After their longest playoff run in 16 years in 2022, the Edmonton Oilers have the weapons to go further this year.
Edmonton Oilers' Connor McDavid and Leon Draisaitl celebrate a goal against the Arizona Coyotes during overtime NHL action in Edmonton on Wednesday March 22, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jason FransonAfter their longest playoff run in 16 years in 2022, the Edmonton Oilers have the weapons to go further.
The Oilers were swept in four straight by the eventual champion Colorado Avalanche in the Western Conference final. "It'll be a tight-checking series for sure," Nugent-Hopkins said. "These guys always make it tough to get opportunities and chances, but especially the way we've been playing the last month, we make it tough too."
Nugent-Hopkins posting a career-high 37 goals and 67 assists made the Oilers the first team since the 1996 Pittsburgh Penguins to boast three 100-point men in a single season.Kane, who missed 31 games midseason with a wrist slashed by a skate blade, is an X factor who brings both grit and goals.Both clubs will start goaltenders either untested or lightly tested in NHL playoffs.The Kings' Pheonix Copley also has no previous NHL playoff experience, but Joonas Korpisalo does.
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