitalizing on a five -minute power play when the Las Vegas defense, Nicolas Roy, an important penalty was evaluated to verify 5:37 in extra time, the Oilers did not waste the opportunity later when the most dynamic offensive duo of the NHL combined for the winner.
Vasily Podkolzin, Jake Walman, Darnell Nurse and Evander Kane also scored for the Oilers, and Viktor Arvidsson and Ryan Nugent-Hopkins had two assists. Calvin Pickard, who seemed to be shaken when you take Hertl de Vegas fell on his left leg in the third period, made 28 salvages.
Victor Olofsson scored two goals of power and had an assistance for the Golden Knights, Alex Pietrangelo had a goal and an assistance, and William Karlsson also scored. Jack Eichel had three assists, and Mark Stone two assists to extend his streaks of points to five games each. Adin Hill stopped 33 shots.
Game 3 is Saturday night in Edmonton.
The goal of Kane 1:52 in the third period was 4-2 before Olofsson responded less than three minutes after an Eichel cross pass. Pietrangelo, who lost game 1 due to a disease, tied it with remaining 8:02 with a shot from the right point.
The Golden Knights scored the only goal in the first period in Olofsson’s power shot from the right circle. Eichel established the play passing to Stone, who from under the goal found an open Olofsson for his first goal of career playoffs.
Edmonton left three goals in a row in the second period, all from a distance. The Golden Knights quickly responded with Karlsson’s redirection of Eichel’s shot with 1:50 remaining in the period that reduced him to 3-2.
The oilers, which followed 1-0 after a period, have a record of six consecutive victories of return in a single postseason.
Vegas has never been swept in his eight years of history and even recovered from 2-0 in 2021 to win in Colorado in six games, although that series began along the way. The Golden Knights have also been eliminated in five games only twice, including the 2018 Stanley Cup final against Washington.
The Playoffs winning streak of 42 Golden Knights games when he scored at least three goals. It was the second longest in the history of the NHL for the streak of 52 Montreal games in 1945-57, according to Sportradar.
