The Golden Knights have lost both Stanley Cup Playoff series they’ve trailed 3-1 in their history. Of the 352 NHL teams to face such a deficit, 32 have advanced, a success rate of 0.91 percent. Cassidy said his team hasn’t been good enough, in any area, to think about being the next long shot to pay off.

The Vegas Golden Knights will be heading back home down 3-1 in their playoff series with the Edmonton Oilers. After taking Game 3 in the last few seconds, Vegas wasn't able to capitalize in Game 4. The Golden Knights now find themselves on the brink of elimination,

The Edmonton Oilers look to clinch the second round of the NHL playoffs over the Vegas Golden Knights in Game 5 on Wednesday night.

Despite facing a 3-1 hole in their best-of-seven Western Conference second-round series, the Vegas Golden Knights aren't lacking confidence heading into Wednesday night's Game 5 against the Edmonton Oilers in Las Vegas.

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.

EDMONTON -- Mark Stone will be a game-time decision for the Vegas Golden Knights against the Edmonton Oilers in Game 4 of the Western Conference Second Round at Rogers Place on Monday (9:30 p.m. ET; CBC, TVAS, SN, TNT, truTV, MAX).

According to ESPN, echoing TSN's report, goaltender Calvin Pickard is expected to miss at least one more week after sustaining a lower-body injury in Game 2 last Thursday. “I’m told it’ll probably be at least a week,” TSN's Darren Dreger reported, effectively ruling the veteran netminder out for the remainder of the second-round series.