Golden Knights, Oilers Open Second Round On Tuesday In Vegas

The Golden Knights will open their second-round series with the Edmonton Oilers at home on Tuesday at 6:30 pm (pacific).

Game 2 is scheduled for Thursday, also at T-Mobile Arena and again at 6:30 pm.

The series shifts to Edmonton for Games 3 and 4 on Saturday and Monday, May 12.

If necessary, Game 5 will be back in Las Vegas on Wednesday, May 14.

Game 6 would be in Edmonton on Friday, May 16.

A decisive Game 7 would return to Las Vegas on Sunday, May 18.

This marks the second time the Knights and Oilers will meet in the postseason after the teams faced one another in 2023, the year the Knights won the Stanley Cup.

Vegas won that series in six games, going 2-1 at home and 2-1 in Edmonton, including the series-clinching win on the road.

In 32 all-time meetings, the Oilers lead the series 17-13-2.

The Knights are 8-7-1 all-time against the Oilers at T-Mobile Arena.

At the Westgate Superbook in Las Vegas, the series price is a pick’em, each team priced at -110.

Vegas goes from facing Minnesota’s scoring machine Kirill Kaprizov to Edmonton’s double-dose of offense in Hart Trophy finalist Leon Draisaitl and Connor McDavid.

McDavid, who finished the regular season with the league’s sixth-highest 100 points, leads all skaters in the postseason with 11 points (2 goals, 9 assists). Draisaitl is tied with three others with 10 points (3 goals, 7 assists) this postseason.

“That’ll be a fun series,” veteran defenseman Brayden McNabb said. “They got the two-headed monsters who are two (of the top) players in the league, top five, whatever you want to categorize it, but it’ll be a challenge for sure.

“I think they’re a little bit more well-rounded than we saw them (in 2023), a little bit more depth for sure in all four lines, so we’re gonna have to be on our game. We’re gonna have to know who’s on the ice and manage pucks, and it’s gonna take everyone. We’re gonna need everyone, use our depth. Hopefully, that helps us in the long run.”

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