The Edmonton Oilers’ win streak has come to an end.

On Saturday evening, the Oilers fell 5-1 to the Vegas Golden Knights, snapping their five-game winning streak. Let’s take a look at what went on in this one.

For the first time since the start of the Oilers’ win streak, the opposing team scored the game’s first goal. Midway through the opening frame, Vasily Podkolzin turned it over in the offensive zone, leading to a rush chance for the Golden Knights. Jack Eichel shot for the rebound, with the puck landing on Brett Howden’s stick. Connor Ingram just missed getting a piece of the shot, as the Knights took a 1-0 lead.

Moving to the second period, the Golden Knights had another rush chance about six minutes into the middle frame. It wasn’t quite an odd man rush, but Colton Sissons got behind the Oilers’ defence and Mitch Marner’s second pass attempt got through for an easy tap-in.

Then, the Golden Knights extended their lead to three eight minutes into the second. It came on another rush chance, as Eichel made a pass across the Oilers’ defence to Jérémy Lauzon. The defenceman beat Ingram clean from the slot.

In the final minute of the second, the Oilers showed some life. Matt Savoie won a puck battle near the blue line to keep it in. With the puck on Evan Bouchard’s stick, Jack Roslovic made a centre drive which opened up a lane for Bouchard to go bar-down for his 21st of the season.

Connor McDavid nearly scored in the final ten seconds of the second, and the Oilers came out flying in the third. However, they lost all their momentum on a power play, and shortly after, the Golden Knights made it 4-1 with 16 minutes left to play.

Rasmus Andersson drew a penalty with about five minutes left to play, as Max Jones tripped him into the boards. Late on the ensuing power play, it was Andersson who ripped it past Ingram to make it 5-1.

The Oilers’ power play has been awful since Leon Draisaitl’s injury. In the nine games since his injury, the Oilers are just 2/21. In this game, the Oilers had momentum before their power plays, had an awful power play, and conceded a goal shortly after the Golden Knights killed it off. It needs to get going.

A big reason why the Oilers had a five-game win streak heading into this game is thanks to strong defence, including on rush chances. That wasn’t the case in this one, because all four of the Golden Knights’ goals came on rushes.

One positive to take away from this game is that Evan Bouchard’s Norris-calibre campaign has continued. In the dying moments of the second period, he improved on his career-high with his 21st of the season.

Matt Savoie picked up an assist on that goal, giving him 15 goals and 33 points in 77 games, a solid rookie season. Since the Olympic break, Savoie has six goals and 15 points in 19 games. He’s quickly blossoming into a top six forward.

Trent Frederic didn’t do a whole lot on the ice, either positive or negative, but he may have single-handedly taken this rivalry to the next level. In the final minute of the game, he got into it with several Knights, with the two teams standing on the ice for a good two minutes. It’s good to see Frederic this engaged, because this was the player the Oilers traded for.

It was a tough game for Connor Ingram, as he allowed five goals on 33 shots for an .848 save percentage. He faced plenty of tough chances as the team was just poor in front of him. Hopefully, he can bounce back the next time he plays.

The silver lining of this game is that the Oilers are still first in the Pacific Division, albeit with a much tighter race. With the win, the Golden Knights moved to 86 points in 77 games played. The Anaheim Ducks fell to the Calgary Flames, meaning the Oilers and Ducks are tied with 87 points, but the Oilers have the tie breaker.

On Tuesday, the Oilers begin a three-game road trip, with a stop in Salt Lake City to take on a potential first round opponent, the Utah Mammoth. That game has a start time of 7:30 PM MT.