A minute into the third period, while the Golden Knights were killing off a Barbashev roughing penalty, Brett Howden forced Oilers goalie Stuart Skinner to turnover the puck behind his own net. Howden scored off the turnover on a wrap-around goal to make it 5-3.

The Vegas Golden Knights face off against the Edmonton Oilers for a third time this season for the first game back-to-back at 1 p.m.

Six players scored for the Oilers, who beat Vegas for the first time this season to pull within 3 points of the division lead.

Leon Draisaitl had a goal and two assists, and the Edmonton Oilers beat the Vegas Golden Knights 6-3 for their fifth consecutive win.

The victory over the hated Golden Knights meant “a little bit” more, according to Brown, given what went down in the first two matchups of the season. The Oilers were annoyed to drop the first two games between the teams, defeats that came in different yet crushing ways.

Pregame analysis and predictions of the Florida Panthers vs. Edmonton Oilers NHL game to be played on December 16, 2024 on ESPN.

The Edmonton Oilers and Vegas Golden Knights have totaled under seven goals in seven of their last ten matchups.

Leon Draisaitl scored his league-leading 22nd goal and also had two assists as the host Edmonton Oilers jumped out to a five-goal lead and then held on for a 6-3 victory over the Vegas Golden Knights on Saturday afternoon.

The Oilers struggled to score early on in the year, but the goals have been coming a little easier at the moment. “We created looks early on in the year, too — it just didn’