LAS VEGAS, NV - It was a performance 11 and a half years in the making for Ryan Nugent-Hopkins.

The longest-tenured Oilers player recorded his second-career five-point night -- his first coming way back during his rookie season on Nov. 19, 2011 against the Chicago Blackhawks -- as Edmonton completed the sweep of their road back-to-back with a convincing 7-4 victory over the Vegas Golden Knights.

Ten different Oilers reached the scoresheet on Tuesday and three (Nugent-Hopkins, Leon Draisaitl and Connor McDavid) had multi-point efforts as Edmonton climbed within three points of Vegas for first place in the Pacific Division. The Oilers are also just one point behind Los Angeles for second spot after the Kings were edged 2-1 by the Calgary Flames earlier in the evening.

The Blue & Orange return home to face the Kings on Thursday at Rogers Place.

"We know who we're playing, we know where they're at in the standings, we know where we're at and we're still pushing for home ice," Nugent-Hopkins said of the playoff implications.

"I think that does make a difference come playoff time. So I thought it was a great job. Obviously they took two points (in overtime on Saturday). We just got the one a couple of nights ago in our building, so we wanted to respond and did a great job tonight."

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The Edmonton Oilers visit T-Mobile Arena on Tuesday night for a Pacific Division battle with the Vegas Golden Knights.

You can watch the game on Sportsnet One or listen on the Oilers Radio Network, including 630 CHED.

Follow along with our in-game blog for tweets, highlights, updates and more.

The Edmonton Oilers finish a back-to-back with a Pacific Division clash against the Golden Knights on Tuesday night at T-Mobile Arena.

You can watch the game on Sportsnet One or listen live on the Oilers Radio Network, including 630 CHED.

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TEMPE, AZ - The Oilers received a passing grade on their trip to college on Monday, edging the Coyotes in a 5-4 thriller at Arizona State University's Mullett Arena.

Ryan Nugent-Hopkins buried the eventual game-winning goal on the power play with just under eight minutes remaining in the third period, as he joined Leon Draisaitl and Evan Bouchard as Oilers with two-point performances in the first leg of a road back-to-back that will conclude on Tuesday in Vegas.

Heading into Monday's game, the Coyotes had a 6-0-2 record in their last eight games at the 4,600-seat rink -- most of which was filled with Blue & Orange faithful on this night -- but the Oilers were able to hand them their first home regulation loss since March 3.

"I felt a little different in that building, but we said this morning it didn't matter where we played the game," Head Coach Jay Woodcroft said after the win.

"Tonight it was more about trying to find a way to win. Win the game, get two points in a tough building versus the team that only lost one time in regulation in their last 10. There were moments in the game where we can better, but we found a way to win. That's a good sign."

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The Edmonton Oilers begin a two-game road trip at Mullett Arena on Monday night against the Arizona Coyotes.

You can watch the game on Sportsnet West or listen on the Oilers Radio Network, including 630 CHED.

Follow along with our in-game blog for tweets, highlights, updates and more.

The Edmonton Oilers begin a quick two-game road trip with a stop at Mullett Arena for a Monday night matchup against the Arizona Coyotes.

You can watch the game on Sportsnet West or listen live on the Oilers Radio Network, including 630 CHED.

Subscribe to Oilers+ to unlock the Pre-Game Show that will begin at 7:30 p.m. MT, along with more exclusive live and behind-the-scenes content.

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TEMPE, AZ - The Edmonton Oilers skated at Mullett Arena in Arizona this morning ahead of tonight's matchup against the Coyotes. 

It was Jack Campbell who occupied the starters net during the morning skate, making it likely that the 31-year-old will man the crease for the Oilers tonight. The start will be his first since picking up the overtime victory against the San Jose Sharks, his 18th of the season, one week ago. 

"I just want to keep building on it," Campbell said about the last few starts of the season. "Obviously it hasn't been the season that I expected of myself, but there's still some hockey left, and I just want to keep finding my game each day."

Head Coach Jay Woodcroft looks to deploy a similar lineup to how he ended the Oilers last game on Saturday against the Vegas Golden Knights. Mattias Janmark finds himself in the enviable position of flanking Connor McDavid and Evander Kane, while Kailer Yamamoto will reunite with Warren Foegele and Nick Bjugstad after a strong showing together on Saturday. 

"He's a veteran player," McDavid said about his new line mate. "He's been around a long time and he's smart. He's probably faster than people give him credit for and works hard. I think the thing that stands out when you think of Janny is just how smart he is."

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On Saturday night in a huge divisional matchup with first-place implications, the Edmonton Oilers hosted the Vegas Golden Knights. It was a boxing match dressed up as a hockey game. Every time the Knights would land a head shot, the Oilers would counter with their own powerful punch.

It was back and forth all night until the final blow was landed by Vegas and Edmonton didn't have a chance to respond. Match over and the visitors winning it on points 2-1 in overtime. The action unfolding in front of a sellout crowd of 18,437. It would be another sellout crowd to witness the Oilers on Monday. Only this game is on the road and the crowd to witness it totals 4,600 people.

It is considered a capacity crowd when that many people show up to watch a game at Mullett Arena in Tempe. The home of the Arizona Coyotes and Arizona State University hockey teams. The Coyotes lease on the ASU campus runs until 2024-25 with an option for 2025-26.

The name conjures up images of the most famous mullet in Oilers history -- Ryan Smyth. He carried it like a champion. His grit, determination, work ethic and hair style made Smytty one of the most popular ever to wear the Oil drop.

There have been other mullets that became famous outside of the game. Billy Ray Cyrus comes to mind. He sported the haircut during his greatest days while recording the smash hit Achy Breaky Heart. The mullet was hair today and gone tomorrow, but it's made a comeback over the years. Just when you think the style is gone, it pulls you back in. The arena isn't named for hair, but a pair of big supporters of hockey in Arizona named Donald and Barbara Mullett.

Nick Bjugstad certainly knows about a mullet or at least a Mullett Arena. Up until March 1, it was where he played his home games as a member of the Coyotes. For many years, the smallest building in the league was the New York Islanders' Nassau County Coliseum with attendance topping out at 13,900.

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EDMONTON, AB - Leon Draisaitl set a new career-high for points with a goal and assist, but the Edmonton Oilers were unable to win their third straight game in overtime to gain ground on the Vegas Golden Knights in the Pacific Division after falling 4-3 in overtime on Pride Night at Rogers Place.

"I think going into tonight, we knew how important this game was to us," Warren Foegele, who scored in the defeat, said post-game. "We wanted those two points and just came up a little bit short, but it was competitive game. I thought from start of the game they had their push, and we had ours. It was kind of going both ways."

Draisaitl set up Zach Hyman's 31st goal of the year in the first period to reach 111 points before the German scored his 28th power-play goal and 45th of the season to tie the game at 2-2 just past the midway mark of the contest. Foegele equalized for Edmonton again 11:29 into the final frame to ultimately force overtime, where Vegas forward Nicolas Roy notched the game-winner to secure the Golden Knights the extra point.

"It was a tight game. It's what you expect in the playoffs," Draisaitl said post-game. "Obviously a team that we could face, so I think we know how to handle these types of games. Tonight didn't go our way, but we'll take the point."

The Oilers saw their win streak end at five games and record fall to 41-23-9, while Vegas pushed their lead over Edmonton for first place in the Pacific Division to seven points with nine games remaining for both sides in the regular season.

The two won't have to wait long to renew hostilities when the Oilers visit the Golden Knights at T-Mobile Arena on Tuesday night in the second of a back-to-back for Edmonton following Monday's meeting in Arizona with the Coyotes.

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FORT WAYNE, IN - Goaltender Ryan Fanti is the gift that keeps on giving.

Just weeks after dominating a goalie fight for the Fort Wayne Komets, the Oilers prospect was back at it again on Saturday by scoring from 200-feet into an empty net for the Oilers ECHL affiliate's first goalie goal in franchise history.

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Fanti stopped a rimmed puck in the final two minutes of a two-goal lead over the Rapid City Rush before stick-handling and sending a shot the length of the ice from below the goal line that rolled into the empty net with 1:42 remaining in an eventual 6-3 victory.

The 23-year-old free-agent signing from the NCAA's University of Minnesota-Duluth Bulldogs has spent the majority of his first full professional season in Fort Wayne, where he's 13-13-1 with a .897 save percentage and 3.43 goals-against average.

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