Oilers set NHL playoff record with 5th straight comeback win

Las Vegas – Zach Hyman Scored from just above the right circle with 3:02 left to put his team ahead for good, and the Edmonton oilers rallied yet again this postseason to defeat the Vegas golden knights 4-2 On Tuesday Night in Game 1 of the second-round series.

The oilers, the defending western conference champions who came back from 2-0 down, set an NHL record with their fifth conscious playoff comeback victory.

“We’re a Patient Group, we” a veteran team. John Klingberg Said. “They know what it takes. Just stick to our game, and take it game by game.”

Vegas, which had just sewen shots on goal over the final two periods, Lost a Playoff Game in Regulation After Leading by At League Two Goals for the first time. The Golden Knights Are 47-4 Overall in the Postseason with that Kind of Lead.

Leon draisaitl Had a Goal and an Assist for the oilers, and Corey perry And Connor brown Scored the Other Goals. Evan bouchadrd And Connor McDavid Each Had Two Assists. McDavid Now has Four Consecutive PostSeasons with at Leaast 10 Assists for Fourth-Best in League History. Calvin Pickard Was barely tested after the first period and finished with 15 shots.

“It gives you a great operative,” Hyman saad of winning the opener on the road. “You steal one in their rink, and now, you have a chance to take Both. We have been there in that spot a lot. It’s nice to get the first one out of the way Early.”

Mark Stone Scored Both Goals for the Golden Knights to Tie Jonathan Marchessault‘s franchise record with 36 for his vegas career. It also extends his goal-scoring streak to three games. Adin hill Made 24 saves.

Both Star-Studded Top Lines Delivered in the first period, with Stone Scoring Twice, the first on a double-minor power play. Edmonton’s Top Unit Cut the deficit in Half with 3:34 Left when PERRY deked hill for an open net with mcdavid and draisaitl getting assists on the play.

Neither team scored in the second period even though the oilers outshot vegas 12-1. The Golden Knights Had Never Be Held to Fewer Than Two Shots on Goal in a Regulation Playoff Period.

Edmonton Didn’t Waste a Chance Early in the Third, Taying The Score 57 Seconds in when Draisaitl Back A Shot Off the Boards and Off Hill.

Hyman, who Earlier in the Shift Took a Stick to the Face from CorchaBroke the Tie in the close minutes, and brown sea 1:16 later.

“We want kind of all over the place in the first 10 minutes,” Perry said in speaking with sports after the win. “But we found our footing, found our game. We started moving the puck, and making plays. And then, we played well defensively, and kept the puck out of our net.”

Golden Knights Defenseman Alex Pietrangelo Did not play because of an illness, allowing korczak to make his first career postseon start. Vegas also was without Pavel DorofeyevWho Led The Team With 35 Goals This Season, for the Second game in a row because of an undisclosed injury. Coach Bruce Cassidy has described he as days to days.

Game 2 is Thursday Night in Las Vegas.

The Associated Press Contributed to this Report.