connor mcdavid gives the oilers a 1-0 lead early into game five.
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Game Highlights +11.0: Vegas Golden Knights beat Edmonton Oilers 4-3
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The Edmonton Oilers are one loss away from elimination after the Vegas Golden Knights edged out a 4-3 win at home in Game 5. Below are the highlights from the game…
GAME HIGHLIGHTS ARE PRESENTED BY BETWAY
The Oilers did what they’ve done all series and got out to an early lead as Connor McDavid capitalized on Reilly Smith’s two-minute hooking penalty…
Under one minute later, the Golden Knights responded as Jack Eichel crashed the net and buried a rebound past Stuart Skinner. The goal was reviewed for goaltender interference but the call stood…
Before the end of the first frame, the Oilers regained their lead with another power-play goal. This time, Zach Hyman went to the front of the net and banked in a shot-pass from Ryan Nugent-Hopkins…
zach hyman gives the oilers a 2-1 lead.
After the first half of the second frame went by without a goal, things flipped when the Oilers took back-to-back penalties. First, Philip Broberg was called for holding, and then Mattias Janmark was given a high-sticking penalty while on the kill…
steve kozari, at center ice, calls philip broberg for a hold. chris lee, right there, doesn't call eichel for holding the stick. ok.
Mark Stone scored on the 5-on-3 power-play to tie the game at 2-2…
mark stone makes it 2-2.
And then Rielly Smith gave Vegas a 3-2 lead 29 seconds later…
reilly smith makes it 3-2.
And then, one minute after Smith’s goal, Nic Hague buried another one to put Vegas up 4-2…
nic hauge makes it 4-2.
Late in the second period, Keegan Kolesar drilled Mattias Ekholm into the boards from behind and was given a five-minute major for boarding…
a very, very dangerous hit here from keegan kolesar boarding mattias ekholm.
On the ensuing power play at the beginning of the third period, Connor McDavid brought the Oilers to within one goal with a spectacular individual effort…
connor mcdavid, a true playoff performer, could not be stopped. he cuts the vegas lead to one.
The Oilers had some chances in the latter part of the third period, including a shot that Evan Bouchard rung off of the post, but the Golden Knights were able to slam the door and earn a 4-3 victory…
bouchard off the post.
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