Leon Draisaitl took a cross from Connor McDavid and scored off the push at 15:20 of extra time to offer the Edmonton Oilers a 5-4 victory over the Vegas Golden Knight,s on Thursday night time, and a 2-0 lead within the second-round collection.
“We knew they had been going to come back they usually had been going to push,” Draisaitl mentioned after the win.
“I believed we weathered it okay. Clearly, they’d us on our heels a bit bit there; for a bit bit. However weathered it, bought it into extra time, and you recognize at that time all you want is one hockey play actually and fortuitously we bought that tonight.”
After failing to capitalize on a five-minute energy play when Vegas defenseman Nicolas Roy was assessed a serious penalty for cross-checking 5:37 into extra time, the Oilers didn’t waste the chance later when the NHL’s most dynamic offensive duo mixed for the winner.
“We discovered a approach,” McDavid mentioned. “That’s what we receives a commission to do. Paid to attain objectives in large moments and we discovered a approach tonight.”
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“It’s not going to be your finest each single night time, and we discovered a method to win on an off night time.”
“I really feel like our greatest remains to be coming, and I hope to see it at house right here.”
Vasily Podkolzin, Jake Walman, Darnell Nurse and Evander Kane additionally scored for the Oilers, and Viktor Arvidsson and Ryan Nugent-Hopkins every had two assists. Calvin Pickard, who gave the impression to be shaken up when Vegas’ Tomas Hertl fell on his left leg within the third interval, made 28 saves.
Victor Olofsson scored two power-play objectives and had an help for the Golden Knights, Alex Pietrangelo had a objective and an help, and William Karlsson additionally scored. Jack Eichel had three assists, and Mark Stone two assists to increase their factors streaks to 5 video games apiece. Adin Hill stopped 33 photographs.
Recreation 3 is Saturday night time in Edmonton.
Kane’s objective 1:52 into the third interval made it 4-2 earlier than Olofsson answered lower than three minutes later off a cross-ice cross from Eichel. Pietrangelo, who missed Recreation 1 due to an sickness, tied it with 8:02 left with a shot from the suitable level.
The Golden Knights scored the one objective within the first interval on Olofsson’s power-play shot from the suitable circle. Eichel arrange the play by passing to Stone, who from beneath the objective discovered an open Olofsson for his first profession playoff objective.
Edmonton rolled off three objectives in a row within the second interval — all from distance. The Golden Knights shortly responded with Karlsson’s redirect of Eichel’s shot with 1:50 left within the interval reduce it to to 3-2.
The Oilers, who trailed 1-0 after one interval, have a document six consecutive comeback victories in a single postseason.
Vegas has by no means been swept in its eight-year historical past and even rallied from 2-0 down in 2021 to beat Colorado in six video games, although that collection started on the highway. The Golden Knights even have been eradicated in 5 video games simply twice, together with the 2018 Stanley Cup Remaining towards Washington.
The Golden Knights’ 42-game playoff successful streak when scoring at the least three objectives ended. It was the second longest in NHL historical past to Montreal’s 52-game streak in 1945-57, in accordance with Sportradar.
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