Karlsson had a goal and an assist, and Adin Hill made 17 saves for the Golden Knights, who are the No. 1 seed from the Pacific Division. Captain Mark Stone left the game with an upper-body injury with 6:20 remaining in the first period and did not return.
“It’s obviously terrible. You never want to see anybody have to leave a game, especially a guy like him, who leads us on the ice and in the room emotionally,” Golden Knights defenseman Nicolas Hague said. “I know it’s really tough on him and tough on us as a group. But that’s definitely in the back of our heads too when we’re out there, he wants to be out there more than anyone battling with us. And it makes the win feel that much better.”
Corey Perry scored twice, Connor McDavid had a goal and an assist, and Draisaitl and Evan Bouchard each had two assists for the Oilers, the No. 3 seed from the Pacific. Skinner made 20 saves.
The Oilers lead the best-of-7 series 2-1. Game 4 is here Monday (9:30 p.m. ET; CBC, TVAS, SN, TNT, truTV, MAX).
“The game-winning goal, we’re in good position,” Oilers coach Kris Knoblauch said. “Really, it’s a 1-on-3, he dumps the puck in, they retrieve it. We’re playing a little desperate to try and block a shot. They make a play and unfortunately that’s the end of it.
“Everyone on the ice is in desperation mode, selling out to make that last save. Unfortunately, there was an extra 0.4 seconds on the clock to make that play happen.”
Perry gave Edmonton a 1-0 lead at 7:19 of the first period, taking a centering pass in the slot from McDavid off the rush and sending a wrist shot past Hill’s blocker.
