Veteran Edmonton Oilers forward Jeff Skinner happy to snap 15-season playoff drought [Video]

Jeff Skinner has experienced a lot over 1,078 NHL games.

The energy and excitement of a playoff game, though, have eluded him so far.

That will change Monday when Skinner and the Edmonton Oilers take the ice for Game 1 of their first-round series against the Los Angeles Kings.

The chance to go on a post-season run is part of what drew Skinner to Edmonton as a free agent last summer.

“Obviously coming here, my first year here, and I knew that we have a pretty good team, we want to try and be a part of it,” the veteran forward said Sunday.

“And, it’s a good feeling. You kind of work toward it the whole year. So we all worked together toward it, and now we try and get rolling.”

Drafted seventh overall by the Hurricanes in 2010, Skinner spent the first eight seasons of his career as part …