Stuart Skinner shuts out Las Vegas Golden Knights as Oilers push series to 3-1

Shane Jones · The Canadian Press

· Posted: May 13, 2025 1:37 AM EDT | Last Updated: 2 minutes ago

Adam Henrique had a brace of goals and Stuart Skinner made 24 saves arsenic the Edmonton Oilers blanked the Vegas Golden Knights 3-0 connected Monday to instrumentality a commanding 3-1 pb successful their second-round, best-of-seven NHL playoff series.

Evander Kane had a extremity and an assistance for the Oilers. Skinner was erstwhile again successful nett for Edmonton aft replacing backup Calvin Pickard who had rattled disconnected six consecutive wins earlier getting injured successful Game 2. Skinner, who had a 5.36 goals against mean coming into the game, improved to 1-3 successful the post-season.

Adin Hill made 29 stops successful the nonaccomplishment for the Golden Knights who are present 1 crippled distant from elimination.

Edmonton got disconnected to a speedy commencement with a extremity 1:27 into the opening play arsenic Connor Brown stole a puck down the nett and sent it retired beforehand to Henrique successful the slot and helium blasted a one-timer past Hill for his 2nd extremity of the playoffs.

The Oilers took a two-goal pb with 6:57 near to play successful the archetypal arsenic Zach Hyman wrestled a puck from down the nett to Henrique successful beforehand and helium chipped successful his 2nd of the game, mounting disconnected a scrum aft Kane bowled implicit Hill connected the play.

Edmonton went up 3-0 conscionable implicit 7 minutes into the mediate framework arsenic Kane elected to sprout connected a two-on-one and it deed a defender's skate and deflected successful for his 4th of the post-season. Connor McDavid picked up an assistance to widen his points streak to a idiosyncratic champion 8 games. Edmonton came into the crippled with a 14-2 grounds successful the post-season erstwhile Kane scores.

There was nary scoring successful the 3rd period.

Game 5 takes spot connected Wednesday successful Las Vegas.