Leon Draisaitl took over Oilers on Thursday to win 5-4 victory in the Knights of Vegas Golden in Las Vegas, and Edmonton 2-0 forward in the Western Conference semi-final series.
Connor McDavid founded Jack Eichel’s winner when he returned to the blue line and set up one -to -one with Draisaitl’s left wing down. McDavid then moved to Draisaitl, the first career extension winner.
The third game of the best seven series is on Saturday night in Edmonton.
Vasily Podkolzin had a target and a assistant, each of the Viktor Arvidsson and Ryan Nugent-Hopkins had a pair of assists, and Jake Walman, Darnell nurse and Evander Kane scored goals for Oilers who expanded the NHL records for the victory. Calvin Pickard finished 28 savings.
Victor Olofsson scored two goals and helped, Eichel scored three assists, and Alex Pietrangelo’s goal and helped to Vegas. William Karlsson also scored a goal and Mark Stone added two assists for the Golden Knights. Adin Hill saved 33.
Like the game 1, Vegas also checked the action at the beginning of the first period in a pair of penalties in Edmonton. Oilers killed the first, but the Golden Knights took advantage of the latter, Adam Henrique’de game delay penalty, Olofsson right apartment under the right apartment for the first career playoff target of a stone to the upper right corner of the network.
In the second period, Oilers scored three goals in 5:46 to get ahead 3-1.
Walman, the first career play -off goal for the Golden Knights defender Brayden McNabb’ın shin pad on the top of the left circle of a slap shot to the 11:31 sign.
Shortly after Pickard stopped Tanner Pearson’s empty attempt, podkolzin took ahead of Oilers 2-1 when Hill’s glove at the top of the nest at 15:18 for the first career playoff goal.
At 17:17, the nurse increased the leadership to 3-1 by the blocker’s blocker at the top of the nest.
Fifty-three seconds later, the Golden Knights, Karlsson, reduced Eichel to 3-2 when he directed Pickard’s throw from the pads.
Kane did 4-2 early in the third period and made a wrist shot from the low nest died on Pietrangelo’s stick. However, the Golden Knights returned once again with a power game goal in Olofsson once again from the right circle.
After a Tomas Hertl screen, Pietrangelo tied 8:02 to 4-4 to go to arrange with a long wrist shot from the top of the left circle and prepared the ground for overtime.
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