Evander Kane had a goal and an assist for the Oilers, who are the No. 3 seed from the Pacific Division.
Adin Hill made 29 saves for the Golden Knights, who are the No. 1 seed from the Pacific.
“They got an early lead and they’ve been here before. You’ve got to manage the game if you do that, and they did a good job of it,” Vegas coach Bruce Cassidy said. “We had some looks but we were kind of one and done. Not a lot of second chances, second-effort plays for us.
“We need to do a better job getting through the neutral zone, breaking them down if we’re going to get some looks off the rush. At times, we got a few. Not enough. We put ourselves behind the eight ball again early in the game.”
The Oilers lead the best-of-7 series 3-1. Game 5 will be at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas on Wednesday (9:30 p.m. ET; ESPN, SN, TVAS, CBC).
“It’s do or die now,” Golden Knights forward Jack Eichel said.
Henrique put the Oilers ahead 1-0 at 1:27 of the first period. Connor Brown stole the puck from Golden Knights defenseman Zach Whitecloud behind the net and passed out into the low slot, where Henrique roofed a shot over Hill’s glove.
Henrique then made it 2-0 at 13:03. He took a backhand pass from Zach Hyman, who was below the goal line, moved the puck to his forehand and lifted a shot under Hill’s blocker arm from near the right post.
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