Bring it on: the Oilers should want to face the Kings once again |
You can fire coaches, trade for new goaltenders, load up at the deadline, and it simply doesn’t matter.
The Edmonton Oilers and Los Angeles Kings meeting in the first round is seemingly inevitable.
As we enter the second-to-last day of the NHL’s regular season, the most likely first-round opponent for the Oilers is once again the Kings.
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All jokes aside, it’s basically a coin clip at the moment but there are two different scenarios that could lead to the fifth straight playoff meeting between the two clubs. Here are those Game 82 scenarios:
Oilers win (or lose in OT), Golden Knights win, Kings win, Ducks lose (regulation or OT)Oilers lose (regulation or OT), Golden Knights lose, Kings win, Ducks loseOilers lose (regulation only), Kings win, Ducks lose (regulation or OT), Golden Knights (doesn’t matter)Loser points could technically complicate things but those are the two basic paths that exist. The third path would actually mean that the Kings get home ice over the Oilers in round one.
The Oilers........