The NHL Department of Player Safety announced that Edmonton Oilers forward Connor McDavid has been suspended for three games for illegally cross-checking Vancouver Canucks forward Connor Garland.
Teuvo Teravainen has been a calming presence for the rebuilding Chicago Blackhawks in the first season of his second stint with the team.
Pregame analysis and predictions of the Edmonton Oilers vs. Chicago Blackhawks NHL game to be played on January 11, 2025 on ESPN.
Losing is never a good thing, but in the case of the Edmonton Oilers, their 3-2 defeat at the hands of the Vancouver Canucks at Rogers Arena on Saturday (Jan.
Driven in part by score effects, the Oilers were the superior team by flow of play, outshooting their hosts by 34-22. By our video analysis at the Cult of Hockey, Edmonton held an 18-8 edge in Grade A shots ( running count),
But the Oilers are finally in a position to claim those bragging rights, and the top seed to boot. They currently sit tied with the Vegas Golden Knights atop the division, sporting an identical 29-14-3 record, good for 61 points through 46 games. Neither team is there by chance, either: Edmonton's +25 goal differential isn't far off Vegas' +29.
Zach Hyman scored a tiebreaking power-play goal in the third period, and the Edmonton Oilers beat the Chicago Blackhawks 4-3.
Third Period_7, Edmonton, Hyman 14 (Draisaitl, Bouchard), 7:18 (pp). Shots on Goal_Edmonton 9-15-10_34. Chicago 8-7-7_22.
The Edmonton Oilers will wrap up this three-game road trip on Saturday evening when they face the rebuilding Blackhawks at the United Center in Chicago.
The Edmonton Oilers travel to Chicago to face the Blackhawks on Saturday, looking to get back in the win column after their four-game winning streak ended in Pittsburgh.
As the buzzer echoed to end the second period, Viktor Arvidsson took one final chop at the puck under Soderblom’s pads, before getting planted by six-foot-eight Blackhawks defenceman Louis Crevier, who has 10 inches and more than 40 pounds of advantage in that tale of the tape.
The Edmonton Oilers narrowly avoided disaster on Saturday night, erasing multiple deficits to defeat the lowly Chicago Blackhawks.