You will have to forgive the Edmonton Oilers if they don’t stop for directions. They know exactly where they want to get, and have been there before. Not so long ago, in fact. It’s the same playoff path they followed all the way to Game 7 of the Stanley Cup Final last year.

The Edmonton Oilers and Vegas Golden Knights meet in Game 2 of a best-of-7, Western Conference semifinals series in the Stanley Cup Playoffs Thursday.

In Thursday's 5-4 overtime victory over the Vegas Golden Knights, Edmonton lost the special-teams battle, turned the puck over multiple times to start overtime, couldn't produce an OT winner during a five-minute power play and the dynamic duo of Connor McDavid and Leon Draisaitl was held off the scoresheet until they combined for the winner.