Mike Smith made 39 saves for his second consecutive shutout as the Edmonton Oilers beat the Vegas Golden Knights 4-0 on Saturday. With the victory, Edmonton’s biggest rival – the Calgary Flames – became the first team in the Pacific Division to reach the playoffs. The Oilers are now six points above Los Angeles for second place in the Pacific Division and seven points behind Vegas. Evander Kane had one goal and one assist for the Eilers (44-26-6) who are 14-3-2 in their last 19 games. Kris Russell, Cody Ceci and Warren Foegele also scored. Logan Thompson made 32 saves for the Golden Knights (41-29-5), who have lost three of their last five. Russell finally broke the deadlock for Edmonton with 3:24 staying in the first period. The veteran defender stealthily stepped in and passed Thompson with his shot for his first goal in 126 games. It remained a one-goal game in 40 minutes, with Edmonton beating Vegas 26-25. The Oilers made it 2-0 in just 35 seconds in the third period as Ceci used a screen by Jesse Puljujarvi to send a one-point lead to Thompson for his fifth of the season. Edmonton extended their lead five minutes into the third as Foegele stole an elf from Alec Martinez in the Oilers blue line and took it to Vegas to score the 12th of the game. The Oilers continued to come in with a short goal with 4:27 remaining in third, as Kane scored his 17th goal after a great individual effort by Ryan Nugent-Hopkins that reached the net. The Golden Knights return to the ice on Monday when they host the New Jersey Devils. The Oilers are out of business until Wednesday, when they embark on a two-game trip to Dallas with the Stars. Notes: Edmonton and Vegas both came into the game scoring 10 goals close up this season Kn Knights goalkeeper Robin Lenner returned to Las Vegas on Friday due to a family health problem, with Jerry Father coming from AHL Henderson to back up. Thompson for the game… In Vegas Missing Laurent Brossoit (unknown), Nolan Patrick (unknown), Nicolas Hague (lower body), Reilly Smith (lower body), Brett Howden (upper body) and William Carrier (upper body) M Edmonton had His full normal composition available.
