Game Highlights +10.0: Edmonton Oilers beat Vegas Golden Knights 4-1

The Edmonton Oilers knotted their series with the Vegas Golden Knights at two games each following a commanding win at home in Game 4. Below are the highlights from the game…

The Oilers opened the scoring a few minutes into the first period. Nick Bjugstad did good work on the forecheck to cause a turnover and he wrapped the puck around the net and tucked it in before Golden Knights goaltender Adin Hill was able to slide his pad to the post…

Not long after, Vegas defender Shea Theodore took a slashing penalty and Evan Bouchard blasted a clapper from the point through Hill to make the score 2-0…

The Golden Knights had a great chance to cut Edmonton’s lead to one goal but Stuart Skinner came up with a huge save on Mark Stone. Back the other way, Leon Draisaitl fed Mattias Ekholm with a cross-zone pass and he wired his first playoff goal as an Oiler top shelf on Hill…

The Oilers extended their lead late in the second period. Connor McDavid fed Ryan Nugent-Hopkins in the slot and he sniped his first goal of the playoffs past Hill to make the score 4-0…

A few minutes into the third period, the Golden Knights got on the board and broke up Stuart Skinner’s shutout bid with a nice goal from Nicolas Roy…

That was the only goal Vegas would manage as the Oilers cruised to a 4-1 victory. Late in the third period, things got testy between the two teams, as Alex Pietrangelo threw a nasty slash on Leon Draisaitl and Darnell Nurse got into a scrap with Nic Hague…