leon draisaitl scores his 12th goal of the playoffs giving the oilers an early lead in game two.
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Game Highlights +8.0: Edmonton Oilers beat Vegas Golden Knights 5-1
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The Edmonton Oilers tied their first-round series with the Vegas Golden Knights with a dominant 5-1 victory. Below are the highlights from the game…
GAME HIGHLIGHTS ARE PRESENTED BY BETWAY
Vegas defenceman Brayden McNabb took a cross-checking penalty just over one minute into the game and Leon Draisaitl, who scored four goals in Game 1, buried another to give the Oilers a 1-0 lead…
A few minutes later, Vegas defender Zach Whitecloud went to the penalty box for high sticking. This time, Evan Bouchard capitalized with a bomb from the point that made its way through a screened Laurent Brossoit…
leon draisaitl scores his 12th goal of the playoffs giving the oilers an early lead in game two.
The Golden Knights got a prime opportunity to turn the game around when Mattias Ekholm went to the box for holding. Connor McDavid stripped the puck at Edmonton’s blueline, busted up ice on a partial breakaway, and feathered the puck past Brossoit…
an incredible shorthanded effort from connor mcdavid gives the oilers a 3-0 lead.
Shortly before the end of the first frame, Leon Draisaitl buried his second of the game and 13th (!!!) of these playoffs to give Edmonton a 4-0 lead…
leon draisaitl has his 13th goal of the playoffs in his ... *checks notes* ... eighth game. 4-0 oilers.
In the second period, the Oilers scored yet another power-play goal to extend their lead to 5-0. This time it was Connor McDavid, who got the puck down low and squeezed a shot between Brossoit’s pad and the post…
connor mcdavid on the powerplay. 5-0.
Things started to get heated in the latter part of the second frame. Brett Kulak dropped the gloves and Evander Kane, Nick Bjugstad, and Zach Hyman all got mixed up in Vegas’ zone…
it starts with brett kulak and brett howden scrapping, and ends with evanderkane and keegan kolesar doing the same.
The Golden Knights broke up Stuart Skinner’s shutout bid in the third period. Mark Stone pushed a pass toward Edmonton’s slot and it bounced up in the air and Ivan Barbashev batted it past Skinner to make the score 5-1…
ivan barbashev cuts the oilers' lead to 5-1.
The rough stuff continued in the third period as Evander Kane got into it with Keegan Kolesar and Darnell Nurse waved goodbye to the Golden Knights…
evander kane is living rent free in vegas' head.
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