Edmonton Oilers vs. Vegas Golden Knights Game 1: Free live ...

Connor McDavid and the Edmonton Oilers will take on the Vegas Golden Knights in Game 1 of their second-round Stanley Cup Playoffs series on Wednesday night. Puck drop from Las Vegas is at 9:30 p.m. Eastern.

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Kailer Yamamoto’s goal at 16:51 of the third period gave the Oilers a 5-4 win in Los Angeles on Friday to close out the Kings in six games. Vegas has been off since Thursday, when it eliminated the Winnipeg Jets in Game 5, 4-1, behind two goals from Chandler Stephenson.

What: Western Conference second-round series, Game 1

Who: Edmonton Oilers at Vegas Golden Knights.

When: Wednesday, May 3, 2023.

Time: 9:30 p.m. Eastern.

Where: T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas.

TV: ESPN.

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Moneyline: Oilers -120.

Here is some of what Mark Anderson of the Associated Press wrote in his preview of this series.

Because the league doesn’t use a strict seeding system for the NHL playoffs, the Western Conference Final has come a round early.

And with teams such as Boston, Colorado and the New York Rangers already eliminated, Game 2 of the Edmonton Oilers-Vegas Golden Knights series was moved back a day to Saturday because it is the marquee second-round matchup.

The series, which opens Wednesday in Las Vegas, features an Edmonton team with three 100-point scorers led by a household name in Connor McDavid against a Vegas team that posted the West’s top record.

The winner plays in the actual conference final against Dallas or Seattle. Edmonton is a minus-152 series favorite, according to FanDuel Sportsbook.

“We feel good about our game, we feel good about our people,” Oilers coach Jay Woodcroft said. “We understand that the challenge before us is a big one, but we feel that we’re up to it.”

Any why wouldn’t he with dynamic scorers McDavid, Leon Draisaitl and Ryan Nugent-Hopkins? Each hit the century mark in points, and McDavid led the league with 64 goals and 89 assists — 153 points.

The Knights, who edged out the Oilers by two points for the top spot in the conference, have some star power in Mark Stone and Jack Eichel, but Vegas uses a much more balanced approached.

“I love our depth from forward one through 12 and D one through six,” Knights coach Bruce Cassidy said. “I think they can match up against anybody. ... I think we have an ability to win games different ways, so you can’t just say, ‘I’m going to take this player out of the equation or neutralize him.’”

POTENT POWER PLAY

Edmonton scored on 32.4% of power plays during the regular season, the highest mark since the NHL began tracking that statistic in the 1977-78 season.

The Oilers were even better against Los Angeles in the first round, scoring at a 56.3% clip. Vegas was in the middle of the pack in killing off 77.4% of power plays, but the Knights committed a league-low 243 penalties in the regular season.

“You’ve just got to try to stay out of the box more than anything,” Knights center Chandler Stephenson said.

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