It is no surprise that the Oilers and Ducks have scored bushels of goals already in their best-of-seven series.

Edmonton Oilers star center Leon Draisaitl, who had not played since March 15 after suffering a lower-body injury, returned for Game 1 of the Stanley Cup playoffs against the Anaheim Ducks on Monday night after being activated off injured reserve.

Connor McDavid scored his first goal and produced his first multi-point game of the playoffs. The Edmonton Oilers scored their first power-play goal of the post-season. Those benefits were erased by Edmonton’s flailing defence in the face of the speedy, opportunistic Anaheim Ducks in a 7-4 loss on Friday.

The Edmonton Oilers climbed a playoff mountain the last two years, but didn’t plant their flag on the summit. They reached the Stanley Cup final, only to fall to the Florida Panthers in a Game 7 in 2024 and in a Game 6 in 2025.

The captain appeared to suffer a lower-body injury in the second period of Game 2 on Wednesday after getting tangled with teammate Mattias Ekholm. He briefly went to the Oilers' l

Welcome to this edition of the Vancouver Canucks post-game analytics report. This recurring deep dive breaks down the analytics behind each Canucks game as recorded by Natural Stat Trick. In this article,