Zach Hyman scored from simply above the suitable circle with 3:02 left to place Edmonton forward for good, and the Oilers rallied but once more this post-season to beat the Vegas Golden Knights 4-2 on Tuesday night time in Sport 1 of the second-round playoff collection.
The Oilers, who got here again from 2-0 down, set a Nationwide Hockey League file with their fifth consecutive playoff comeback victory.
“I feel this crew is constructed for the playoffs,” Hyman mentioned in regards to the 5 comeback wins. “We’re constructed with guys who’ve expertise, who’ve been right here, who can take their recreation to a different stage. I feel we have now an extended method to go right here.”
Vegas, which had simply seven photographs on aim over the ultimate two intervals, misplaced a playoff recreation in regulation after main by at the very least two objectives for the primary time. The Golden Knights are 47-4 total within the post-season with that type of lead.
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Sport 2 is Thursday night time in Las Vegas.
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Leon Draisaitl had a aim and an help for the Oilers, and Corey Perry and Connor Brown scored the opposite objectives.
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Evan Bouchard and Connor McDavid every had two assists. McDavid now has 4 consecutive post-seasons with at the very least 10 assists for fourth-best in league historical past. Calvin Pickard was barely examined after the primary interval and completed with 15 saves.
Mark Stone scored each objectives for the Golden Knights to tie Jonathan Marchessault’s franchise file with 36 for his Vegas profession. It additionally prolonged his goal-scoring streak to 3 video games. Adin Hill made 24 saves.
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Each star-studded high traces delivered within the first interval, with Stone scoring twice, the primary on a double-minor energy play. Edmonton’s high unit reduce the deficit in half with 3:34 left when Perry deked Hill for an open internet with McDavid and Draisaitl getting assists on the play.
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Neither crew scored within the second interval regardless that the Oilers outshot Vegas 12-1. The Golden Knights had by no means been held to fewer than two photographs on aim in a regulation playoff interval.
Edmonton didn’t waste an opportunity early within the third, tying the rating 57 seconds in when Draisaitl backhanded a shot off the boards and off Hill.
Hyman, who earlier within the shift took a follow the face from Kaedan Korczak, broke the tie within the closing minutes, and Brown sealed the win 1:16 later.
“I feel for those who can choose a interval that you will be the strongest in, as a coach, you wish to be finest within the third interval,” Oilers head coach Kris Knoblauch mentioned after the sport.
Golden Knights defenceman Alex Pietrangelo didn’t play due to an sickness, permitting Korczak to make his first profession post-season begin.
Vegas additionally was with out Pavel Dorofeyev, who led the crew with 35 objectives this season, for the second recreation in a row due to an undisclosed harm. Coach Bruce Cassidy has described him as daily.
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