Draisaitl's 4 goals not enough as Oilers fall short against Golden Knights in Game 1

Leon Draisaitl's four-goal game wasn't enough for the visiting Edmonton Oilers in a 6-4 loss to the Vegas Golden Knights to open their second-round playoff series Wednesday.

A night after Joe Pavelski scored four times for the Dallas Stars in a 5-4 overtime loss to the Seattle Kraken to start that series, Draisaitl's quadruple was similarly for naught.

Ivan Barbashev scored twice and Mark Stone had a goal and an assist for host Vegas.

Vegas starter Laurent Brossoit stopped 23 shots for the win, while Edmonton counterpart Stuart Skinner turned away 28 shots in the loss.

Skinner was among the three Calder Trophy nominees announced earlier Wednesday for the NHL's rookie award.

Draisaitl's 11 goals lead the NHL post-season. Connor McDavid, Mattias Ekholm and Zach Hyman each had two assists for Edmonton.

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