Kapanen scores the lone goal advancing Oilers to conference final with OT winner
Posted May 14, 2025 2:57 pm.
Last Updated May 14, 2025 11:05 pm.
The Edmonton Oilers are heading back to the Western Conference Finals after Kasperi Kapanen won Game 5 in overtime.
Both goaltenders, Stuart Skinner and Adin Hill, were perfect through the first 60 minutes of action, sending the game to overtime without a goal.
At 7:19 of overtime, Kapanen jammed home a loose puck, clinching the Oilers’ fourth win of the series and advancing them past the Vegas Golden Knights in five games.
OIL COUNTRY HOW ARE WE FEELING?!? ????️????️
— Sportsnet (@Sportsnet) May 15, 2025
Kasperi Kapanen scores the Subway Canada OT winner in Game 5 to send the Oilers to the Western Conference Final pic.twitter.com/XAKOB2kmUp
The Oilers will now have to wait to see who they play in the third round, which might be known as early as Thursday, as Dallas looks to eliminate the Jets in Winnipeg in Game 5 of their series.
The first #HockeyHandshakes of the Second Round ???? #StanleyCup pic.twitter.com/BQZUjSHnWW
— NHL (@NHL) May 15, 2025
The Oilers played the Stars in the 2024 Western Conference Finals and won that series in six games, advancing to the Stanley Cup Finals.
Injured Edmonton Oilers goalie Calvin Pickard still day to day: coach
Oilers goalie Calvin Pickard remains sidelined with an injury as Edmonton looks to finish off its second-round playoff series with the Vegas Golden Knights.
Pickard was not on the ice for morning skate ahead of Game 5 in Las Vegas on Wednesday, and head coach Kris Knoblauch says he remains “day to day.”
The 33-year-old netminder was injured during Game 2 on May 8, when Golden Knights forward Tomas Hertl landed on his left leg in the third period. Pickard finished the game but has not played since.
He had taken over as Edmonton’s starter in Game 3 of the first-round series against the L.A. Kings and backstopped the Oilers to six straight wins.
Regular-season starter Stuart Skinner has started the last two games, including a 3-0 shutout in Game 4 on Monday that gave Edmonton a 3-1 edge in the best-of-seven series.
Knoblauch says he will not make any changes to his lineup for Game 5, but that the team will “need everybody” as it pushes forward in the playoffs.
