Oilers fall 4-2 to Golden Knights in McDavid’s return from injury

Noah Hanifin had a brace of goals arsenic the Vegas Golden Knights won their archetypal roadworthy crippled of the season, coming from down to daze the Edmonton Oilers 4-2 connected Wednesday.

“It’s conscionable immoderate details that we’re missing, and evidently close present we request each the details possible,” Oilers caput manager Kris Knoblauch said. “When the pucks aren’t going successful for you, you’ve got to beryllium capable to play bully antiaircraft hockey. And tonight, I thought we started disconnected playing beauteous bully similar that…they had immoderate evidently scoring chances — they’re ever going to get scoring chances, they’re a bully squad — but arsenic the crippled went on, that’s erstwhile I thought our details dropped.”

Jack Eichel had a extremity and 2 assists and Mark Stone besides scored for the Golden Knights (9-3-1), who person won 2 successful a enactment and six of their past seven. The Knights entered the crippled 0-3-1 connected the roadworthy this year.

Brett Kulak and Zach Hyman replied for the Oilers (6-7-1), who person mislaid 2 consecutive contempt getting skipper Connor McDavid backmost from wounded earlier than expected for the game.

“I thought we played a bully game,” Kulak said. “We were having fun. We were moving hard, winning battles — doing each the close things. It’s conscionable immoderate accidental they got they were putting the puck successful the nett and that was benignant disconnected the difference, astatine the end.”

Adin Hill made 27 saves for Vegas, portion Stuart Skinner managed 31 stops for Edmonton.

Takeaways

Golden Knights: With an assistance connected the Knights’ 2nd goal, William Karlsson has recorded astatine slightest a constituent successful each 5 games helium has played this play (two goals, 4 assists).

Oilers: McDavid was a astonishment starter for the Oilers, coming backmost conscionable 9 days aft suffering an ankle wounded successful Columbus and initially being expected to miss 2 to 3 weeks. The prima guardant came into the contention with 11 points (three goals, 8 assists) during a six-game constituent streak versus the Golden Knights, but was held pointless connected the night.

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Key moment

With conscionable 48.4 seconds near to play, the Golden Knights won a contention to the country and Ivan Barbashev was capable to nonstop it retired to a hard-charging Hanifin, who sent a changeable glove-side that bushed Skinner for his 2nd extremity of the 3rd play and 3rd of the season.

Key stat

It was Hyman’s 3rd extremity successful the past 4 games aft the seasoned guardant went scoreless successful his archetypal 10 games this play pursuing a 54-goal run past year. Hyman present has 5 goals successful his past six games against Vegas.

Up next

Golden Knights: Head to Seattle to look the Kraken connected Friday.

Oilers: Travel to Vancouver connected a speedy one-game travel to clash with the Canucks connected Saturday.