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He was selected 11th overall by the Chicago Blackhawks in the 1985 NHL Draft. The elder Manson, 55, played 1,103 career NHL regular season games and 112 career playoff games, including three seasons as a defenseman with the Oilers from 1991-94. His father, Dave, is an assistant coach with the Oilers. Josh Manson will have a personal connection in the series. We feel like if we play our best we can get it done against anybody.

#Western conference finals full

It will take a full team effort to shut those guys down.

They’re committed to both sides of the puck. They have two (Connor McDavid and Leon Draisaitl) of the most dangerous players in the league right now and maybe three with (Evander) Kane,” Nate MacKinnon said. Evander Kane has 15 points and leads the postseason with 12 goals. He is tied for the NHL lead in points in the Stanley Cup Playoffs with Leon Draisaitl (26 points seven goals, 19 assists). Oilers captain Connor McDavid has 26 points (seven goals, 19 assists) in 12 playoff games. The Oilers knocked out the Calgary Flames with a 5-4 overtime win in Game 5 on Thursday to win that series.Įdmonton has not been to the third round of the postseason since 2006, when the Oilers lost to the Carolina Hurricanes in seven games in the Stanley Cup Final.Įdmonton has played Colorado twice before in the playoffs, a five-game loss in the 1997 Western Conference semifinals and a seven-game victory in the 1998 conference quarterfinals. If we stick to our game plan, good things will happen.” We know what we got in this dressing room. “They’re happy to see me here and seeing the team successful. “When I signed, a few friends I’d made in Detroit gave me a little bit of crap,” Helm said. On the winning goal, the 35-year-old Helm blasted a shot from the faceoff circle that went over the glove of St. Darren Helm scored the game-winning goal with 5 seconds remaining against the Blues. It took a former Red Wing to help push Colorado into the semifinal. Colorado general manager Joe Sakic was the captain of that Stanley Cup-winning team alongside hall of fame teammates Rob Blake, Peter Forsberg and Patrick Roy.

Everyone is chipping in.”Ĭolorado lost to the Detroit Red Wings in seven games in the 2002 Western Conference Finals, after winning the Stanley Cup the previous season. “There’s plenty more for us to accomplish. Game 1 will be played Tuesday.Įdmonton was 1-0-2 against Colorado during the regular season. 2 seed in the Pacific Division, the Edmonton Oilers. 1 seed in the Central Division, will start at home against the No. I hope the guys take a breath and get even better moving forward.” I’ve been with a lot of these guys for six years and some of them were here before me.

I honestly don’t think about this for my career. “I’m extremely proud of our guys,” Colorado coach Jared Bednar said.