{"id":608647,"date":"2026-04-16T19:40:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-16T19:40:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/608647\/"},"modified":"2026-04-16T19:40:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T19:40:09","slug":"western-conference-first-round-matchup-scenarios-for-stanley-cup-playoffs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/608647\/","title":{"rendered":"Western Conference first-round matchup scenarios for Stanley Cup Playoffs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>With the final day of the NHL regular season here, all 16 playoff spots have now been locked up.<\/p>\n<p>All matchups in the Eastern Conference have been set, but some first-round opponents in the West are yet to be known due to the unresolved Pacific Division.<\/p>\n<p>The <a class=\"sn-team-post-link\" data-team=\"edmonton-oilers\" data-league=\"nhl\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sportsnet.ca\/hockey\/nhl\/teams\/edmonton-oilers\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Edmonton Oilers<\/a>, Los Angeles Kings and <a class=\"sn-team-post-link\" data-team=\"anaheim-ducks\" data-league=\"nhl\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sportsnet.ca\/hockey\/nhl\/teams\/anaheim-ducks\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Anaheim Ducks<\/a> are all in action on Thursday, providing the final seedings for the Western Conference ahead of the playoffs starting on Saturday. Here are the potential outcomes:<\/p>\n<p>Pacific Division No. 2 Edmonton Oilers vs. Pacific Division No. 3 Anaheim Ducks and Central Division No. 1 Colorado Avalanche vs. Wild Card No. 2 L.A. Kings<\/p>\n<p>Oilers record one point vs. Canucks AND Ducks win vs. Predators<br \/>OR<br \/>Predators win vs. Ducks in OT\/SO AND Flames win vs. Kings<br \/>OR<br \/>Predators win vs. Ducks AND Flames win vs. Kings in regulation<\/p>\n<p><img src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/AutoTrader-Logo-640x400-1-640x360.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Where Canada Finds Cars\"\/>Where Canada Finds Cars<\/p>\n<p>From rink runs to road trips, find the right car with confidence. Backed by Canada&#8217;s largest selection and trusted listings. Your next move starts here.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.autotrader.ca\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Visit AutoTrader<\/a><\/p>\n<p>P2 Edmonton Oilers vs. P3 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportsnet.ca\/hockey\/nhl\/teams\/los-angeles-kings\/\" class=\"sn-team-post-link\" target=\"_self\" data-team=\"los-angeles-kings\" data-league=\"nhl\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Los Angeles Kings<\/a>; C1 Colorado Avalanche vs. WC 2 Anaheim Ducks<\/p>\n<p>Oilers record one point vs. Canucks AND Kings win vs. Flames AND Predators win vs. Ducks<br \/>OR<br \/>Oilers record one point vs. Canucks AND Kings record one point vs. Flames AND Predators win vs. Ducks in regulation<br \/>OR<br \/>Flames win vs. Kings in OT\/SO AND Predators win vs. Ducks in regulation<\/p>\n<p>P2 Anaheim Ducks vs. P3 Edmonton Oilers; C1 Colorado Avalanche vs. WC 2 Los Angles Kings<\/p>\n<p>Ducks win vs. Predators AND Canucks win vs. Oilers in regulation AND Flames win vs. Kings<\/p>\n<p>P2 Anaheim Ducks vs. P3 Los Angeles Kings; C1 Colorado Avalanche vs. WC 2 Edmonton Oilers<\/p>\n<p>Ducks win vs. Predators AND Canucks win vs. Oilers in regulation AND Kings win vs. Flames<\/p>\n<p>P2 Los Angeles Kings vs. P3 Edmonton Oilers; C1 Colorado Avalanche vs. WC 2 Anaheim Ducks<\/p>\n<p>Kings win vs. Flames AND Canucks win vs. Oilers in regulation AND Predators win vs. Ducks<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"With the final day of the NHL regular season here, all 16 playoff spots have now been locked&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":572007,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[433],"tags":[49,48,448,82],"class_list":{"0":"post-608647","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nhl","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-nhl","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/608647","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=608647"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/608647\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/572007"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=608647"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=608647"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=608647"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}