For Oilers fans who want a Round 1 road trip they can book now, Anaheim offers two guaranteed away dates in one city over one weekend. Games 3 and 4 of the Ducks-Oilers first-round series are both at Honda Center, on Friday, April 24 and Sunday, April 26.
Both games are guaranteed, which is what makes this Anaheim weekend bookable right now. You don't need the series to go long for the trip to work.
Three Trip Formats for the Anaheim Games
| Trip format | Games covered | Dates | Best for |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fast trip | Game 3 only | Fri, Apr 24 | Fans who can only get away for Friday night |
| Weekend swing | Games 3 and 4 | Fri, Apr 24 – Sun, Apr 26 | Fans who want both guaranteed Anaheim games in one trip |
| Flexible trip | Games 3, 4, and Game 6 if needed | Apr 24 – 30 | Fans willing to carry contingent bookings |
Why This Anaheim Trip Actually Works
The schedule is what makes this trip possible. The venue and airport setup are what make it practical. Both games sit in the same building over one weekend, which cuts out two common friction points in playoff road trips: bouncing between cities and waiting on contingent dates.
Per our Anaheim destination data, Honda Center sits at 2695 East Katella Avenue, and the Anaheim Regional Transportation Intermodal Center (ARTIC) is directly across the street. ARTIC carries Amtrak Pacific Surfliner, Metrolink Orange County Line, and OCTA buses, which gives fans already in the wider LA basin a rail route to the arena on game day rather than renting a car.
For fans flying in, this is more of a Honda Center trip than a generic "LA weekend." SNA (John Wayne) is the cleaner airport play for Anaheim — a smaller terminal footprint and roughly 25 minutes to the arena by car, per our city logistics data. LAX tends to make sense mainly when direct-flight options from Edmonton are better there or you're deliberately widening the trip into a broader Southern California weekend.
Where you stay matters less for arena access than for the kind of weekend you want. Our Anaheim hotel data flags four neighborhoods that all work for Honda Center: the Platinum Triangle (tightest to the arena and ARTIC), the Anaheim Resort Area (closer to Disneyland for family trips), Southeast Anaheim, and Garden Grove at the border.
Anaheim
NHLFirst Round Gm 3: Oilers at Ducks Rd 1 Hm Gm 1
Honda Center · Fri, Apr 24 · 7:00 p.m. PST
First Round Gm 4: Oilers at Ducks Rd 1 Hm Gm 2
Honda Center · Sun, Apr 26 · 6:30 p.m. PST
Total Package
$1980 USD
What's Locked vs. What's Not
Games 3 and 4 are confirmed. In this series, Game 6 on April 30 is the only additional Anaheim date beyond Games 3 and 4, and only if needed. The weekend swing works without the series needing to extend — Game 6 is a stack-on-top option for fans willing to carry cancellable lodging and a ticket source that allows resale.
What to Book Now vs. What to Wait On
If you're committed to going, the confirmed dates — Games 3 and 4 — are the safest anchor for flights and lodging. For the Game 6 contingency, a refundable hotel rate and a ticket source that allows resale hedge the possibility that the game never happens.
Worth knowing: this works because the games are confirmed, not because Anaheim is automatically a bargain. Playoff demand changes ticket pricing fast, and Orange County hotel rates can move around more than fans expect. Treat this as a clean trip, not necessarily a cheap one.
Bonus Playoff Game: Turning Game 4 Into a Two-Game Sunday
If you're willing to handle the transfer, Sunday opens a second playoff option in the Los Angeles area before the Oilers game in Anaheim. On April 26, the Kings host the Avalanche at Crypto.com Arena at 1:30 p.m. PT, about 30 miles north of Honda Center. That's not the core trip logic here — the Anaheim weekend is — but for fans who want to stack a second postseason game into the same day, Southern California gives you that possibility. This only works if you're comfortable with a same-day Los Angeles-to-Anaheim transfer between games.
Anaheim
NHLFirst Round Gm 3: Oilers at Ducks Rd 1 Hm Gm 1
Honda Center · Fri, Apr 24 · 7:00 p.m. PST
First Round: Avalanche at Kings Rd 1 Hm Gm 2
Crypto.com Arena · Sun, Apr 26 · 1:30 p.m. PST
First Round Gm 4: Oilers at Ducks Rd 1 Hm Gm 2
Honda Center · Sun, Apr 26 · 6:30 p.m. PST
Total Package
$2245 USD
For the full Round 1 picture and the handful of other cities worth a trip this round, see our ranking of every 2026 R1 playoff trip you can book.
Practical Takeaway
If you want an Oilers Round 1 road trip built around confirmed away dates, the Anaheim weekend swing — Games 3 and 4, Friday through Sunday, April 24–26 — is the cleanest confirmed Round 1 Oilers trip you can book right now. Two confirmed playoff games, one arena, ARTIC transit on the doorstep, SNA as the cleaner airport. Everything beyond Game 4 depends on results.
For full trip-planning logistics — flights, the venue area, stay neighborhoods, adjacent things to do — head to the Anaheim destination page.
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