a better season record than Edmonton, finishing second in the Smythe Division over the third place Oilers. This also led to another first round match up between the Kings and Oilers. This time, it was the Kings, with Gretzky, against the Oilers, and the Kings also had home-ice advantage. The Oilers lead the series against the Kings 3–1, but Los Angeles won three straight games to win the series and upset Edmonton. In the next three playoff meetings between the two teams, the Gretzky-led Kings were eliminated by his former teammates in four, six, and six games respectively. Edmonton also won another Stanley Cup in 1990 after sweeping the Kings in the second round. After the 1990–91 season, the rivalry died down as players from the Oilers moved to other teams. Jari Kurri and Charlie Huddy rejoined Gretzky on the Kings and go on a playoff run to the 1993 Stanley Cup Final before losing to Montreal in five games. Mark Messier, Glenn Anderson, Adam Graves, Craig MacTavish, Jeff Beukeboom, Kevin Lowe, and Esa Tikkanen moved to the New York Rangers and won the Stanley Cup in 1994. Furthermore, despite being reunited in the Pacific Division prior to the 2013–14 season, the Oilers and Kings have not met in the playoffs until 2022, nor have been regularly competitive at the same time, thus keeping what once was an intense divisional rivalry dormant. When the Oilers made it to the Stanley Cup Finals in 2006 (lost to the Carolina Hurricanes in seven games), the Kings failed to make the playoffs. For the next 10 years after their playoff run, Edmonton did not make a postseason appearance, while Los Angeles won the Cup in 2012 and 2014. Both teams met each other in the 2022 Stanley Cup playoffs, the eighth playoff series but the first in 30 years. The Oilers defeated the Kings in seven games. Edmonton Oilers vs. Winnipeg Jets (original) (1972–1996) The Oilers and the original Jets both started their existence in the World Hockey Association in 1972. There, the Jets dominated the Oilers winning the Avco Cup three times, while the Oilers were not playoff contenders. But, when they joined the NHL in 1979 (along with the Quebec Nordiques and Hartford Whalers), the tables were turned, thanks to an 18-year-old from Brantford, Ontario named Wayne Gretzky. From 1983 to 1988, the Oilers and Jets met in the playoffs five