Edmonton Oilers win 3-2 in Las Vegas – Edmonton | The Canadian News

The Edmonton Oilers ended their three-game road trip with a 3-2 win over the Vegas Golden Knights on Saturday night.

The Oilers were outscored in the first ten minutes, but Mikko Koskinen made several important saves to keep the Golden Knights off the board. With just over two minutes to go in the period, Ryan Nugent-Hopkins chose to shoot in a two-on-one. He placed his wrist shot just inside the post for his second of the season. Zach Hyman held off Mark Stone to score on a breakaway to make Oilers 2-0 with just 15.1 seconds left in the first.

Koskinen made bigger saves in the second, then Jesse Puljujarvi made five holes on a breakaway to make it 3-0. Chandler Stephenson scored backhand to put Vegas on the board.

Jonathan Marchessault hit a loose puck home during a goal mouth brawl four minutes into the third. Reilly Smith bounced on the way past Koskinen to put the Golden Knights within one goal. Vegas pulled Robin Lehner out for an extra hitter with 2:32 left, but couldn’t muster a good scoring opportunity.

Kris Russell blocked six shots to surpass Brent Seabrook as the NHL’s all-time leader in blocked shots wins 2003.

Koskinen made 36 saves to improve to 11-2. Neither Leon Draisaitl nor Connor McDavid recorded a point.

The Oilers, 15-5, host the Pittsburgh Penguins on Wednesday.