They said it “Who is kidding who? We can't get into a penalty fest against Edmonton. We can't give them four, five or six power plays. Hopefully we're allowed to play the game 5-on-5, hopefully it's not a penalty fest, but that's on us too.” -- Canucks coach Rick Tocchet “I don't think we're going to have that same (special teams) advantage in this series, we're going to have [to get] more offense 5-on-5. But as far as what we need to do to be successful is match their work ethic. They're a very hardworking team, but they have a lot of skill.” -- Oilers coach Kris Knoblauch Will win if… Canucks: They can keep McDavid (12 points; one goal, 11 assists in five first-round games) and Draisaitl in
GP | W | L | OTL | Pts | |
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82 | 50 | 23 | 9 | 109 | |
82 | 49 | 27 | 6 | 104 | |
82 | 44 | 27 | 11 | 99 | |
82 | 45 | 29 | 8 | 98 | |
82 | 38 | 39 | 5 | 81 | |
82 | 34 | 35 | 13 | 81 | |
82 | 27 | 50 | 5 | 59 | |
82 | 19 | 54 | 9 | 47 |