The Vegas Golden Knights controlled play for much of Sunday night’s game against the Edmonton Oilers, but a trio of fortuitous bounces left them on the wrong end of a 4-2 score at T-Mobile Arena.

The Knights (29-21-14) have now lost five of their last seven games since the Olympic break, slipping to third in the Pacific Division. They hold a two-point lead over the Oilers with 18 games remaining.

Noah Hanifin and Jack Eichel scored for Vegas, while Mitch Marner recorded two assists. Despite dominating at 5-on-5 — leading 56-37 in shot attempts, 28-22 in scoring chances, and 2.62 expected goals, per Natural Stat Trick — the Knights could not solve Oilers goaltender Connor Ingram enough.

“Had a lot of chances. Just seems to be, right now, we’re not getting those tough bounces,” Hanifin said.

The Oilers struck first when Trent Frederic scored on his own rebound 3:21 into the second period after Adin Hill was tripped and unable to recover. Hanifin tied it with a point shot at 13:09.

Vasily Podkolzin gave Edmonton a 2-1 lead 2:34 into the third period on a breakaway after the Knights lost a loose puck in the offensive zone. The dagger came with 8:07 remaining when Leon Draisaitl scored on a 4-on-4 after Rasmus Andersson’s stick broke, preventing a clear. Draisaitl’s backhand beat Hill through the five-hole.

Eichel pulled Vegas within one with a short-handed goal at 3:16 of the third, but Kasperi Kapanen sealed it with an empty-netter at 18:03.

“I thought we played well tonight,” forward Brett Howden said. “I thought we were engaged. We were in the fight. There were a lot of shifts we were rolling over.”

The Knights next visit the Dallas Stars on Tuesday. Dallas enters on a 12-game point streak (11-0-1).