The Edmonton Oilers and Anaheim Ducks play in Game 1 of the NHL Playoffs First Round at Rogers Place on Monday, April 20, starting at 10 p.m. ET on ESPN2. The Oilers are the favorite (-178) in this matchup with the Ducks (+148).<\/p>\n
Watch the NHL, other live sports and more on Fubo. What is Fubo? Fubo is a streaming service that gives you access to your favorite live sports and shows on demand. Use our link<\/a> to sign up.<\/p>\n Here’s our pick for who will claim the win in this NHL Playoffs First Round contest.<\/p>\n Ducks vs. Oilers Predictions for Monday<\/p>\n Our computer model for this contest predicts a final score of Oilers 4, Ducks 3.<\/p>\n Moneyline Pick: Oilers (-178) Catch NHL action all year long on Fubo.<\/a><\/p>\n Oilers Splits and Trends<\/p>\n The Oilers are 41-30-11 overall and 9-11-20 in overtime contests. The Ducks (43-33-6 overall) have posted a record of 17-6-23 in matchups that have gone to OT this season. Looking for NHL tickets? Head to StubHub today<\/a> and see your team live.<\/p>\n Team Stats Comparison<\/p>\n Ducks vs. Oilers Game Time and TV Channel<\/p>\n When: Monday, April 20, 2026 at 10 p.m. ET Sign up for ESPN+<\/a>, Fubo<\/a> and HBO Max<\/a> to watch the NHL this season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Edmonton Oilers and Anaheim Ducks play in Game 1 of the NHL Playoffs First Round at Rogers…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":555736,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5123],"tags":[2210,233,5292,833,1739,146,5,835,4,61,834],"class_list":{"0":"post-555735","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-ds-sports","12":"tag-ducks","13":"tag-edmonton-oilers","14":"tag-hockey","15":"tag-men","16":"tag-nhl","17":"tag-nhl-predictions","18":"tag-professional"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nhl\/116429348798636068","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/555735","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=555735"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/555735\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/555736"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=555735"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=555735"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=555735"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nTotal Pick: Over 6.5 (computer predicts 6.8 goals on average)
\nSpread Pick: Oilers (-1.5)<\/p>\n
\nEdmonton is 13-11-7 (33 points) in its 31 games decided by one goal.
\nIn the seven games this season the Oilers scored just one goal, they’ve finished 0-5-2 (two points).
\nEdmonton has taken five points from the 15 games this season when it scored a pair of goals (2-12-1 record).
\nThe Oilers have scored more than two goals 56 times, and are 39-9-8 in those games (to register 86 points).
\nIn the 31 games when Edmonton has scored a lone power-play goal, it has a 14-12-5 record (33 points).
\nIn the 51 games this season in which it has outshot its opponent, Edmonton is 27-18-6 (60 points).
\nThe Oilers have been outshot by opponents in 26 games, going 11-11-4 to record 26 points.
\nDucks Splits and Trends<\/p>\n
\nIn the 28 games Anaheim has played that were decided by one goal, it racked up 38 points.
\nAcross the nine games this season the Ducks finished with only one goal, they have earned three points.
\nWhen Anaheim has scored a pair of goals this season, they’ve earned nine points (4-8-1 record).
\nThe Ducks have scored more than two goals 54 times, earning 80 points from those matchups (38-12-4).
\nThis season, Anaheim has recorded a single power-play goal in 25 games has a record of 16-4-5 in those matchups.
\nWhen outshooting its opponent this season, Anaheim is 25-17-4 (54 points).
\nThe Ducks have been outshot by opponents in 31 games, going 16-13-2 to record 34 points.<\/p>\n
\nTV Channel: ESPN2
\nWhere: Rogers Place in Edmonton, Alberta<\/p>\n