Vegas Golden Knights vs Edmonton Oilers
Regular season · Thursday, April 5, 2018 · Rogers Place
SN1 · ATTSN-RM
Game summary
The Edmonton Oilers beat the Vegas Golden Knights 4–3 on Thursday, April 5, 2018 at Rogers Place.
Goals came from Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, Brayden McNabb, Brandon Pirri, Matt Benning, Michael Cammalleri, Ty Rattie and Oscar Lindberg.
Cam Talbot made 30 saves on 33 shots for the win; Malcolm Subban stopped 29 of 33.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Ryan Nugent-Hopkins (23)Ty Rattie (4), Connor McDavid (63)0–107:03 EDM
2nd period
Brayden McNabb (5)Pierre-Edouard Bellemare (10), Ryan Carpenter (6)1–102:00 VGK
Brandon Pirri (3)Alex Tuch (22)2–104:47 VGK
3rd period
Matt Benning (6)Ryan Strome (21), Drake Caggiula (7)2–201:49 EDM
Michael Cammalleri (7)Connor McDavid (64), Leon Draisaitl (45)2–310:07 EDM · 
Ty Rattie (5)Connor McDavid (65)2–413:15 EDM
Oscar Lindberg (9)Shea Theodore (23)3–414:37 VGK
Team stats
VGKEDM
3333
53%47%
0/21/3
64
1518
77
1119
88
Penalties
- 10:45 into the second period
William Carrier · hooking2 min - 15:17 into the second period
Matt Benning · holding2 min - 3:13 into the third periodErik Haula · tripping2 min
- 8:46 into the third periodDeryk Engelland · holding2 min
- 18:12 into the third periodJesse Puljujarvi · tripping2 min
Season series
Vegas Golden Knights
| 24Oscar LindbergC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 11:03 |
| 40Ryan CarpenterC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | 13:59 |
| 41Pierre-Edouard BellemareL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 16:17 |
| 73Brandon PirriC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 16:43 |
| 89Alex TuchR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 17:18 |
| 3Brayden McNabbD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 3 | 23:31 |
| 27Shea TheodoreD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 3 | 20:39 |
| 18James NealL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | 16:24 |
| 28William CarrierL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 5 | 13:12 |
| 56Erik HaulaL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 16:15 |
| 71William KarlssonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 19:17 |
| 75Ryan ReavesR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 10:44 |
| 90Tomas TatarL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | 15:04 |
| 92Tomas NosekL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:20 |
| 2Zach WhitecloudD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 0 | 16:42 |
| 5Deryk EngellandD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | 18:42 |
| 6Colin MillerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | 19:50 |
| 15Jon MerrillD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 18:27 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29Marc-Andre FleuryG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 30Malcolm SubbanG | L | 33 | 4 | .879 |
Edmonton Oilers
| 97Connor McDavidC | 0 | 3 | 3 | +1 | 2 | 20:49 |
| 8Ty RattieR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 3 | 14:53 |
| 13Michael CammalleriL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 | 12:30 |
| 18Ryan StromeC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12:36 |
| 29Leon DraisaitlC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 5 | 19:26 |
| 91Drake CaggiulaC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 15:29 |
| 93Ryan Nugent-HopkinsC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 18:52 |
| 83Matt BenningD | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 1 | 15:02 |
| 16Jujhar KhairaL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:20 |
| 27Milan LucicL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11:36 |
| 44Zack KassianR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 12:20 |
| 58Anton SlepyshevL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11:19 |
| 98Jesse PuljujarviR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14:45 |
| 4Kris RussellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 19:54 |
| 6Adam LarssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | 23:11 |
| 25Darnell NurseD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 23:22 |
| 47Keegan LoweD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | 13:01 |
| 74Ethan BearD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21:02 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 33Cam TalbotG | W | 33 | 3 | .909 |
| 35Al MontoyaG | 0 | 0 | – |