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🏒 Good morning to everyone, but especially to …
THE EDMONTON OILERS
The Oilers are back in the conference finals, and they hung on by the skin of their teeth to get there. Edmonton took a 3-0 lead into the third period of Game 7 before ultimately holding off the hard-charging Canucks, 3-2, and will face the Stars in the Western Conference Final.
- Cody Ceci, Zach Hyman and Ryan Nugent-Hopkins all tallied in the second period, and the once-raucous Rogers Arena was nearly silent with 20 minutes left.
- But Conor Garland and Filip Hronek scored within four minutes of each other to give the hosts a chance. Ultimately, Leon Draisaitl, Zach Hyman and Dylan Holloway made some big defensive plays late to help Edmonton hold on.
- In Connor McDavid, Draisaitl, Evan Bouchard and Nugent-Hopkins, Edmonton has the top four assists leaders this postseason.
Austin Nivison has takeaways from a thriller, and here’s our updated bracket.
😁 Honorable mentions
😕 Not so honorable mentions
🏀 NBA conference finals previews, expert picks
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And then there were four. The Celtics, Pacers, Timberwolves and Mavericks are into the conference finals, with Boston and Indiana getting things going tonight. Jasmyn Wimbish has Game 1 storylines and picks as Boston will hope to continue its winning ways while Kristaps Porzingis (calf) remains out.
In their picks, all of our experts are…
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