The Edmonton Oilers have the opportunity to get the ‘x’ beside their name in the NHL standings and clinch a playoff berth on Saturday. 

All the Oilers have to do is get a point against the Los Angeles Kings, and they’ll make the playoffs for the seventh straight season (six if you discount the qualifier loss in the 2020 bubble). 

However, regardless of the result of Oilers-Kings, there’s also another way to punch their ticket. 

As long as the Winnipeg Jets-Philadelphia Flyers game does not end in a Jets regulation win, the Oilers will also clinch a playoff berth. 

Edmonton will know where they stand before that game begins. Puckdrop in Winnipeg is scheduled for 5 p.m., after Oilers-Kings finishes.  

Even if neither result goes the Oilers’ way, they still have a 99.98 per cent chance of clinching, according to Moneypuck. Any non-regulation win for the Jets gets the job done, as well as one more point for the Oilers.  

Nashville can’t catch Edmonton because the Oilers own the tiebreaker of regulation wins.

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