NHL playoffs: Oilers to play Canucks in second round [Video]

Western Canadian bragging rights are on the line in Round 2 of the Stanley Cup Playoffs this year.

The Edmonton Oilers will face the Vancouver Canucks in the second round of the National Hockey League post-season after Vancouver advanced with a 1-0 win over the Nashville Predators in Game 6 Friday, winning the best-of-seven opening-round series 4-2.

The Oilers on Wednesday ousted the Los Angeles Kings from the first round for the third year in a row, beating their Pacific Division rival in five games.

The league’s other two Western Canadian squads are not chasing hockey’s grail. The Winnipeg Jets were eliminated by the Colorado Avalanche in five games of their first-round playoff series, while the Calgary Flames failed to qualify for the post-season.

In the 44 years the Oilers have been in the National Hockey League, they’ve played the Canucks twice in the playoffs, beating them both times. Edmonton swept Vancouver in a best-of-five Smythe Division semifinal matchup in 1986 and …