The Edmonton Oilers have began 5-0 for the fourth time in group historical past because of a 5-3 street win over the Vegas Golden Knights Friday evening.
Nicolas Roy gave the Golden Knights the lead on a deflection earlier than the sport was 4 minutes outdated. Zach Hyman got here again with an influence play objective for the Oilers. Throughout a scramble within the crease, the puck nudged off Hyman’s skate and over the road. Vegas had a two-man benefit for 1:38 late within the first, however the Oilers killed it off.
“He works so laborious it’s contagious,” Zack Kassian mentioned of teammate Zach Hyman. “He simply works laborious, works good. His nostril is all the time over the puck. He competes. He’s going to assist us out tremendously.”
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The Golden Knights had one other tip-in objective to start out the second, coming off the stick of Nolan Patrick. The Oilers responded with two objectives in 1:12. Hyman blasted residence a go from Connor McDavid, then Leon Draisaitl fired in a feed from Ryan Nugent-Hopkins.
“(Vegas) had a goal to come back out robust with us enjoying final evening,” Head Coach Dave Tippett mentioned. “They put lots of strain on us. We turned some pucks over to intensify that strain somewhat bit. A powerplay obtained us an enormous objective to get us even, get our toes beneath us.” mentioned Head Coach Dave Tippett.
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Nicolas Hague blazed some extent shot previous Mikko Koskinen two minutes into the third to even it up. The Oilers got here proper again with Zack Kassian sliding a backhand on a breakaway beneath Robin Lehner. Duncan Keith assisted on the play for his first level with the Oilers. Draisaitl added an empty netter late within the third.
Koskinen made 36 saves to run his file to 3-0.
“We knew they have been going to start out laborious and put the strain on us,” Mikko Koskinen mentioned. “We couldn’t handle that like we wished. We responded properly, and that’s all that issues.”
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The Oilers subsequent sport is Wednesday once they host the Philadelphia Flyers.
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