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The Edmonton Oilers And Vegas Golden Knight Will Try To Survive Tonight

05/12/2023 at 1:53pm EDT

from David Staples of the Edmonton Journal,

Which team will survive it best? Both the Vegas Golden Knights and the Edmonton Oilers are without their No. 1 d-men for Game 5 of their NHL playoffs series.

Both Alex Pietrangelo and Darnell Nurse have been suspended for a game.

Which team can best cover off the massive hole left in their line-up?

Here’s the deal with Vegas:

Pietrangelo has the most time-on-ice in the playoffs of any Vegas d-man for all situations, even strength, short-handed and power play. He leads the team in time-on-ice per game played at 24:37, more than four minutes more than the next player. That’s a huge hole.

Vegas has used both veteran d-men Ben Hutton, 30, who shoots left, and rookie Brayden Pachal, 21, who shoots right like Pietrangelo.

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