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Golden Knights have Oilers on the brink of elimination heading into Game 6 of series
LAS VEGAS (AP) — The Vegas Golden Knights have the Edmonton Oilers on the playoff ropes in their second-round series. The Oilers need a win at home Sunday to avoid elimination and force a Game 7 finale in Las Vegas on Tuesday. Edmonton is the only Canadian team left...
NHL suspends Pietrangelo, Nurse on eve of critical Game 5 between Golden Knights, Oilers
LAS VEGAS (AP) — The Vegas Golden Knights will be without their best defenseman in Game 5 with their second-round series against the Edmonton Oilers hanging in the balance. Alex Pietrangelo was suspended for one game Thursday by the NHL Department of Player Safety for his slash on...
Oilers' Leon Draisaitl on pace to break record for most goals in NHL playoff year
Leon Draisaitl is scoring goals in the NHL playoffs at a rate not seen in four decades. The big German has 13 goals through Edmonton's first 10 games, the most since Mark Messier scored 14 in 1983 and the third-highest total through 10 games in more than a century. Newsy Lalonde had...
Golden Knights look for answer after Oilers even series 1-1
EDMONTON, Alberta (AP) — The Vegas Golden Knights were road warriors during the regular season. They will need to be again. Leon Draisaitl and Connor McDavid each scored twice and Edmonton knotted the series 1-1 with a 5-1 victory Saturday night. Vegas got a lone goal from Ivan...
Edmonton ties series with Knights after 5-1 victory in Vegas
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Asked whether an extra day off on the road could hurt his Edmonton Oilers, after a schedule change moved Game 2 of the Western Conference semifinal series from Friday to Saturday, coach Jay Woodcroft chuckled and answered with confidence. “Whether we’re home,...
Oilers-Knights the lone NHL playoff game on Saturday night
“Hockey Night in Canada” will actually be hockey night on the Las Vegas Strip. Game 2 of the second-round series between Edmonton and Vegas is the only NHL playoff game on the schedule Saturday. Previously planned for Friday, it was moved back a day on a crowded sports weekend...
Pavelski, Draisaitl each score 4 goals in NHL playoff games
Edmonton's Leon Draisaitl and Dallas' Joe Pavelski made some history in the NHL playoffs, even if they couldn't really celebrate it. Draisaitl and Pavelski became just the second pair of players to each score four goals in a playoff game on back-to-back days and the first in 35...
Golden Knights beat Oilers 6-4 despite Draisaitl's 4 goals
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Golden Knights coach Bruce Cassidy could only laugh at the brilliance that was Leon Draisaitl, who scored four goals to nearly beat Vegas by himself. However, the Golden Knights prevailed in Game 1 of the second-round playoff series because their depth was the...
Oilers' star power vs. Golden Knights' balanced approach
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Because the league doesn't use a strict seeding system for the NHL playoffs, the Western Conference Final has come a round early. And with teams such as Boston, Colorado and the New York Rangers already eliminated, Game 2 of the Edmonton Oilers-Vegas Golden Knights...
Depth, power play propel Oilers into 2nd round of playoffs
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Edmonton got significant contributions from Connor McDavid and Leon Draisaitl to advance to the second round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs for the second straight season. However, the two superstars are getting plenty of help. The Oilers had 18 skaters record a...
