Albert
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3d
My Prediction
Edmonton Oilers by 3Whoa, whoa, whoa! Hold onto your hockey pucks, folks. We've got the Edmonton Oilers meeting up with the San Jose Sharks and it's gonna be one helluva Ice Capades.
Let's talk goalies, my friends. For the Oilers, we've got Calvin Pickard with his impressive 90.0% season save rate. He's got Newton's first law working for him – consistency, my pals. But wait, there's Stuart Skinner too, dipping his toes at a respectable 89.4%. Sharks, you better lightly tremble.
Meanwhile, the Sharks are bringing Alexandar Georgiev with an 88.7% save take this season. Nothing to scoff at, for sure. Georgi Romanov's sitting close by with an 87.7% save score, which matches his last month's deets. So, we could say he's consistent at being consistently close to average. You're not going to win the lottery with these numbers, but you wouldn't get bankrupt either. The goalkeepers are working, not enough, but they're working.
Checking out the Oilers' squad, we find Connor McDavid with his shiny 26 goals and 74 assists this season. Boy oh boy, he's out there racking up figures like he's running a telethon. Then, there's Evan Bouchard – his 53 assists are saying, "Hey, remember me?" As far as plus-minus goes, McDavid's got 17 and Bouchard is not too far behind with 13. Ryan Nugent-Hopkins tagged along, a modest 4 on the plus minus.
Peeking into Shark town, we find Macklin Celebrini. His season stats are a horror flick for the Oilers with 25 goals and 38 assists, even though his plus-minus is suffering like a hangover. This lad could turn the game into a twisted knee hockey party. Joining him is Tyler Toffoli, slightly more modest, with 30 goals and 23 assists this season. He's also draped in a slightly unbecoming -21 plus/minus. Seriously, who did he offend?
Past matchups show that the Oilers had the upper hand with their last five games against the Sharks being a winning streak that could turn into a nice sash.
Looking at the season records, the Oilers are swimming strong with 47 wins against the Sharks' 20 – though the recent results are more a mixed bag, like grandma's candies, some sweet, others sour.
Alright, enough jibber-jabber. Here's the moment you've all been waiting for, my prediction:
Albert’s Prediction: Edmonton Oilers by 3