This five-game defeat felt like a missed opportunity for an aging core of talented players in search of another Cup.

The Vegas Golden Knights had filled five of those holes with the pucks from victories in the first two rounds of the Stanley Cup Playoffs. There would be no more pucks placed on the wall after the Edmonton Oilers secured a 1-0 overtime victory in Game 5 that ended the best-of-7 series.

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Despite an enormous gap between top and bottom performances, Edmonton is on the verge of advancing to Round 3.

The Oilers will play either the Dallas Stars or the Winnipeg Jets in the Western Conference Final. Dallas leads that best-of-7 series 3-1 with Game 5 on Thursday (9:30 p.m. ET; TNT, truTV, MAX, CBC, TVAS, SN).

Following just one game on the schedule on Tuesday night, Wednesday night is back to the standard of two games -- one of which could be the swan song for a recent Stanley Cup champion. The first matchup pits the Florida Panthers against the Toronto Maple Leafs (7 p.

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Oilers goalie Stuart Skinner stepped up in a massive way against the Golden Knights to complete a feat not seen in nearly a decade.

Early on, it looked like the Golden Knights were going to be run out of Rogers Place. The Oilers rode the energy off the home crowd to build a nice lead. Corey Perry, placed on a line with captain Connor McDavid and Leon Draisaitl, opened the scoring several minutes into the first.

Edmonton Oilers forward Evander Kane is making his presence felt on and off the ice in this year's Stanley Cup Playoffs.