On paper, the opening-round playoff series between the San Jose Sharks and Edmonton Oilers features some of the NHL's brightest offensive stars on both sides.
Making their first playoff appearance in a decade, the Oilers have 20-year-old Art Ross Trophy winner Connor McDavid. The Sharks counter with this season's top scoring defenseman, Brent Burns, among much of the same cast that reached the Stanley Cup Finals for the first time in 2016.
As is the case so many times in playoff hockey, unheralded players and stout defense end up grabbing many headlines.