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Artturi Lehkonen scored 1:19 into overtime on Monday night to give the Colorado Avalanche a 6-5 win and four-game sweep of the Edmonton Oilers in the NHL’s Western Conference Final.

Connor McDavid dominated the NHL season.

Edmonton Oilers’ season ended Sunday night at Rogers Place with a 5-2 loss to the Vegas Golden Knights.Vegas wins the best-of-seven 4-2. They’ll play either Dallas or Seattle in the Western Conference Final.“There were two teams that were taking swings at each other in every game,” Oilers Head Coach Jay Woodcroft said.“It feels like a failure or a wasted year almost,” Leon Draisaitl said after the loss.The Golden Knights took an early lead when the puck bounced in front to Reilly Smith, who snapped a shot past Stuart Skinner 24 seconds into the game.Connor McDavid provided a quick response, 31 seconds later, when his shot from the right wing eluded Adin Hill.Just 1:48 after that, Derek Ryan centered the puck to Warren Foegele, who connected for his second of the post-season.Vegas came out strong in the second and went ahead on a pair of goals by Jonathan Marchessault in the first eight minutes of the period.“I thought we played a good first period,” Woodcroft said.

Vegas Golden Knights rolled to a convincing 5-1 win over the Edmonton Oilers Monday night at Rogers Place, to take a 2-1 lead in their best-of-seven second round series.“I didn’t think we skated well, I didn’t think we were hard enough in certain areas and to a man, not our finest hour in any way,” Oilers head coach Jay Woodcroft said.“To dress tonight up any other way than ‘not good enough’ would be false.”“Forty eight hours ago, we played a game that we really liked,” Captain Connor McDavid said.“Forty eight hours later, we’re talking about not a very good one.

Edmonton Oilers advanced to the second round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs with a 5-4 road win over the Los Angeles Kings Saturday night.The Oilers won the series 4-2. They’ll play the Vegas Golden Knights in the second round.The Oilers took an early lead when Evan Bouchard made a deft pass in front to Connor McDavid, who tipped his third of the series past Joonas Korpisalo 1:25 into the game.Sean Durzi tied it when his point shot skittered under Stuart Skinner’s left pad.Klim Kostin notched his second of the series later in the first, cutting across the slot and snapping a shot past Korpisalo’s blocker.The teams combined for three power play goals in the first nine minutes of the second period.

Colorado Avalanche finally secured their ticket to the Western Conference Finals with a 3-2 win at the expense of the St. Louis Blues, to win the series on Friday.After three consecutive seasons in which the Avalanche lost in the second round, Jared Bednar’s men earned their place in the semi-finals for the first time in 20 years.They disposed of the Blues in six games.

Edmonton Oilers a 5-4 win over the Calgary Flames Thursday night.The Oilers win the series 4-1 and will play in the Western Conference Final for the first time since 2006.The Flames took the lead halfway through the first when Andrew Mangiapane converted a pass from Blake Coleman. Oilers strike early and late to beat Flames 5-3 in Game 4 Mikael Backlund made it 2-0 with a deflection in the second period.The Oilers came back with two goals in 2:16. Darnell Nurse ripped home a shot from the high slot, then Jesse Puljujarvi tucked in a loose puck after a shot from Zach Hyman.Late in the second, the teams set a new NHL playoff record by combining for four goals in 1:11.

Evander Kane struck for a natural hat trick over a six-minute span in the second period to lift the Edmonton Oilers to a 4-1 win over the Calgary Flames Sunday night at Rogers Place.

Edmonton Oilers rallied from an early deficit for a 5-3 win over the Calgary Flames Friday night.The best-of-seven series is tied 1-1.“I just thought we battled harder, that was all,” Oilers captain Connor McDavid said after the game. “Working, being harder in battles, winning some 50/50 pucks — you know we didn’t win many in Game 1.

EDMONTON, AB – The Stanley Cup Final is in Edmonton, and Oilers star Leon Draisaitl made history Monday night.Only it had more to do with his home country than his home arena.Draisaitl became the first German player to win the Hart Trophy as MVP after leading the league in scoring with 110 points in 71 games.

The NHL Hart Trophy voters agreed with NHL players in selecting Edmonton’s Leon Draisaitl, Colorado’s Nathan MacKinnon and Artemi Panarin of the New York Rangers as MVP award finalists.The finalists were announced by the NHL on Tuesday, and determined by members of the Professional Hockey Writers Association. The three were also named finalists for the Ted Lindsay Trophy, honoring the league's most outstanding player as voted on by players.The 24-year-old Draisaitl is seeking to become the first German-born player to win the Hart after leading the NHL with 110 points (43 goals, 67 assists).

Since the NHL is planning to go straight to the playoffs, it's handing out a handful of trophies for the regular season cut short by the coronavirus pandemic.

Edmonton Oilers’ leading scorer Leon Draisaitl has been dealing with a different kind of defender while the NHL season is on hold due to the novel coronavirus outbreak.