10* Edmonton (6:35 ET): The Oilers are on the brink here, facing elimination, which wasn’t supposed to be the case as they entered the series as the #5 seed while Chicago was #12. The Blackhawks were last in the Central when the season shutdown but haven’t looked like a place team in a wild, high-scoring series that has seen 13 goals scored per side. Five of Edmonton’s goals have come from Connor McDavid, so he certainly hasn’t been the problem. Goaltending clearly has for the Oilers as Mike Smith was horrendous in Game 1 and Mikko Koskinen has been no better in the last two. Still, I look for McDavid and the Oilers to force a deciding Game 5.

Goaltending has been no “walk in the park” for Chicago either. Corey Crawford has a 4.33 GAA and .859 save percentage thus far in the series. Those numbers are worse than Koskinen’s. Though they need to be given credit for winning twice so far, I’m just not a believer in this Blackhawks club that is just 10-25 SU their L35 games playing on a single day’s rest.

Edmonton led Game 3 with just under six minutes remaining. So they let one slip away. Let’s also not forget that they are playing on their home rink here. While home ice advantage obviously doesn’t mean what it normally would in this scenario, the Oilers still should have the edge as the host team for the Western Conference hub. I just can’t see them losing for a third time in four tries as a favorite. 10* Edmonton