Connor McDavid’s Edmonton Oilers are heading toward the NHL playoffs on a hot streak, getting the goaltending they need from an unexpected source
With four weeks remaining in the regular season two Canadian teams are clearly headed to the Stanley Cup playoffs and a third is close., who were at home on Friday night against Carolina, await a first-round series with Tampa Bay, while the Oilers are jockeying for postseason position. The Jets currently hold down a wild-card berth but maintain only a thin lead over Calgary and Nashville in the NHL’s Western Conference.
Auston Matthews’s 60 last year and Steven Stamkos’s 60 in 2011-12 were certainly impressive but we haven’t seen a performance like this in decades. Since Christmas, Edmonton is 20-3-2 in games in which it has allowed three goals or fewer as it heads into an important matchup against the Kraken on Saturday in Seattle.
The Predators were sellers at the trade deadline and looked dead in the standing but are nipping at their heels. It will be hard, but Calgary is still close enough to salvage what has been a disappointing campaign.The Flames have some hard rowing to do: three of their next four games are against Dallas, Los Angeles and Vegas.
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