15-05-2025
Kasperi Kapanen scores lone goal in overtime as Oilers eliminate Golden Knights, return to Western Conference final
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Adin Hill made 29 saves for Vegas.
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Both teams also were involved in the two most recent scoreless playoff games to reach overtime. The Oilers lost to the Jets on May 21, 2021, five days after the Golden Knights were defeated by the Wild.
KASPERI KAPANEN OVERTIME WINNER 🚨
— Edmonton Oilers (@EdmontonOilers)
Edmonton's only 1-0 overtime playoff victory occurred in 1997 over the the Stars. Vegas has yet to win a postseason game by that score in OT.
The Golden Knights played without captain Mark Stone because of an upper-body injury that caused him to miss most of Game 3 on Saturday. He played in Game 4 on Monday, but was far from at full health.
Neither team scored through the first two periods, and prime scoring chances were at a premium. There were only five high-danger chances, according to Natural Stat Trick, and the Golden Knights had four of them.
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But each team had a grade A chance early in the third period. Vegas's Brett Howden whiffed on a tap-in after taking a fantastic pass from Jack Eichel, and shortly after Edmonton's Leon Draistaitl failed to convert on a breakaway. Connor McDavid had a chance on a two-on-one to end the game in regulation but was denied by Hill with 1:06 left.
