![]() ![]() The Jets bowed out in five games in the first round to the Vegas Golden Knights. The Winnipeg Jets, Toronto Maple Leafs and Edmonton Oilers started the post-season with high hopes that one of them could become the first Canadian team since the 1993 Montreal Canadiens to hoist the Stanley Cup. The Golden Knights, who were built for defensive hockey, actually outscored the Oilers 22-19 in the physical series, albeit they were outshot 40-22 in the clincher.Īnd then there were none. It was the first time in the series that a team managed to win two straight. ![]() The 32-year-old Marchessault from Cap-Rouge, Que., listed at 5-foot-9, scored three goals in the second period as the Vegas Golden Knights erased a 2-1 first-period deficit and then hung on for a 5-2 victory to eliminate the Oilers in six games. On a day when mothers were being celebrated, an "old guy" took a victory lap, too. Here are five things to know about the NHL playoffs: ![]() The Oilers ouster ensures the 2023 champion will be paraded around the White House and not along Sussex Drive. ![]() Barbecue season is now underway coast-to-coast as the Edmonton Oilers were eliminated from the Stanley Cup picture last night, failing to stop Jonathan Marchessault and his Vegas Golden Knights in Game 6 at Rogers Place. ![]()
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