The Canes hot start was too much for the Devils as they took Game 1 5-1.
The Devils did respond a few minutes later though, with Nathan Bastian scoring his first career playoff goal, and the Devils started to gain some momentum and get some chances as the Canes played it a bit safer with the lead. But, the comeback attempt ended there, as Brady Skjei scored midway through the third to regain the Canes’ three-goal lead, and Jesper Fast ended the scoring with an empty netter to give the Canes the 5-1 win.
The biggest question for the Vegas Golden Knights in this series was whether or not they’d be able to contain Connor McDavid, Leon Draisaitl, and company to get some wins. So far, they haven’t had to contain them to get wins, they’ve just needed to outscore them. Draisaitl opened the scoring on the power play just four minutes into the game to give the Oilers the lead, but Vegas responded 40 seconds later with a goal from Ivan Barbashev. The Golden Knights not only got the lead midway through the period from a Michael Amadio goal, but added to the lead with a Mark Stone power play goal with 1:37 left in the frame.
But it didn’t take long for the Oilers to put themselves back in the game, as Draisaitl scored again with 11 seconds left to make it a one goal lead. No one would score in the second, and the Golden Knights would do a good job of containing the Oilers offense with multiple 5-10 minute stretches without a shot for Edmonton throughout the first two periods, but it only took 1:35 into the third period for Draisaitl to get his hat trick goal and tie the game.
The Golden Knights responded quickly again though, as Barbashev got his second of the game only 1:01 later to regain the lead, and then Chandler Stephenson made it 5-3 50 seconds after that. Draisaitl managed to get his fourth goal of the game midway through the frame to make it a one-goal game again, but that was as close as they’d get, with Jack Eichel solidifying the win with an empty net goal, giving Vegas the 6-4 win.
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