The oilers, man. Media are so annoying.
The one thing everyone in the hockey world should know by now is that counting on historically hot special teams to cover for horrible even strength performance is not in any way a sustainable way to win hockey games, and will never win you a cup. Especially when playing in an historically awful division.
Goal Differential at even strength, Play-In Teams:
7. PIT +17
8. TOR +16
10. NSH +12
11. NYR +11
12. CAR +10
13. WPG +7
14. DAL +4
14. MIN +4
16. NYI +3
17. FLA +0
17. MTL +0
17. ARI +0
17. CHI +0
21. CBJ -2
22. VAN -5
24. CGY -12
25. EDM -13
I cannot emphasize enough how trash the Pacific is, and how trash the oilers are. They are incredibly lucky to be playing a team as bad as the hawks this round, and it wouldn't surprise me in the least to see them lose.