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$content = "<p>After several days of build up, the puck is finally ready to drop on the first playoff series between the Vancouver Canucks and Edmonton Oilers in 32 years.</p>
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<p dir="ltr">Game one of the best-of-seven second round series between the two teams goes tonight at Rogers Arena in Vancouver, with puck drop scheduled for just after 7 pm PT.</p>
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— NHL (@NHL) <a href="https://twitter.com/NHL/status/1788253784293904723?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 8, 2024</a></blockquote>
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<p dir="ltr">It comes nearly seven months after the two teams kicked off their regular seasons in the same building, a surprising 8-1 win for Vancouver on the back of four goals from Brock Boeser.</p>
<p dir="ltr">Plenty has happened since and no one is expecting an 8-1 Canucks victory tonight – in fact, the Oilers are considered heavy favourites to win the series.</p>
<p dir="ltr">Since Vancouver beat Edmonton three times in the first five weeks of the season, a lot has changed.</p>
<p dir="ltr">The Oilers fired their coach, turned things around and have arguably been the hottest team in hockey since the Christmas break.</p>
<p dir="ltr">Connor McDavid went from a slow start to a Hart Trophy nominee, Zach Hyman shocked the world with a 50-goal season and Stuart Skinner claimed the starting goalie gig and never looked back.</p>
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<p dir="ltr">The Canucks, on the other hand, shuffled the deck a bit throughout the year, acquiring Elias Lindholm and Nikita Zadorov from the Calgary Flames in exchange for Andrei Kuzmenko and futures.</p>
<p dir="ltr">An offensive juggernaut at the start of the year, Vancouver’s goal-scoring prowess has declined in recent months in favour of a more stout brand of defensive hockey.</p>
<p>They’ll certainly need to lean on that defensive style of play going up against a team that is seemingly always a threat to score, and doing so without starting goalie Thatcher Demko.</p>
<p dir="ltr">Demko remains out with a lower-body injury suffered in game one against the Nashville Predators, and young third-stringer Arturs Silovs has claimed the starting job for now.</p>
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<p dir="ltr">While the 23-year-old Latvian looked razor sharp against the Preds in round one, the Oilers are a whole different beast.</p>
<p dir="ltr">Most pundits are taking the Oilers to win the series, but the Canucks will tell you that’s why the games are played on the ice.</p>
<p dir="ltr">It will all unfold over the next two weeks, starting tonight, with games every second day until a winner is decided.</p>
<p>Elsewhere around the NHL, the Colorado Avalanche beat the Dallas Stars in overtime on Tuesday to take a 1-0 lead in the Western Conference’s other series.</p>
<p dir="ltr">In the Eastern Conference, the New York Rangers are already up 2-0 on the Carolina Hurricanes, while the Boston Bruins won game one against the Florida Panthers.</p>
<p dir="ltr"><sub><em>Thumbnail photo courtesy of Getty Images.</em></sub></p>
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