Early on, it looked like the Golden Knights were going to be run out of Rogers Place. The Oilers rode the energy off the home crowd to build a nice lead. Corey Perry, placed on a line with captain Connor McDavid and Leon Draisaitl, opened the scoring several minutes into the first.

The Vegas Golden Knights look to stay alive in the series as they host the Edmonton Oilers. It is time to continue our Stanley Cup Playoffs odds series with an Oilers-Golden Knights Game 5 prediction and pick.

The Golden Knights have lost both Stanley Cup Playoff series they’ve trailed 3-1 in their history. Of the 352 NHL teams to face such a deficit, 32 have advanced, a success rate of 0.91 percent. Cassidy said his team hasn’t been good enough, in any area, to think about being the next long shot to pay off.