McDavid Leads Early Surge as Oilers Survive Late Golden Knights Rally
If you watched this game from start to finish, it really felt like two different stories packed into one night at Rogers Place. The Edmonton Oilers came out flying, built a huge lead, and then had to dig deep to hold off a furious late push from the Vegas Golden Knights. When it was all said and done, Edmonton escaped with a 4–3 win, and once again, Connor McDavid was right at the center of everything.
McDavid wasted no time setting the tone. Early in the first period, he opened the scoring by gliding across the front of the net and slipping the puck past Carter Hart. It looked almost effortless, but that goal extended his point streak to 10 games and marked his fourth straight game with a goal. At this point, it almost feels routine to say McDavid is leading the league in scoring, but the consistency is still jaw-dropping. Night after night, the offense is being driven through him, and Vegas had trouble slowing him down from the opening shift.
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The Oilers took full advantage of their momentum and their power play. Ryan Nugent-Hopkins was left wide open on the weak side and tapped in a backdoor pass to make it 2–0, and early in the second period, he struck again on the man advantage. Zach Hyman later added a goal off the rush to push the lead to 4–0, and at that point, Edmonton looked completely in control. The building was loud, the Oilers were rolling, and it felt like the game might get away from Vegas.
But the Golden Knights didn’t disappear. A power-play goal from Tomas Hertl finally got them on the board, and that seemed to spark a shift in energy. Vegas began to skate harder, pressure the puck more aggressively, and slowly tilt the ice. Early in the third period, another power-play goal cut the lead to two, and suddenly the Oilers were defending instead of attacking.
When Vegas pulled within one, the tension inside Rogers Place was impossible to miss. Edmonton had to weather long stretches in its own zone, and rookie goaltender Connor Ingram was tested late. In his Oilers debut, he stayed calm, made key saves, and leaned on the support in front of him as Edmonton tried to close it out.
In the end, the early damage proved just enough. The Oilers held on, grabbed two big points against a division rival, and were reminded that against a team like Vegas, no lead is ever completely safe. Still, with McDavid rolling, the power play clicking, and a goaltender finding his footing, this win felt like an important step forward for Edmonton.
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