This isn’t the first time Evander Kane has been a pain to the Golden Knights, and he has helped bring a physicality to the Edmonton Oilers that has them one game from eliminating Vegas.

It’s similar in the Florida-Toronto series, where the heat is rising as the stakes get higher.

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