Summary
Edmonton’s Oilers returned from the rear to defeat the Golden Knights from Vegas 4-2 during the kick-off to their second round confrontation on Tuesday.
The Canadian training has filled a delay of 2-0 and Zach Hyman resulted in the dead end with 3:02 to meet at the meeting with a precise wrist shooting on the left of Adin Hill, before seeing Connor Brown add an insurance goal in breakaway.
The Oilers have won the initial match of a series for the third time only in their last 13 occasions. They have already scored 17 goals in the third twenty in series this year in addition to having orchestrated three victorious lifts.
Leon Draisaitl amassed his 120th point of career in playoffs and Corey Perry touched the target like him, while Calvin Pickard made 17 stops.
In his 81st match, Connor McDavid became the second fastest player in history to collect 90 mentions of aid in series, while Wayne Gretzky holds the record in 63 games.
A double of Mark Stone erased
The Vegas troupe took advantage of a digital advantage from the start of the confrontation when Ryan Nugent-Hopkins received a minor double penalty for high stick. Vegas did not let this occasion pass and a point shot was redirected by William Karlsson and Mark Stone which foiled Calvin Pickard.
Just over five minutes later, Stone returned to the charge. He stood out from his roofer at the start of the territory and he was right for the guardian of the oilers of a good throw to quickly provide a 2 to 0 advance to his team.
-The veteran Corey Perry allowed the Oilers to replicate before the end of the engagement. He put the final touch to a play play orchestrated by Leon Draisaitl and Connor McDavid for his third series of the series.
Perry has gone to a hair to replicate to Stone with a second goal in turn, but Shea Theodore was interposed with a beautiful defensive game.
Vegas experienced the worst period of regulation time in its history in series being limited to a single shot in the second, against 12 for the opponent, but nevertheless still led by a goal after 40 minutes of play.
The oilers did not know how to take advantage of two digital advantages during the median period, but they quickly caught up in the last third after these missed occasions thanks to Leon Draisaitl, who sparkled the red light after only 58 seconds. Goalkeeper Adin Hill (24 stops) blocked an Evan Bouchard diverted shot with the end of the head. Placed in the corner of the rink, Draisaitl directed the washer towards the semicircle and she turned on the Hill’s legged to the bottom of the net.
Zach Hyman finally overturned the steam with his fourth goal from the present series, then Connor Brown completed the whole.
Pickard made a fifth consecutive departure in front of the net of the Oilers, who has only nine experienced games in series. He has won his five starts until now this year after being called to replace Stuart Skinner.
Golden Knights defender Alex Pietrangelo missed the confrontation due to a virus and was replaced in the training by Kaedan Korczak.
The Golden Knights eliminated the Oilers in six games in the second round of the 2023 playoff series, en route to their first League title in the history of the franchise.
