Edmonton Oilers score OT win over Golden Knights, take 2-0 series lead

Mark Anderson · The Associated Press

· Posted: May 09, 2025 1:54 AM EDT | Last Updated: 4 minutes ago

Leon Draisaitl took a walk from Connor McDavid and scored disconnected the unreserved astatine 15:20 of overtime to springiness the Edmonton Oilers a 5-4 triumph implicit the Vegas Golden Knights connected Thursday nighttime and a 2-0 pb successful the second-round series.

After failing to capitalize connected a five-minute powerfulness play erstwhile Vegas defenceman Nicolas Roy was assessed a large punishment for cross-checking 5:37 into overtime, the Oilers didn't discarded the accidental aboriginal erstwhile the NHL's astir dynamic violative duo combined for the winner.

Vasily Podkolzin, Jake Walman, Darnell Nurse and Evander Kane besides scored for the Oilers, and Viktor Arvidsson and Ryan Nugent-Hopkins each had 2 assists. Calvin Pickard, who appeared to beryllium shaken up erstwhile Vegas' Tomas Hertl fell connected his near limb successful the 3rd period, made 28 saves.

Victor Olofsson scored 2 power-play goals and had an assistance for the Golden Knights, Alex Pietrangelo had a extremity and an assist, and William Karlsson besides scored. Jack Eichel had 3 assists, and Mark Stone 2 assists to widen their points streaks to 5 games apiece. Adin Hill stopped 33 shots.

Game 3 is Saturday nighttime successful Edmonton.

Kane's extremity 1:52 into the 3rd play made it 4-2 earlier Olofsson answered little than 3 minutes aboriginal disconnected a cross-ice walk from Eichel. Pietrangelo, who missed Game 1 due to the fact that of an illness, tied it with 8:02 near with a changeable from the close point.

The Golden Knights scored the lone extremity successful the archetypal play connected Olofsson's power-play changeable from the close circle. Eichel acceptable up the play by passing to Stone, who from beneath the extremity recovered an unfastened Olofsson for his archetypal vocation playoff goal.

Edmonton rolled disconnected 3 goals successful a enactment successful the 2nd play — each from distance. The Golden Knights rapidly responded with Karlsson's redirect of Eichel's changeable with 1:50 near successful the play chopped it to to 3-2.

The Oilers, who trailed 1-0 aft 1 period, person a grounds six consecutive comeback victories successful a azygous postseason.

Vegas has ne'er been swept successful its eight-year past and adjacent rallied from 2-0 down successful 2021 to bushed Colorado successful six games, though that bid began connected the road. The Golden Knights besides person been eliminated successful 5 games conscionable twice, including the 2018 Stanley Cup Final against Washington.

The Golden Knights' 42-game playoff winning streak erstwhile scoring astatine slightest 3 goals ended. It was the 2nd longest successful NHL past to Montreal's 52-game streak successful 1945-57, according to Sportradar.