{"id":272955,"date":"2026-04-17T18:35:31","date_gmt":"2026-04-17T18:35:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/272955\/"},"modified":"2026-04-17T18:35:31","modified_gmt":"2026-04-17T18:35:31","slug":"oilers-to-face-ducks-in-first-round-as-west-playoff-matchups-are-set","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/272955\/","title":{"rendered":"Oilers to face Ducks in first round as West playoff matchups are set"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Stanley Cup Playoffs matchups are locked in.<\/p>\n<p>With the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportsnet.ca\/hockey\/nhl\/teams\/edmonton-oilers\/\" class=\"sn-team-post-link\" target=\"_self\" data-team=\"edmonton-oilers\" data-league=\"nhl\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Edmonton Oilers<\/a>&#8216; 6-1 win over the Vancouver Canucks on Thursday, the reigning Western Conference champions will finish second in the Pacific Division and host the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportsnet.ca\/hockey\/nhl\/teams\/anaheim-ducks\/\" class=\"sn-team-post-link\" target=\"_self\" data-team=\"anaheim-ducks\" data-league=\"nhl\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Anaheim Ducks<\/a> in the first round.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier, the Ducks beat the Nashville Predators 5-4 to secure third place in the division.<\/p>\n<p>Their series will begin Monday at Edmonton&#8217;s Rogers Place on Sportsnet and Sportsnet+. The Oilers won two of three games against the Ducks during the regular season.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the <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> will finish with the second-wild card spot and cross over to the Central Division for a first-round tilt with the Presidents&#8217; Trophy-winning <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportsnet.ca\/hockey\/nhl\/teams\/colorado-avalanche\/\" class=\"sn-team-post-link\" target=\"_self\" data-team=\"colorado-avalanche\" data-league=\"nhl\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Colorado Avalanche<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Live coverage of every game throughout the playoffs and Stanley Cup Final will be available on Sportsnet and Sportsnet+.<\/p>\n<p>It all begins on Saturday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Stanley Cup Playoffs matchups are locked in. With the Edmonton Oilers&#8216; 6-1 win over the Vancouver Canucks&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":272956,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[163,165,164],"class_list":["post-272955","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-anaheim","tag-anaheim","tag-anaheim-headlines","tag-anaheim-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/272955","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=272955"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/272955\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/272956"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=272955"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=272955"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=272955"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}