In the just-completed first-round series against the Los Angeles Kings, the Edmonton Oilers ran the best roster players on the same line for 75 minutes at five-on-five. The total represented about 65 percent of the overall playing time for Connor McDavid and Leon Draisaitl in the game state over the course of the series.

McDavid is tied for second among all scorers in the Stanley Cup Playoffs after putting up 11 points (two goals, nine assists) in the six-game ouster of the Los Angeles Kings in the first round. Draisaitl had 10 points (three goals, seven assists).

The Edmonton Oilers were long known as the Connor McDavid and Leon Draisaitl show. In some ways, that’s still the case. That said, in the series between the Oilers and the Los Angeles Kings, the depth on the Oilers won the day,