Playoff Predictions From An Edmonton Oilers Fan Perspective

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WASHINGTON, DC – NOVEMBER 12: Edmonton Oilers center Connor McDavid (97) and Washington Capitals left wing Alex Ovechkin (8) in the face-off circle during a NHL game between the Washington Capitals and the Edmonton Oilers on November 12, 2017, at Capital One Arena, in Washington D.C.The Capitals defeated the Oilers 2-1 in a shootout(Photo by Tony Quinn/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images) /

The Edmonton Oilers have been bounced out of playoff contention long ago, but the game of hockey still lives on. These are the predictions for the rest of the playoffs.

I know, the Edmonton Oilers are out of the playoffs, but a lot of you will still tune into the playoffs so why not even give something of interest to the people?

Vegas vs. San Jose

San Jose has been loading for bear the past couple of seasons, especially on D. Brent Burns, M-E Vlasic, and Erik Karlsson is one heck of a front 3 and will cause Vegas headaches throughout the series.

From their acquisition of Evander Kane last season to their trade for Gustav Nyquist at the deadline this year to excellent drafting for a long time now, the Sharks will be too much for the GK’s and will win this one.

Vegas will make it exciting but will ultimately lose the series. Vegas has the better goalie who usually would tip the scales in their favor, but the Sharks are so much better in every other area they will overcome the lousy goaltending of Martin Jones.

At least if trends from the regular season hold true – but that being said Jones has yet to exit a playoff series with an sv% below .920, so you know he’ll raise his game in time for the playoffs.

If Jones stands on his head, this one is over faster than expected. Fleury will be his usual solid self, but the Sharks have too many weapons on the rest of their roster for him to steal this one.

My verdict: Sharks in 6

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