The Edmonton Oilers have the Dallas Stars on the brink of elimination by way of the sweep. A sentence that if you had asked me a few weeks ago during #NationSims1.. I would have laughed at, and then sobbed. The Oilers have avenged the Western Conference Finals loss at the hands of the Stars in amazing fashion. Tonight at 7pm MT, they will be able to finish it (we hope). Puck drops right here in this article.
About 15 minutes prior to game time, the stream will be live here:
How we got here:
In case you missed it, we ran a completely random sim (aside from some tweaking to the sliders to make them more realistic for a 20 minute period sim) and the Edmonton Oilers, valiantly fought hard to make a series of it in the Western Conference Finals before falling to the Dallas Stars in 7 games.
If you would like to check out that recap check here:
Then #NationSims2 began with us playing the Chicago Blackhawks in the play-in round.
Here is a break down of how all the other series went:
The Jerseys:
When we ran the previous playoff stream, you asked for the ability to pick the jersey matchup each night. We love doing this for you and this will continue, I will just be running the jersey polls the day before a game to get them out there longer, and to get others to tune in as well as you!
Everyone got your 🧹 ready?
Game 4 2nite at 7:00 PM MT between the #LetsGoOilers and #GoStars on https://t.co/ufox20ISus
Follow us on @Twitch https://t.co/YEZoV9hYoW to join the convo.
And vote below on the jersey combo for the game.#Oilers #Stars #NHL #NHL20 #NationSims2 pic.twitter.com/MP0UdQYW2r
— Oilersnation (@OilersnationHQ) June 5, 2020
The Lineups:
Since the playoffs started, I have been trying to get you guys to answer a poll that lets some… I mean, I have been happy to do this haha. This time I think I will run a start or sit poll on social.
Look for that on game days.
Today’s question is:
The Forwards:
Ennis – McDavid – Kassian
RNH – NeonLeon – Yam
AA – Sheahan – Archibald
Neal – Haas – Nygard
The Defence:
Klef – Larsson
Nurse – Bear
Jones – Green
The Netminder:
Mikko
Around the Rest of the League:
Heavy schedule for the rest of the league ahead of Game One for the Oilers…
Minnesota (3) vs Colorado (1)
Game Four: 4-3 COL
Col: Donskoi, Namestnikov, Girard, MacKinnon
Min: Staal, Foligno, Galchenyuk
Game Three: 3-2 MIN
Game Two: 4-1 MIN
Game One: 1-0 OT MIN
Winnipeg (1) vs St. Louis (3)
Game Four: 4-2 STL
Stl: Schenn, O’Reilly, MacEachern, O’Reilly
Wpg: Laine, Laine
Game Three: 5-1 STL
Game Two: 4-2 STL
Game One: 2-1 WPG
Florida (2) vs Tampa Bay (2)
Game Four: 4-0 TBL
Tbl: Cirelli, Kucherov, Killorn, Palat
Fla: No Goals
Game Three: 3-1 TBL
Game Two: 4-2 STL
Game One: 5-2 FLA
Toronto (2) vs Boston (2)
Game Four: 2-1 OT TOR
Tor: Gauthier, Sandin
Bos: Pastrnak
Game Three: 2-1 TOR
Game Two: 5-2 BOS
Game One: 4-2 BOS
Arizona (4) vs Vegas (0)
Game Four: 5-1 ARI
Ari: Dvorak, Stepan, Dvorak, Hall, Crouse
Vgk: Smith
Game Three: 5-1 ARI
Game Two: 5-4 ARI
Game One: 5-4 OT ARI
Carolina (0) vs Washington (3)
Game Three: 4-1 WSH
Wsh: Backstrom, Vrana, Backstrom, Vrana
Car: Edmundson
Game Two: 2-0 WSH
Game One: 4-1 WSH
Pittsburgh (1) vs Philadelphia (2)
Game Three: 6-5 OT PHI
Phi: Couturier, Pitlick, Pitlick, Giroux, Thompson, Myers
Pit: Malkin, Schultz, Crosby, McCann, Zucker
Game Two: 4-3 PIT
Game One: 3-0 PHI
Life After The Playoffs:
The reality is like the first playoffs we had, this fun ride will end. If you want to check out the article I laid out for new ideas from myself and you:
As of right now, the next move will be Olympics 2018 revisited with NHL players, so stay tuned!