Ducks' reward for Game 7 win is date with Rinne and Preds

The Ducks will host game one on Friday at the Honda Center. Unfortunately, Trout did not post a video of himself shouting with joy or anything else on social media after the game ended. Then they gave up the early goal in Game 7. "Those are OUR neighbors everybody!" From this point of view, the team that looks more favorable in those projections in regard to latter-round play gets the nod for officiating favoritism, so their chances of being eliminated are reduced.

Ritchie, bumped up to the top line, took a pass from Vatanen in the right circle and shot the puck under the right arm of Oilers goalie Cam Talbot for a 2-1 Ducks lead - their first in any of their past five Game 7s. "I was just trying to get on the plane as fast as I could".

They certainly endured enough in the second round.

Check that. It was the most wonderful spring that Edmonton hockey fans have experienced in 11 years while it lasted.

The changes to both teams have been low in number but high in impact since that postseason meeting, with the Preds trading former captain Shea Weber for P.K. Subban in the summer and the Ducks replacing Head Coach Bruce Boudreau with Randy Carlyle (who previously won the Stanley Cup with Anaheim in 2007). "I spoke earlier to refreshing the body and refreshing the mind, and we'll be back at practice to get better and prepare ourselves for Wednesday". In fact, I'd like to know what goes on in the mind of a #Calexit-hashtaggin' Californian that thinks Donald Trump cheated his way to power but finds the notion of fixed sports ridiculous.

"I thought he was tremendous".

Drake Caggiula opened the scoring for the Oilers just three minutes, 31 seconds into game seven.

"At this point, I don't know how much more really needs to be said", said Milan Lucic, whose nine Game 7s are almost half of the 19 games of do-or-die experience that Edmonton has on its roster.

"We didn't come into the playoffs just to play, we came in to win". But they got to intermission without suffering any more damage, and piled on the Oilers in the second period.

For the Ducks, the logic is simple - they're still playing, and they absolutely have a chance to see this thing all the way through.

The victor will face the Nashville Predators in the Western Conference Finals.

"The series ... it was two very good teams going at it".

The Ducks regrouped and from that point on, the Oilers managed only 11 shots. Anaheim had something to say about the result too. "There's a certain accountability that you have to put upon yourself to go out and perform and just play the game".

Anyone that doesn't think there's some kind of colossal backlash coming in some way, shape, or form against the National Hockey League is totally out to lunch. But Anaheim mostly controlled the puck and the pace after the first intermission, besting the inexperienced Oilers.