The Edmonton Oilers and Leon Draisaitl have reached the final of the Western Conference in the North American ice hockey pro-league NHL with a dramatic victory against the Vegas Golden Knights.
According to Draisaitl, Kasperi Kapanen scored the only goal of the game in the extension and decided the Oilers series against the Vegas Golden Knights. Draisaitl’s team won 4-1.
In the final of the Western Conference, the team now meets either the Dallas Stars or the Winnipeg Jets. Dallas leads 3: 1 in this series.
Draisaitl’s goal for the winning goal was his tenth assist in this year’s playoffs. Together with his five goals, he comes to 15 scorer points and is therefore in third place. Goalie Stuart Skinner, who again represented the injured Calvin Pickard and held the injured with 24 safes, also drew attention to himself.
Great disappointment in the previous year
The Oilers continue to have the chance to forget the great disappointment of last season. A year ago, Edmonton reached the finals around the Stanley Cup. There the team was 0: 3 behind and against the Florida Panthers with three wins in a row still managed – in order to lose difference in the decisive seventh game with a goal.
| Game | Last game | Stood in the playoffs |
|---|---|---|
Winnipeg Jets – Dallas Stars | 1: 3 | 1: 3 |
Vegas Golden Knights – Edmonton Oilers | 0: 1 | 1: 4 |
| Game | Last game | Stood in the playoffs |
|---|---|---|
Toronto Maple Leafs – Florida Panthers | 1: 6 | 2: 3 |
Washington Capitals – Carolina Hurricanes | 2: 5 | 3: 1 |