As the always-important Game 3 approaches, the Canucks could be in store for a mule-like presence against the Oilers. Iain MacIntyre and Mark Spector bring that and more in their notebook.

We saw the legend of the Oilers' two-headed monster on Friday. There was nothing the Canucks could do to slow Connor McDavid and Leon Draisaitl down on this night.

Ahead of Game 2 between the Vancouver Canucks and Edmonton Oilers, here's a look at some news and notes on the matchup.

Guys get hurt. Goals go in. Wins turn into losses. This is the playoff journey. The Oilers' journey just got a little more difficult after a Game 1 fold job. But nobody said it was going to be stress free.

Like most athletes, Elias Pettersson tries to focus on what comes next and avoid getting bogged down in the past. After his first-round playoff series against Nashville, the struggling Canucks star has even greater motivation to look forward.

Now that he has a good chunk of playoff experience under his belt, Stuart Skinner has a much better idea of what to expect. The Oilers goalie relishes the challenge of going into enemy territory.

There are two convenient ways of looking at this all-Canadian matchup out West, and we’ll let you be the judge as to which way makes the most sense.