The Vegas Golden Knights have reached the second round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs for the fifth time in franchise history and will take on the Edmonton Oilers for the right to reach the Western Conference Final.

Backs against the wall, the Golden Knights and Oilers showed exactly why they’ve been frequent fliers past the first round — and why the Minnesota Wild and Los Angeles Kings were first-round fodder once again.

The winner of the upcoming second-round series will take on one of the Dallas Stars, Winnipeg Jets and St. Louis Blues in the Western Conference Finals. The Stars advanced past the Colorado Avalanche with a Game 7 victory on Saturday, and they await the winner of Sunday's Game 7 between the Jets and Blues.