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The Edmonton Oilers are, so far, the only Canadian team to punch their ticket to the second round of the NHL playoffs. The Vancouver Canucks can make it two teams with a victory Friday in Nashville, or Sunday in Vancouver.

EDMONTON — The Edmonton Oilers and Los Angeles Kings played a tight-checking series at even strength. But the special teams matchup was lopsided — and that’s why it ended in five games.

Wednesday's Scoreboard NHL Playoffs First Round Edmonton 4 Los Angeles 3 (Edmonton wins best-of-seven series 4-1) Dallas 3 Vegas 2 (Dallas leads best-of-seven series 3-2) --- PWHL Toronto 4 Minnesota 1 --- AHL Playoffs Division Semifinals Belleville

DALLAS (AP) — Jason Robertson scored on a power-play after Tyler Seguin took a shot to the face, Jake Oettinger had another flawless finish and the Dallas Stars finally got a home win in these NHL playoffs.

EDMONTON — Leon Draisaitl scored twice, and the Edmonton Oilers defeated the Los Angeles Kings 4-3 Wednesday to win their first-round NHL playoff series in five games.

MOOSE JAW, Sask. — Egor Sidorov has become the latest overtime hero in the Western Hockey League's Eastern Conference final series.

Forge FC and Atletico Ottawa, the top two teams in the Canadian Premier League, posted convincing victories in Canadian Championship preliminary-round play Wednesday.

TORONTO — With the regular season coming to a close, Toronto checked off one box in its list of goals for the season.

NORTH BAY, Ont. — Sandis Vilmanis's second goal of the game, scored at 6:02 of overtime, lifted the North Bay Battalion to a 5-4 victory over the visiting Oshawa Generals in the Ontario Hockey League's Eastern Conference final series on Wednesday.

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