Edmonton Oilers steal home-ice advantage from Vegas Golden Knights

The GIST: Hold onto your acorns because, though they moved at a glacial pace, the Utah Hockey Club will now be known as the Utah Mammoth, a thrilling development amid a flurry of Round 2 Stanley Cup Playoff updates. Let’s skate to it.

💙 Toronto Maple Leafs take 2-0 series lead over Florida Panthers: Just 17 seconds after Florida center Anton Lundell tied the game in the third period, Leafs winger (and new dad) Mitch Marner played hero, scoring the game-winner in Toronto’s 4–3 Wednesday dub. The series shifts to Sunrise, FL, with the defending champs in desperate need of a Game 3 win tonight at 7 p.m. ET.

⭐ Shine bright, shine far, Dallas’ Mikko Rantanen’s a superstar: The Stars took Game 1 3–2 over the Winnipeg Jets on Wednesday, almost entirely thanks to Rantanen, who notched his second consecutive hat trick (yes, all three of Dallas’ ginos) in the victory. Can’t wait to see what he does in Game 2 tonight at 9:30 p.m. ET.

🔥 Washington Capitals weather the Carolina Hurricanes in Game 2: The energy has shifted in this spicy series. After the Canes won a hard-fought Game 1 on the Caps’ home ice, Washington showed up last night, winning 3–1 behind a 27-save night from goaltender Logan Thompson. Now, it’s Carolina’s turn to play host tomorrow at 6 p.m. ET.

👊 Edmonton Oilers win second game on the road: The Oilers are getting the job done away from home, jumping out to a 2-0 lead after surviving last night’s 5–4 overtime win over the injury-hampered Vegas Golden Knights. And if forward Leon Draisaitl can keep up the barrage of shots, the odds are certainly in the Oilers’ favor for Game 3 in Edmonton tomorrow at 9 p.m. ET.