Oilers bounce back against Golden Knights to even series 2-2

Ryan Nugent-Hopkins scored his first goal of the playoffs and also had an assist for the Edmonton Oilers in Wednesday's 4-1 win over the Vegas Golden Knights to square their series at two wins apiece.

After they were held off the scoresheet in Game 3, Edmonton captain Connor McDavid had a pair of assists and Leon Draisaitl had one.

Game 5 of the best-of-seven Pacific Division final is Friday in Las Vegas.

The series returns to Edmonton for Sunday's Game 6. If required, Game 7 would be Tuesday in Vegas.

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Nicolas Roy scored the Golden Knights' lone goal in the third period.

Vegas goalie Adin Hill stopped 29 shots in his first NHL playoff start, after playing minutes in the two previous games of the series.

The Golden Knights took the first game 6-4 and the Oilers the second 5-1 in Las Vegas.

Golden Knights defenceman Alex Pietrangelo took a major and a game misconduct with less than two minutes remaining.

After Draisaitl shot wide of an empty net, Pietrangelo slashed the Oiler across the arms.

Roy chipped the puck upstairs over Skinner's glove at 5:58 of the third period for his first goal of the playoffs.

So he was elated to beat Hill with a wrist shot from the slot on a McDavid feed from the boards, which made it 4-0 at 14:45 of the second period.

The Oilers killed off consecutive penalties midway through the second period. Zach Hyman took a cross-checking minor and Skinner was penalized for playing the puck outside the trapezoid.

Pietrangelo rang a shot off the crossbar during the Knights' second man advantage.

Edmonton led 3-0 by 13:30 of the opening period. Ekholm scored his first of the playoffs with a blast from the top of the faceoff