Anaheim ends playoff drought after 7 seasons How to watch Ducks-Oilers for free
For the first time since the 2017-2018 NHL season, the Anaheim Ducks are back in the playoffs.The Ducks last won a playoff series in 2017 — a seven-game second-round series against a rebuilding Edmonton Oilers, just two years after Connor McDavid entered the league.Now, the Ducks will face the Oilers again in their return to the playoffs, only this time, it’s them just emerging from a rebuild while the Oilers have appeared in the last two Stanley Cup Finals.Anaheim finished their first season under new head coach Joel Quenneville 43-33-6, and despite a late season surge, a 2-6-2 record in the final 10 games of the season put them in the Pacific Division’s No.
3 seed.The 41-30-11 Edmonton Oilers are the Pacific’s No.
2 seed after back-to-back Stanley Cup appearances.“Playoff hockey is unique,” McDavid said ahead of the matchup.
“It’s a skill to win in the playoffs, and we feel pretty good about having that skill, having been there and won a lot of playoff games.”Game 1 of the Ducks vs.Oilers playoff series is scheduled to begin at 7 p.m.
PT / 10 p.m.ET tonight, April 20.If you don’t have cable, you’ll need a live TV streaming service to stream the Ducks-Oilers game for free.DIRECTV is our top pick for watching hockey live for free — the five-day free trial of its MySports genre packhas ESPN2, plus all of the other channels you’ll need for the NHL playoffs.
When the trial is over, you’ll pay $44.99/month for your first two months and gain access to 20+ live sports channels.If you aren’t ready to commit to a full-on subscription, you can try a Sling Orange Day Pass.Priced at $4.99, you’ll get 24 hours of access to all Sling TV Orange has to offer, including ESPN2.
Sling also offers weekend and week-long passes for its Orange plan, which offer between three and seven days of access.*- If necessaryWhy Trust Post Wanted by the New York PostThis article was written by Angela Tricarico, Commerce Streaming Reporter for Post Wanted Shoppi...