A familiar refrain: Knights lose in OT, 4-3
Vegas rallies in the third period to tie Edmonton but Evan Bouchard gives the Oilers a 4-3 win in overtime as Vegas misses out on an opportunity to pick up two points.
Edmonton Oilers C Connor McDavid (97) reacts after scoring a goal against the Vegas Golden Knights on Thursday, March 26, 2026, in Las Vegas, Nevada. LAS VEGAS — For all intents and purposes, the playoffs are underway for the Vegas Golden Knights. What seemed like a stone-cold lock a few weeks ago has become a desperate struggle to make it to the postseason.
When the NHL season resumed on Feb. 25 after the Winter Olympics, the Knights were in first place in the Pacific Division, four points ahead of second-place Edmonton. Thursday, Vegas was trailing the Oilers, who are still sitting in second in the division despite being without star Leon Draisaitl with the Knights in third place.
So it’s a matter of survival over these final 10 games, which began with a head-to-head pillow fight that turned into real fisticuffs on a couple of occasions against Edmonton at T-Mobile Arena. The Knights are running out of runway and with 79 points and nine games remaining, their hold on a playoff berth remains a tenuous one. Los Angeles is just three points behind Vegas and Seattle is five points back.
The Knights and the Kraken will meet twice over the final nine-game stretch, April 9 in Seattle and the regular season finale April 15 at T-Mobile Arena. The Knights’ 4-3 overtime loss following Evan Bouchard’s goal 3:10 into the extra period only magnifies that this team needs to get on a late-season run and time’s a wastin’. Bruce Cassidy has been juggling things around, trying to get the right combinations to click.
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