THIRD PERIOD
0:00: PLAY LA BAMBA BABY!!! Oilers head home with the W after breaking Vegas’ home ice advantage!
0:24: Golden Knights hacking and slashing their way to the finish line. Multiple coincidentals in the final seconds.
4:39: Kane with a chance! Hill makes a good stop on the point-blank shot.
5:19: Oilers will head to the power play. Knights slapped with a couple misconducts to Kolesar and Hague.
8:40: Klim being a WARRIOR! Two huge blocked shots earn a standing ovation from the Oilers bench!
11:03: SKINNER WITH THE HUGE STOP! Vegas pressures, but Stuey sprawls for the stop!
11:40: Eichel with a one-timer off the post.
11:59: Vegas power play. Yamamoto for holding.
18:07: More coincidentals as the rough stuff continues. Hyman and Carrier to the box.
18:24: Vegas goal. Barbashev knocks a puck out of mid air. EDM 5 | VGK 1
20:00: The final frame starts now! Adin Hill in net for the Golden Knights
SECOND PERIOD
0:00: Period over! Oilers add another and will enter third with a big lead!
2:18: It’s a full-fledged schmozzle! A couple scraps leads to a Vegas power play late in the period
5:07: Coincidental penalties. Desharnais for cross-checking. Stone for slashing.
6:07: KANE COMES CLOSE! McDavid finds him in tight ans Evander shows slick hands, but Brossoit denies him.
8:17: MCDAVID x2!!!! Any space is too much space for McDavid as he sneaks down and pots a short-side goal on Brossoit! EDM 5 | LAK 0
8:25: McLeod with a chance on the rush which is stopped, but Foegele’s hard drive forces an interference call! Oilers to the power play!
10:43: SKINNNNNEEERRRR! The Oilers goaltender DENIES Chandler Stephenson on the breakaway!
16:46: SO CLOSE!! The Oilers get an odd-man rush and the puck ends up sitting on the goal line but doesn’t cross!
17:46: Oilers power play! Oilers pressure and Eichel is called for high-sticking!
20:00: Back underway in Vegas!
FIRST PERIOD
0:00: Period over! Oilers with their best period of the playoffs with four goals on the board.
1:41: Nurse on the partial break is stopped by Brossoit! Oilers outshooting Vegas 19-3!
For context, the blue line hadn’t been invented yet before coming into effect during the next season 🤯 https://t.co/0FwbsJ1BEP
— Jamie Umbach (@JamieUmbach) May 7, 2023
3:43: THE GOAL COUNTS! Oilers will head to the power-play!
3:43: DRAISAITL DOES IT AGAIN!! Vegas is challeging the goal as Hyman is pushed into Brossoit. EDM 4 | LAK 0
8:49: MARVELOUS MCDAVID! The captain scores shorthanded and one-handed to extend the Oilers lead! EDM 3 | LAK 0
10:27: Vegas power play. Ekholm called for holding.
10:48: Skinner flashes the glove on Karlsson to keep the Oilers advantage at 2!
12:59: BOUCH BOMMMMMBBBBBBB!!!! Evan blasts a 92 MPH slapshot by Brossoit! Oilers double their advantage! EDM 2 | LAK 0
14:20: Oilers back to the power play! Derek Ryan is high-sticked by Zach Whitecloud.
16:28: the Oilers follow up their goal with a strong shift by Hyman, Foegle, and Bjugstad. Brossoit covers up before the Oilers can do more damage.
17:39: OILERS GOAL!!! DRAISAITL GETS HIS FIFTH OF THE SERIES!! He chips the rebound shot by Brossoit to get the game’s first goal. EDM 1 | LAK 0
18:02: Draisaitl is ROBBED off a free shot from the faceoff! So close to opening the scoring!
18:47: The top line buzzing around the Golden Knights net, but Zach Hyman is cross-checked into the net to dislodge the moorings. Oilers head to the power play!
20:00: Game on in Vegas!
20:00: Warm-ups are done. Puck drop is right around the corner!
20:00: Warm-ups for Game 2 are underway at T-Mobile Arena.
TONIGHT’S LINEUP
Kane – McDavid – Draisaitl
Nugent-Hopkins – Bjugstad – Hyman
Foegele – McLeod – Ryan
Kostin- Yamamoto
Nurse – Ceci
Ekholm – Bouchard
Kulak – Desharnais
Broberg
Skinner
Campbell
Scratches: Shore, Janmark, Holloway, Pickard, Rodrigue
Stu starts 🥅 pic.twitter.com/ki4YeDev34
— Edmonton Oilers (@EdmontonOilers) May 6, 2023
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