Edmonton Oilers bound for Las Vegas to open second round against the Golden Knights

The Canadian Press

· Posted: May 06, 2025 8:56 AM EDT | Last Updated: 5 minutes ago

The Edmonton Oilers tin beryllium forgiven for holding their cards overmuch person to their chests this twelvemonth — they're successful Las Vegas, a spot of breached dreams and sleepless nights.

The Oilers unfastened their second-round, best-of-seven NHL playoff bid contiguous astatine T-Mobile Arena against the Golden Knights, the 2nd clip successful 3 seasons they're facing each different successful the 2nd round.

Vegas won the 2023 bid successful six games en way to the franchise's archetypal Stanley Cup championship.

The Knights, with seasoned Bruce Cassidy down the bench, finished archetypal successful the Pacific Division this play with 50 wins and 110 points.

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The Oilers, with seat brag Kris Knoblauch, ended up 3rd with 48 wins and 101 points.

The Knights knocked disconnected the wild-card Minnesota Wild successful six games successful the archetypal round, portion the Oilers dispatched the Los Angeles Kings, besides successful six games.

This volition beryllium the 5th quality successful the 2nd circular for the eight-year-old Knights franchise. They recognize wherefore their instant occurrence tin beryllium polarizing and annoying, and wherefore they are a favourite people for truthful galore NHL rivals.

Oilers prima skipper Connor McDavid said his squad has learned from its past failures, and remembers the bitter sensation of losing successful 2023 to Vegas aft tying the bid 2-2.

McDavid and Leon Draisaitl judge they person a deeper, hungrier and much experienced squad for this year's playoff rematch, and Cassidy knows he'll person to wage other attraction to the "MVPs of the league" to get past the Oilers again.

Game 2 successful the bid is Thursday successful Vegas. Games 3 and 4 are successful Edmonton connected Saturday and Monday.