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03/08 23:33 CDT 3rd-period surge lifts the Oilers past the Golden Knights, 4-2
3rd-period surge lifts the Oilers past the Golden Knights, 4-2
By MARK ANDERSON
AP Sports Writer
LAS VEGAS (AP) --- Vasily Podkolzin, Leon Draisaitl and Kasperi Kapanen scored
in the third period and the Edmonton Oilers beat the Vegas Golden Knights 4-2
on Sunday night to tighten the Pacific Division race.
The Golden Knights, with 72 points, missed a chance to go back in front of
Anaheim, which remained at 73 after the Ducks lost 4-0 at home to St. Louis.
Third-place Edmonton has 70.
Vegas has lost five of six games, and the Oilers had dropped six of eight going
into this meeting.
Trent Frederic also scored for the Oilers, and Connor Ingram made 24 saves.
Connor McDavid had two assists and Evan Bouchard had one to extended their
points streak to seven games.
Noah Hanifin and Jack Eichel scored for Golden Knights. Mitch Marner had two
assists and Adin Hill stopped 15 shots.
Vegas winger Brett Howden played for the first time in two months. He had been
out with a lower-body injury.
The teams traded goals in the second period, but a goal from Golden Knights
winger Keegan Kolesar was successfully challenged by the Oilers.
Then in the third, Podkolzin scored an unassisted goal on a breakaway off a
faceoff to put the Oilers ahead 2-1 just 2:34 into period. Draisaitl's goal
with 8:07 remaining came after Eichel failed to clear the puck out of his zone
because teammate Rasmus Andersson's broken stick was in the way.
Eichel scored a short-handed goal from the right circle with 3:16 left to cut
the deficit to one. Then, Kapanen ended just about any doubts with an
empty-netter with 1:57 remaining.
Up next
Oilers: At Colorado on Tuesday night.
Golden Knights: At Dallas on Tuesday night.
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