They're doing it while having some of the worst advanced stats in the playoffs though.
I don't know, on paper Dallas got better this year and Edmonton got worse. There's an optimist in me that thinks this should be a recipe for a Dallas win. But the Oilers have shown over the past few seasons they're a streaky team. From last place to setting NHL win records only a month apart, and they're hot right not and simply breezed past two good teams.
We can say that they're two OT games from being down 3-2 in the Vegas series, but they're also a flub shot in game 1 against the Kings and a game winning goal with 0.4 seconds left away from being 8-1 in the playoffs this year. Hell, they're even getting middle of the pack goaltending out of a tandem that has no business being that average.
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