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Ever heard of Connor McDavid? He’ll pretty much always be the X-Factor in any playoff series in which his team participates. McDavid didn’tperform to his usual standards in the Oilers’ quarterfinal win over the Los Angeles Kings, leading to some
Vegas doesn’t have a McDavid, but they have a lot of really, really good players. Whereas many of the Oilers’ secondary players are more dependent on McDavid and/or Draisaitl for their offense, the Golden Knights’ forward group is stacked with capable play-drivers. Just list ’em: Eichel, Stone, Stephenson, Karlsson, Jonathan Marchessault, and Reilly Smith, not to mention top defensemen Shea Theodore, Alex Pietrangelo, and Brayden McNabb.
Via Natural Stat Trick, the Oilers led the way with 3.23 expected goals per hour at 5-on-5 in the first round . But while their top trio of McDavid, Draisaitl, and Bouchard did a ton of damage against the Kings, the Oilers are still holding out hope that one of Evander Kane, Nugent-Hopkins, Zach Hyman, and Kailer Yamamoto will heat up to a thermonuclear setting against the Golden Knights.
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