In Edmonton, the Vegas Golden Knights’ Mark Stone scored his second goal of the game just past the midway point of the third period Saturday night to force an extra session with the Oilers, tied at 3-3.
Connor McDavid put an end to the brief rally with the overtime winner in the 4-4 decision.
“Personally, it was ugly right from the start for me,” said McDavid, who also had an assist. “I fought the puck all night, changed sticks a couple of times. Dropped my stick, lost my mouthguard a bunch of times. I had to stick with it and find a way to contribute to the game.”
McDavid scored 77 seconds into the extra session.
Stuart Skinner made 31 saves. in the Oilers win.
Edmonton improved to 10-8-0.
“It’s fun to play good teams,” Edmonton’s Ryan Nugent-Hopkins (three assists) said. “It definitely is. You’ve got to rise to the occasion, and this has been one of the hottest teams in the League so far. So we knew that coming in and obviously we needed to step our game up. To get the two points against that team is definitely big, and we’ve got to keep that feeling going on the road here.”
The two teams traded one goal apiece in each regulation frame.
The Oilers took the lead in the first period on a strike from Warren Foegele.
Keegan Kolesar tied it 1-1, before the end of the period.
Stone put the Knights up 2-1 early in the middle frame.
Leon Draisaitl tied it, 2-2, midway through the second period.
“We want two points,” Golden Knights coach Bruce Cassidy said. “We’re a good overtime team. We got the puck first and had our opportunity to generate something. They checked it back and good for them. There were good things to get a point. If we start a little better, a little cleaner, maybe we get the two. At the end of the day, we’ll take the one and head to Vancouver.”
Zach Hyman put the Oilers up, 3-2, with just 38 seconds gone in the third period.
Adin Hill made 19 saves in the Vegas loss.
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