The Oilers swept the regular-season series 4-0, but three were one-goal games and two were overtime wins. The best-of-seven, conference semifinal also marks the first playoff meeting of the Oilers' Connor McDavid and the Knights' Jack Eichel since they were selected first and second respectively in the 2015 entry draft. Game 2 is Friday there before the series flips to Edmonton. Vegas gets home-ice advantage to kick off the second-round series Wednesday at T-Mobile Arena. They have some really good D that can move the puck as well, so they're a pretty complete team." "They won the division, so we know what we're up against," Oilers defenceman Mattias Ekholm said. The Knights were among the league's top-five plus-minus teams in the regular season and topped the first round of the playoffs at plus-seven. Vegas (51-22-9) got it done at both ends of the ice to rank first in the Western Conference, two points up on Edmonton (50-23-9). The first ever playoff confrontation between the Oilers and Golden Knights pits Edmonton's explosive offence against one of the best two-way teams in the NHL.
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