Schedule and 2024-25 Results
Regular Season Records: Vegas 50-22-10=110pts, Edmonton 48-29-5=101pts
Game 1 on Tuesday, 06 May: Edmonton wins at Vegas, 4-goals-2
Game 2 on Thursday, 08 May: Edmonton wins at Vegas, 5-goals-4(OT)
Game 3 on Saturday, 10 May: Vegas wins at Edmonton, 4-goals-3
Game 4 on Monday, 12 May: Vegas loses at Edmonton, 3-goals-nil
Game 5 on Wednesday, 14 May: Edmonton wins at Vegas, 1-goal-nil(OT)

SERIES NOTES:

After Game 5: The Edmonton Oilers visited and shut out the Vegas Golden Knights 1-goal-nil(OT) to complete a 4-games-1 best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1595 victory. With the series 1595 win, the Edmonton Oilers improve their best-of-7 NHL playoff series record to 38-18 overall and 12-6 in the Quarterfinals round. With the series 1595 loss, the Vegas Golden Knights see their best-of-7 NHL playoff series record fall to 12-6 overall and 4-1 in the Quarterfinals round. The win order for the victorious Edmonton Oilers in series 1595 was WWLWW: Series 1595 thus becomes the 18th NHL Quarterfinals-round series, the 55th NHL series (all rounds), and the 139th MLB/NBA/NHL series (all rounds) to follow that win order to completion. With their series 1595 loss, the Vegas Golden Knights suffer a best-of-7 NHL Quarterfinals ouster for the first time in their existence.

After Game 4: The Edmonton Oilers hosted and shut out the Vegas Golden Knights 3-goals-nil to take a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1595 lead of 3-games-1. When leading a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 3-games-1, the Edmonton Oilers have a series record of 16-1 (with an active seven-series winning streak) and a Game 5 record of 11-6. When trailing a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 3-games-1, the Vegas Golden Knights have a series record of 0-2 and a Game 5 record of 0-2. Upon leading a best-of-7 NHL playoff series 3-games-1, the Edmonton Oilers suffered their sole series loss in series 533, in the 1989 NHL Preliminary round to the Los Angeles Kings.

After Game 3: The Vegas Golden Knights visited and defeated the Edmonton Oilers 4-goals-3 to reduce the Edmonton Oilers best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL series 1595 lead to 2-games-1. When leading a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 2-games-1, the Edmonton Oilers have a series record of 20-3 and a Game 4 record of 15-8. When trailing a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 2-games-1, the Vegas Golden Knights have a series record of 2-3 and a Game 4 record of 3-2. The Vegas Golden Knights trailed their host Edmonton Oilers by two goals as late as 15:16 into the first period, but prevailed: In the history of best-of-7 NHL playoff games from 1939 through 2024, inclusive, road teams down two goals as late as 15:16 into the first period had a game record of only 48-286 (.144) - the Vegas Golden Knights thus achieve a grade-B (.100 - .199) in-game comeback.

After Game 2: The Edmonton Oilers visited and defeated the Vegas Golden Knights 5-goals-4(OT) to take a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1595 lead of 2-games-nil. When leading a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 2-games-nil, the Edmonton Oilers have a series record of 14-1 and a Game 3 record of 9-6. When trailing a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 2-games-nil, the Vegas Golden Knights have a series record of 1-0 and a Game 3 record of 1-0. The 2-games-nil series 1595 lead by the Edmonton Oilers is their first 2-games-nil lead since series 1331, in which the Oilers led the Anaheim Ducks 2-games-nil in the 2017 NHL Quarterfinals round en route to a seven-game series loss (Edmonton had had a 14-0 series record upon leading a best-of-7 NHL playoff series 2-games-nil prior to that series 1331 loss). Only once before have the Vegas Golden Knights trailed a best-of-7 NHL playoff series 2-games-nil: In series 1462, Vegas trailed the Colorado Avalanche 2-games-nil in the 2021 NHL Quarterfinals, but won Games 3-6 to win the series.

After Game 1: The Edmonton Oilers visited and topped the Vegas Golden Knights 4-goals-2 to take a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1595 lead of 1-game-nil. When leading a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1-game-nil, the Edmonton Oilers have a series record of 23-3 and a Game 2 record of 15-11. When trailing a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1-game-nil, the Vegas Golden Knights have a series record of 4-2 and a Game 2 record of 5-1. The series 1595 Game 1 loss by the Vegas Golden Knights breaks a five-Game 1 winning streak by Vegas.

Pre-series assessment: In the 2024-25 NHL regular season, the Vegas Golden Knights finished nine points ahead of the Edmonton Oilers. From 1939 through the 2025 NHL Preliminary round, when NHL teams led their best-of-7 playoff series opponents by nine regular-season points, they have posted a best-of-7 playoff series record of 19-21 (.475) in those series against those opponents. Best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1595 is the 18th best-of-7 NHL playoff series for the Vegas Golden Knights, and the 56th for the Edmonton Oilers. In best-of-7 NHL playoff series, the Vegas Golden Knights have an all-rounds series record of 12-5, a Quarterfinals-round series record of 4-0, and a Game 1 record of 11-6 (with an active five-Game 1 winning streak), while the Edmonton Oilers have an all-rounds series record of 37-18, a Quarterfinals-round series record of 11-6, and a Game 1 record of 26-29. Series 1595 is the second best-of-7 NHL playoff series meeting between the Vegas Golden Knights and the Edmonton Oilers. In their previous best-of-7 NHL playoff series meeting, the Vegas Golden Knights defeated the Edmonton Oilers in series 1529, in the 2023 NHL Quarterfinals round.