{"id":554528,"date":"2026-04-17T12:45:16","date_gmt":"2026-04-17T12:45:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/554528\/"},"modified":"2026-04-17T12:45:16","modified_gmt":"2026-04-17T12:45:16","slug":"edmonton-oilers-to-open-series-vs-anaheim-ducks-on-monday-as-full-nhl-first-round-schedule-revealed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/554528\/","title":{"rendered":"Edmonton Oilers to open series vs. Anaheim Ducks on Monday as full NHL first-round schedule revealed"},"content":{"rendered":"

Having clinched second place in the Pacific Division with a 6-1 rout of the Vancouver Canucks<\/a> on Thursday, the Edmonton Oilers<\/a> will open their first-round series on home ice against the Anaheim Ducks<\/a> on Monday. <\/p>\n

The series will see Game 2 take place on Wednesday, with Game 3 set for Friday in Anaheim and Game 4 scheduled for Sunday.<\/p>\n

The NHL announced Thursday that the Ottawa Senators<\/a> will kick off the Stanley Cup Playoff schedule with Game 1 against the Carolina Hurricanes<\/a> in Raleigh on Saturday afternoon at 3 p.m. ET. The series will continue on Monday, with an extra day off before Game 3 on Thursday in Ottawa, with Game 4 scheduled for Saturday. <\/p>\n

The Montreal Canadiens will play Game 1 against the Atlantic Division-rival Tampa Bay Lightning<\/a> on Sunday at 5:45pm ET, with Game 2 set for Tuesday, Game 3 in Montreal on Friday and Game 4 next Sunday. <\/p>\n

Elsewhere in the Eastern Conference, the Philadelphia Flyers<\/a> will play Game 1 on the road against the Pittsburgh Penguins<\/a> on Saturday, with the Boston Bruins<\/a> opening their series against the Buffalo Sabres<\/a> on Sunday.<\/p>\n

\"\"NHL Schedule East <\/p>\n

The Minnesota Wild<\/a> and Dallas Stars<\/a> will open playoff action in the Western Conference on Saturday, with the Los Angeles Kings<\/a> facing the Colorado Avalanche<\/a> and the Utah Mammoth<\/a> taking on the Vegas Golden Knights<\/a> in Game 1 of their first rounds series on Sunday.<\/p>\n

\"\"NHL Schedule West <\/p>\n

The playoffs will end before June 21, as a possible Game 7 of the Stanley Cup Final is schedule to be held no later than that date.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Having clinched second place in the Pacific Division with a 6-1 rout of the Vancouver Canucks on Thursday,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":473458,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5123],"tags":[2210,233,5292,4759,1739,5,4],"class_list":{"0":"post-554528","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-anaheim-ducks","8":"tag-anaheim","9":"tag-anaheim-ducks","10":"tag-anaheimducks","11":"tag-apple-news","12":"tag-ducks","13":"tag-hockey","14":"tag-nhl"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nhl\/116420118691092803","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/554528","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=554528"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/554528\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/473458"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=554528"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=554528"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=554528"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}