The Edmonton Oilers meet the Vegas Golden Knights in Game 2 of their Western Conference semifinals playoff series Saturday. Puck drop at T-Mobile Arena is scheduled for 7 p.m. ET (TNT). Below, we analyze BetMGM Sportsbook’s lines around the Oilers vs. Golden Knights odds, and make our expert NHL picks and predictions.
Season series: Golden Knights lead 1-0
Vegas won the series open 6-4 despite that Oilers C Leon Draisaitl had a heck of an outing with 4 goals and a cashed a +100 anytime goal wager for us. C Connor McDavid, LW Zach Hyman, D Mattias Ekholm and D Evan Bouchard added 2 assists each.
Vegas played a solid 60 minutes and was led by trade deadline acquisition C Ivan Barbashev with 2 goals. The Knights outshot the Oilers 34 to 27 in what we expected would be an offensive display. The Oilers were able to tie it at 3 early in the 3rd period, but Vegas scored 3 goals the rest of the period to seal it.