Oilers level series against Golden Knights

(Edmonton) Ryan Nugent-Hopkins scored his first goal of the playoffs and also had an assist for the Edmonton Oilers in their 4-1 win over the Vegas Golden Knights to tie the series.


Nick Bjugstad, Evan Bouchard and Mattias Ekholm were the other scorers for the Oilers. Oilers goaltender Stuart Skinner made 25 saves in the win.

Connor McDavid had two assists and Leon Draisaitl added one.

Nicolas Roy scored the Golden Knights’ lone goal in the third period.

Golden Knights goaltender Adin Hill stopped 29 shots in his first NHL playoff start, having played a few minutes in the previous two games of the series.

Game 5 is Friday in Las Vegas.

The series returns to Edmonton for Game 6 on Sunday. If necessary, the seventh game will take place on Tuesday in Las Vegas.


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