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The Vegas Golden Knights had filled five of those holes with the pucks from victories in the first two rounds of the Stanley Cup Playoffs. There would be no more pucks placed on the wall after the Edmonton Oilers secured a 1-0 overtime victory in Game 5 that ended the best-of-7 series.

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This five-game defeat felt like a missed opportunity for an aging core of talented players in search of another Cup.

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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.