The Vegas Golden Knights lost their goaltender Laurent Broisseot to an injury. Edmonton Oilers’ Connor McDavid and Leon Draisaitl missed power points.
The Edmonton Oilers lost violently in their home arena against the Vegas Golden Knights in the second round of the hockey league NHL.
Vegas took a clear 5–1 victory by Jonathan Marchessault (2+0) and by Jack Eichel (1+2) with management. Vegas took a 2–1 lead in the series’ match wins.
Vegas lost their starting goalkeeper in the match Laurent Broissant however, due to a lower body injury. He had time to let go By Warren Foegele shot before leaving after less than 12 minutes of play, helped by his teammates, to the bench.
Changed to finish Adin Hill made 25 saves and kept a clean sheet.
Edmonton Superstars Connor McDavid and Leon Draisaitl each worked for more than 20 minutes, but the power statistic dropped two notches to the freezing side.
Vegas managed to eclipse McDavid, who had averaged at least two points in each of the previous six games. The streak was seven games in total.
Thus, Draisaitl’s eight-game point streak was also broken. He has scored 13 goals and provided four assists in the playoffs.
The Edmonton Oilers won the previous battle of the series 5–1, so this time the numbers turned the other way. However, Edmonton has not been limited to just one scored goal for a long time. The last time this happened was on February 10 against Philadelphia.
NHL:
2nd round of the playoffs (continue with 4 wins):
Edmonton – Las Vegas 1-5 (1-2, 0-3, 0-0)
Las Vegas leads the series 2–1.