The Edmonton Oilers advanced to the Western Conference final on Wednesday, dispatching the Vegas Golden Knights in five games. Edmonton used strong defense throughout the series to knock out Vegas, showing off impressive growth.

The Edmonton Oilers landed a haymaker early in Game 4 and never let the Vegas Golden Knights off the mat. Adam Henrique scored twice in what was a brutally physical first period, sparking the Oilers to a dominant 3-0 win to take a commanding 3-1 lead in their second-round series.

The Oilers will play either the Dallas Stars or the Winnipeg Jets in the Western Conference Final. Dallas leads that best-of-7 series 3-1 with Game 5 on Thursday (9:30 p.m. ET; TNT, truTV, MAX, CBC, TVAS, SN).