Morning Coffee: Oilers Now One Win Away From The Western Conference Finals

The Edmonton Oilers were 10-to-1 to win the Western Conference at FanDuel Sportsbook on May 20th. 

Five days later, the Oilers are down to +250 to reach the Stanley Cup Finals.

Ryan Nugent-Hopkins and Evander Kane both scored twice in a 5-3 win over the Calgary Flames in Game 4 last night to take a 3-1 series lead.

Edmonton, which could be found as high as 30-to-1 to win the Stanley Cup at FanDuel after losing Game 1 versus Calgary, is down to +650 to win it all right now.

The Oilers are 14-1 all-time when leading 3-1 in a best-of-seven playoff series.

NHL teams with a 3-1 lead in a best-of-seven are 296-31 all-time.

After stringing together three straight wins, FanDuel gives Edmonton an 86.7 per cent chance to advance at -650 to win the series.

Here’s the TSN EDGE Morning Coffee for Wednesday, May 25th, 2022.

Oilers Take 3-1 Lead In Battle Of Alberta

The Oilers were +160 to win their second-round series versus Calgary at FanDuel Sportsbook entering Game 1.

After giving up nine goals and dropping the opener, Edmonton’s series winner odds ballooned all the way to +280.

As somebody who bet on the Flames to win the series, I felt pretty good about my position after Game 1.

There’s nothing that I’ve seen since that makes me believe that Calgary can win this series.

On a night the Calgary #Flames contained Connor McDavid, two self-inflicted wounds ultimately cost the team the game and led to them being down 3-1 in their series versus the Edmonton Oilers… Story from @salimvalji: https://t.co/fVXOatmvsO#TSNHockey | #StanleyCup pic.twitter.com/jSgCwo0909

The Oilers beat Jacob Markstrom for four goals on 25 shots in last night’s win.

Edmonton has scored 19 goals on Markstrom in the first four games of the series – eight more than