The game between the Vegas Golden Knights and Edmonton Oilers will take place at T-Mobile Arena on Wednesday, May 3 at 9:30 PM ET.
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The Vegas Golden Knights will welcome the Edmonton Oilers to T-Mobile Arena for an NHL game on Wednesday. The Knights won 4-1 in their last game over the Jets. The Vegas Golden Knights saved their best performance of the opening round for last and dominated the Winnipeg Jets with their first chance in an elimination game. Chandler Stephenson scored twice and Vegas ousted the Jets from their Western Conference opening-round series with a 4-1 victory on Thursday night in Game 5.
“I think it was our best, or closest to complete, but like I said, we still have work to do and we know that,” Vegas coach Bruce Cassidy said. “Nobody plays their best game in the first round. You keep building, and we’ll do the same.” The Golden Knights, who lost Game 1 before winning four straight, became the first team to advance to the second round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs. Vegas, which went to the Stanley Cup Final in its inaugural season in 2018, is now 42-29 in the postseason.
Vegas improved to 8-5 in 13 playoff series since entering the league. Mark Stone added a goal and two assists and William Karlsson also scored for the Golden Knights. Goaltender Laurent Brossoit made 30 saves. “I thought overall it was one of our better games,” Stone said. “I thought we stuck to the program for the majority of those last four games that we played.”
The Edmonton Oilers on the other hand won 4-5 against the Kings in their last game. The shortest player on the Edmonton Oilers roster had their biggest goal Saturday night. Kailer Yamamoto scored with 3:02 remaining for his first point of the series as the Oilers beat the Los Angeles Kings 5-4 in Game 6 to advance to the second round of the Stanley Cup playoffs.
In a series dominated by superstars Connor McDavid and Leon Draisaitl, it was the Oilers’ fourth line that played a pivotal role. Besides Yamamoto, Klim Kostin had two goals and an assist. “It didn’t go in the net early in the series but he stuck with it. He stuck with it and eventually ended up scoring the series winner,” Oilers coach Jay Woodcroft said.
Yamamoto — who lived in Los Angeles for three years and played youth hockey for the Jr. Kings — got possession of the puck deep in the offensive zone, skated around and then sent a wrist shot through traffic and past the right shoulder and stick of Kings goaltender Joonas Korpisalo. “Being in this position it’s pretty crazy. Playing against them last year you get your hopes up,” Yamamoto said about scoring a pivotal goal against the Kings. “To be able to beat them is an amazing feeling.”
Mark Stone – Chandler Stephenson – Michael Amadio
Jack Eichel – Brett Howden – William Karlsson
Alex Pietrangelo – Reilly Smith – Ivan Barbashev
Laurent Brossoit – William Carrier
Nicolas Hague – Ben Hutton
Keegan Kolesar – Jonathan Marchessault
Alec Martinez – Brayden Pachal
Nicolas Roy
Zach Whitecloud
Klim Kostin – Evan Bouchard – Vincent Desharnais
Connor McDavid – Ryan McLeod – Kailer Yamamoto
Leon Draisaitl – Mattias Ekholm – Nick Bjugstad
Philip Broberg – Cody Ceci
Warren Foegele – Zach Hyman
Evander Kane – Brett Kulak
Ryan Nugent-Hopkins – Darnell Nurse
Derek Ryan
Stuart Skinner
Vegas Golden Knights: Logan Thompson, Brayden McNabb, Robin Lehner, Nolan Patrick
Edmonton Oilers: Mattias Janmark, Ryan Murray, Mike Smith, Oscar Klefbom
The game between the Vegas Golden Knights and Edmonton Oilers will take place at T-Mobile Arena on Wednesday, May 3 at 9:30 PM ET.
The match between the Vegas Golden Knights and Edmonton Oilers will be telecast live on ESPN.
| Country | Channel | Date and Time |
| United States | ESPN | May 3 (9:30 PM ET) |
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