Looking at the current roster construction for each team:
Karlsson - Eichel - Stone vs. Draisaitl - McDavid - Perry: Advantage Oilers
Saad - Hertl - Dorofeyev vs. Kane - RNH - Hyman: Push
Barbashev - Roy - Smith vs. Frederic - Henrique - Brown: Advantage Vegas
Pearson - Howden - Olofsson vs. Podkolzin - Janmark - Arvidsson: Push
McNabb - Theodore vs. Nurse - Bouchard: Push
Hague - Pietrangelo vs. Walman - Klingberg: Advantage Vegas
Hanifin - Whitecloud vs. Kulak - Emberson: Advantage Vegas
Hill vs Pickard/Skinner: Advantage Vegas but it's pretty slight based on Hill's recent form.
I'd say for Forwards it's pretty close, but the Oilers have the two best forwards in the series, so that gives them the advantage. Vegas has 5 guys that are pretty effective centers though (Eichel, Hertl, Roy, Howden, Karlsson).
Defense is a clear advantage for Vegas and hopefully they can slow down 29 and 97.
Goaltending for both teams is a bit inconsistent, but Hill is the most proven and hopefully can find his A game.
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