The Oilers put 15 pucks in their own Stanley Cup totem last season, losing to the Panthers in Game 7 of the Stanley Cup Final. The previous season, they lost to these Golden Knights in the second round in six games.

It’s over! The Edmonton Oilers have advanced to the Western Conference Final of the 2025 NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs after defeating the Vegas Golden Knights in five games.

The Edmonton Oilers face the Vegas Golden Knights in Game 5 of the second-round of the NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs on Wednesday, May 14, 2025.

Vegas Golden Knights players tried to process their elimination at the hands of the Edmonton Oilers in the 2025 Stanley Cup Playoffs.

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.

The Edmonton Oilers have the Vegas Golden Knights on the brink of elimination in the second round of the 2025 NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs. Could this be the year Connor McDavid lifts his first Stanley Cup?

Jack Eichel delivered a blunt six-word reminder to the rest of the Vegas Golden Knights after the 3-0 loss in Game 4 of the Stanley Cup Playoffs Second Round against Connor McDavid and the Edmonton Oilers.