NHL Playoff Preview: Vegas Golden Knights at Edmonton Oilers with Line Combinations 5/10/2025

NHL Playoff Preview: Vegas Golden Knights at Edmonton Oilers with Line Combinations 5/10/2025

Vegas Golden Knights (4-3-1) at Edmonton Oilers (6-2-0)

Venue: Rogers Place
Date: Saturday, May 10
Time: 9:00 PM EST
TV: TNT/MAX/truTV/TVAS/CBC/Sportsnet
Radio:
Edmonton – Oilers Radio 880 CHED
Vegas – Fox Sports Radio 98.9 FM/1340 AM

DraftKings Sportsbook Betting Lines:

Vegas +1.5 ML +114
Edmonton: -1.5 ML -135
O/U 6.5

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Vegas Golden Knights News & Notes:

The Golden Knights head on the road down 2-0. They are 2-1-0 on the road in the playoffs. The Golden Knights are averaging three goals per game while allowing 3.5 goals per game. Adin Hill, is posting a 3.16 goals-against average and an .874 save percentage. In game two he stopped 32 of the 37 shots he faced.

Edmonton Oilers News & Notes: 

The Oilers have now won six straight in the playoffs. They return home with a 2-0 series lead. Edmonton is averaging 4.5 goals per game while allowing 3.1 goals per game in the Playoffs. Calvin Pickard, since taking over in the net in round one, is posting a 2.84 goals-against average and a .888 save percentage. He stopped 28 of the 32 shots he faced in Thursday’s win.

Vegas Golden Knights Projected Lines:

Barbashev-Eichel-Stone
Saad-Hertl-Olofsson
Howden-Karlsson-Smith
Pearson-Roy-Kolesar

McNabb-Theodore
Hanifin-Whitecloud
Hague-Pietrangelo

Hill
Schmid

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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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Players To Watch:

Vegas Golden Knights

Victor Olofsson this season had 29 points on 15 goals and 14 assists. Olofsson has four points in the playoffs on two goals and two assists. In three games against Edmonton this season he scored one goal.

Edmonton Oilers

Evander Kane missed the entire regular season. He’s played in seven of the Oilers’ eight playoff games. He has five points on three goals and two assists in the playoffs.

Injury Report:

Vegas Golden Knights

F Pavel Dorofeyev – DTD

Edmonton Oilers

D Alec Regula – IR
D Mattias Ekholm – IR
D Troy Stecher – Out

Next Game:

Game 4: Monday, May 12 at Rogers Place

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