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(CBS4) – The Colorado Avalanche and the Edmonton Oilers will meet at Ball Arena on Tuesday night in the first game of the Western Conference finals.

The Avalanche won the first two games and lost the final game on April 22. The series shifts to Canada for Games 3 and 4. It’s the first time Colorado has made it this deep into the NHL Playoffs in 20 years.

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Boston: The Bruins’ offseason is not off to a good start. Get the full story–but Vrana wasn’t so happy to be a Detroit Red Wing. The real question is–who else should stay? For the second time in these NHL playoffs, just as everyone exhaled at the end of regulation and began to settle in for a playoff OT, someone beat the buzzer. The Avalanche are winners! “Should they keep him,” is the wrong question.

The Oilers and Avalanche face off in the Western Conference Final of the 2022 Stanley Cup Playoffs. We break down when the series starts and how to watch.

Thursday, June 2: Oilers at Avalanche 8 p.m. ET, TNT The Oilers were able to ease past the No. 1 seeded Calgary Flames in five games. The Blues gave the Avs a fight after being swept by them a year ago.

The Colorado Avalanche are -250 favorites over the Edmonton Oilers in the Stanley Cup Western Conference final · It's the first playoff series between Colorado ...

Edmonton is at a betting line of +183 to win the West and +550 to capture the Cup. He’s tied for first on the Avalanche with 13 points (3-10) this postseason. His 82 points in 60 contests rates as the third-highest average (1.37) in NHL postseason history. Prior to this season, the winning team between Colorado and Edmonton had covered the puckline in five straight games. He’s garnered 44 points in 45 career Stanley Cup games. Draisaitl collected 17 points in the five-game Calgary series. Edmonton’s dynamic duo of Connor McDavid (7-19-26) and Leon Draisaitl (7-19-26) sit tied atop the playoff scoring race with identical stat lines. Colorado is being set as the -250 favorites to win the series. Game 1 of the Western Conference final is set for 8 pm ET at Ball Arena on Tuesday, May 31. This is the first time these two teams are clashing in the NHL playoff bracket since the second round of the 1998 playoffs. Edmonton’s last trip to the conference final was in 2006. Colorado 3 Edmonton 2 (OT)

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So far in the playoffs, MacKinnon has 13 points on the strength of 8 goals and 5 assists. The Edmonton Oilers and the Colorado Avalanche are meeting in the Stanley Cup Playoffs semifinals. So far in the playoffs, McDavid and Draisaitl each have 26 points (exactly 7 goals and 19 assists apiece). In contrast, Evander Kane and Zach Hyman have been excellent complementary pieces, with 15 and 12 points, respectively.

Sean Gentille breaks down the key player, key moment and more from Colorado's series-winning victory against St. Louis.

Blues worry meter: 🎶 … I’m going to miss having the Blues around, and I wish we’d have seen them take their cracks in Game 7. Kyrou is St. Louis’ most dangerous forward — look at what he did to poor Darcy Kuemper in the first place. That was the shot-attempt edge MacKinnon’s line held against Ryan O’Reilly’s. While MacKinnon and O’Reilly were on the ice together at five-on-five, Colorado controlled more than 95 percent of all expected goals. High-danger scoring chances were 6-0 Avs. No, Colorado’s top line didn’t produce a goal, but it basically played keepaway with its counterparts on the Blues. That counts for something. And for as great as Nathan MacKinnon, Cale Makar and the rest of the Avs’ big guns have been (and are, and will be), it was Helm who helped carry them into a new space. As for Husso, the shots that beat him might not have been Grade A chances, but they were good enough. — Sportsnet (@Sportsnet)May 28, 2022 It was Compher — another secondary guy on the Avs roster — scoring both of Colorado’s non-Helm goals. J.T. Compher figuring out Blues goalie Ville Husso. Of the first 33 shots Husso faced, he stopped 31. The payoff was as good as it gets, and it makes for narrative gold. Was he watching back in 2009, when Helm ended the Western Conference final before he’d scored a single regular-season goal? — NHL (@NHL)May 28, 2022

Darren Helm had a solid career with the Detroit Red Wings, beginning with making an impact in playoffs, and is doing the same with Colorado Avalanche.

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The Avalanche have advanced to the Stanley Cup semifinal for the first time since the 2001-02 season. Colorado beat the St. Louis Blues 3-2 on Friday to win the ...

It’s going to be a tough series. So it’s a tough team to play against. Josh Manson will have a personal connection in the series. “I’d like to think the coaching staff has done a good job so far. “They’re happy to see me here and seeing the team successful. It took a former Red Wing to help push Colorado into the semifinal. He was selected 11th overall by the Chicago Blackhawks in the 1985 NHL Draft. The job is half done,” said J.T. Compher. “There’s plenty more for us to accomplish. I hope the guys take a breath and get even better moving forward.” It’s rewarding to get over this hump but at the same time we’ve got a big goal in mind. “Obviously, our team has changed a lot over the last few years and we’ve gotten better as a team. Colorado beat the St. Louis Blues 3-2 on Friday to win the best-of-seven series 4-2.

The Colorado Avalanche continue to find ways to win and are heading to the Western Conference Finals for the first time in 20 years. The Avalanche advanced ...

The Avalanche continued to utilize their depth throughout the series and especially in the wake of injuries. They'll have a tough test ahead against the Edmonton Oilers - more on that to come - and are shifting their focus to that series. And while the Avalanche lost Game 5 in overtime to the Blues, MacKinnon was electric with a hat trick and dominant individual efforts. MacKinnon, Compher and Gabriel Landeskog each converted on the power play, while MacKinnon (1G, 1A) and Mikko Rantanen (2A) led the way in power play points. The Avalanche also averaged the second-most shots for per game (but most among teams remaining in playoffs) with a nightly average of 39.8 shots. The Colorado Avalanche continue to find ways to win and are heading to the Western Conference Finals for the first time in 20 years. Makar blocked a team-high of 12 shots followed by (Erik) Johnson who recorded nine. To kick off the series, Josh Manson buried an overtime goal on May 17 in the Avalanche's eventual 3-2 OT Game 1 win. Two of the six contests required overtime - with Game 6 coming down to the wire until Darren Helm provided the series-clinching tally with just six seconds left in regulation. Helm threw the most hits in the series among skaters with 28, while (Erik) Johnson laid out the second-most with 22. Erik Johnson recorded two points (1G, 1A) and Samuel Girard handed out an assist. That trend only continued in the Avalanche's series-clinching victory.

EDMONTON - The Edmonton Oilers have made it through two rounds of the NHL playoffs, but they've used two Game ...

In those two (Game 1s) we probably could have played better for sure. They’ll look to reverse that trend by starting strong against the Colorado Avalanche when the Western Conference final kicks off Tuesday in Denver. Final Four: Edmonton Oilers start preparing for Colorado Avalanche in Western final

EDMONTON — The Edmonton Oilers have made it through two rounds of the NHL playoffs, but they've used two Game 1 mulligans along the way.

Edmonton won 6-3 on April 22, with Evander Kane - who has 12 goals so far in the playoffs - notching a hat trick. "We’re playing a real good Colorado team and it’s going to take our best." That started today with a little bit of practice, and it’s going to carry into our following practices. The top-seeded Avalanche, meanwhile, led by blueliner Cale Makar and star forward Nathan MacKinnon, secured their spot in the third round with a Game 6 win over St. Louis on Friday night. In the first round, the Los Angeles Kings built an early 2-0 lead on Edmonton en route to a 4-3 Game 1 victory. In their second-round series opener against Calgary, the Oilers gave up two goals just 51 seconds into the game.