LAS VEGAS — Chandler Stephenson scored the go-ahead goal, Addin Hill stopped 30 shots and the Las Vegas Golden Knights ended the Edmonton Oilers’ winning streak at 16 with a 3-1 victory Tuesday night.
Edmonton was looking to tie the NHL’s longest winning streak with the Pittsburgh Penguins in 1992-93.
Instead, with the game tied 1-1 after two periods, Stephenson took a pass from Jonathan Marchessault and fired a shot from the center of the left circle, hitting Edmonton goaltender Stuart Skinner’s blocker side. They defeated the Golden Knights and led the Golden Knights by one point. Two minutes into the third period.
From there, Hill did a great job keeping the Oilers at bay and keeping the crowd energized until the final horn.
“I know they’re hot and no matter how many wins they’ve had, I was just focused on playing our game tonight and getting the two points,” Hill said. “It’s a big rivalry, and to be able to do that with some of the guys that were missing in the lineup is huge for us.”
Hill, who leads the NHL in goals against average (1.88) and save percentage (.938), had the save of the night, stopping Leon Draisaitl’s backdoor one-timer late in the third period.
Nick Roy and William Karlsson also scored for the Golden Knights.
Skinner has started the last 22 games, going 19-3 with 23 saves.
“Their goalie played well and made some big saves,” Edmonton goal scorer Connor McDavid said. “It’s always going to be a tough game in this building, we expected that. It’s disappointing, but we’re moving on. It’s been a while since we’ve done something like that, and you realize how much you hated losing.” Sometimes I forget. It was a good memory.”
The Oilers opened the season with a 3-9-1 record before firing manager Jay Woodcroft on Nov. 12, but were just 13-15-1 before the winning streak began.
Edmonton hasn’t lost since Dec. 19 and has a record of 29-16-1.
The Oilers have an NHL-best 26-7-0 record since Kris Knoblauch’s first game as coach on November 13, and have won 24 of their last 27 games to move into third place in the Pacific Division. There is.
“We’re back in the hunt, but we’re never complacent,” Oilers defenseman Darnell Nurse said. “I think we worked hard to get into this position, but tonight we lost to a team in the same division that we played well over the past few years. It’s going to leave a aftertaste in our mouth.”
Edmonton didn’t flinch after committing the first penalty of the game.
After a poke check by Vincent Descharnais forced a turnover and sparked a 2-0 rush, McDavid took a pass from Draisaitl and beat Hill for a short-handed goal to give the Oilers a 1-0 lead. did.
This was McDavid’s 10th point and 27th point in the Oilers’ last 17 games.
Roy collected a rebound from the crease, put the puck on his backhand, and past Skinner for his 10th point of the season to tie the game for Las Vegas.
Carlson’s empty net with 34 seconds left ended the game for Vegas.
