Edmonton Oilers (5-2-0) at Vegas Golden Knights (4-3-0)
Venue: T-Mobile Arena
Date: Thursday, May 8
Time: 9:30 PM EST
TV: ESPN/TVAS2/CBC/Sportsnet
Radio:
Edmonton – Oilers Radio 880 CHED
Vegas – Fox Sports Radio 98.9 FM/1340 AM
DraftKings Sportsbook Betting Lines:
Edmonton: -1.5 ML +114
Vegas -1.5 ML -135
O/U 6.5
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Edmonton Oilers News & Notes:
The Oilers have now won five straight, all in come-from-behind fashion. They lead the series 1-0 and look to return home with a 2-0 series lead. The Oilers are averaging 4.4 goals per game while allowing 4.6 goals per game in the Playoffs. Calvin Pickard, since taking over in the net in round one, is posting a 2.76 goals-against average and a .891 save percentage. He stopped 15 of the 17 shots he faced in Tuesday’s win.
Vegas Golden Knights News & Notes:
The Golden Knights look to even the series up after dropping game one on Tuesday. They are averaging 2.9 goals per game while allowing 3.3 goals per game. Adin Hill, posted a 3.01 goals-against average and an .876 save percentage. In game one he stopped 24 of the 28 shots he faced.
Edmonton Oilers Projected Lines
Draisaitl-McDavid-Perry
Kane-Nugent-Hopkins-Hyman
Frederic-Henrique-Brown
Podkolzin-Janmark-Arvidsson
Nurse-Bouchard
Walman-Klingberg
Kulak-Emberson
Pickard
Skinner
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Vegas Golden Knights Projected Lines:
Karlsson-Eichel-Stone
Saad-Hertl-Kolesar
Barbashev-Roy-Smith
Pearson-Howden-Olofsson
McNabb-Theodore
Hanifin-Whitecloud
Hague-Korczak
Hill
Schmid
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Players To Watch:
Edmonton Oilers
Leon Draisaitl this season had 106 points on 52 goals and 54 assists. He has 12 points in the playoffs on four goals and eight assists. In four games against Vegas in the regular season he had two goals and two assists.
Vegas Golden Knights
Mark Stone this season had 67 points on 19 goals and 48 assists. Stone has six points in the playoffs on four goals and two assists. In three games against Edmonton this season, he scored one goal.
Injury Report:
Edmonton Oilers
D Alec Regula – IR
D Mattias Ekholm – Out
D Troy Stecher – DTD
Vegas Golden Knights
F Pavel Dorofeyev – DTD
D Alex Pietrangelo – Out
Next Game:
Game 3: Saturday, May 10 at Rogers Place
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