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.
They’ll look to reverse that trend by starting strong against the Colorado Avalanche when the Western Conference final kicks off Tuesday in Denver.
“We want to have a good first 10 minutes, good first period,” defenceman Tyson Barrie said Saturday after the Oilers practised at Rogers Place. “Everyone has got to be ready, that’s a good club coming against us. In those two (Game 1s) we probably could have played better for sure.
“But they’re in the past and they don’t carry over.”