Skinner stopped all 24 shots he faced, earning his second consecutive shutout, and Oilers captain Connor McDavid addressed the criticism directed at Skinner in recent weeks following Calvin Pickard's injury. “Hopefully it shuts a lot of people up that were talking about him, first and foremost,” McDavid said. “We always had belief in him.

Kasperi Kapanen scored on a scramble in front of the net at 7:14 of overtime, and the Edmonton Oilers beat the Vegas Golden Knights 1-0 in Game 5 on Wednesday night to advance to the Western Conference final for the second year in a row.

Edmonton Oilers goalie Stuart Skinner picked up his second consecutive shutout to oust the Vegas Golden Knights in Game 5.

Oilers right wing Kasperi Kapanen (right) digs the puck out from under the skate of Golden Knights goaltender Adin Hill and puts it into the net 7:19 into overtime of Game 5 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. The Oilers' 1-0 win eliminated the Knights from the playoffs.

Behind a defensive effort so sound it would likely beat any team in the league three games out of four, Skinner filled in any cracks that the Vegas Golden Knights could chisel out of the Oilers’ impeccable structure in a Game 4 win that vaulted them to a 3-1 series lead.

The Oilers have rolled the Vegas Golden Knights to the brink of elimination after a commanding performance in a Game Four win, 3-0.

The Edmonton Oilers dropped a complete heartbreaker in Game 3 of their second-round playoff series against the Vegas Golden Knights. With 0.4 seconds remaining in regulation, Vegas was able to generate the game-winning goal,