In a recreation that noticed two of the league’s finest gamers named Connor, it was a two-point efficiency from Leon Draisaitl and a Zach Hyman purpose in time beyond regulation that gave the Edmonton Oilers a 4-3 win over the Chicago Blackhawks.

Recreation Recap

The primary interval noticed no offense, however Oilers’ ahead Viktor Arvidsson opened the scoring halfway by means of the second body together with his seventh of the season, taking a nook feed from Mattias Janmark and burying it previous Arvid Soderblom to make it 1-0.

Blackhawks’ ahead Lukas Reichel obtained Chicago on the board with simply six seconds to go within the interval, tipping a net-bound go from Teuvo Teravainen previous Calvin Pickard to tie it at one.

The Oilers retook the lead a minute into the third with Jeff Skinner scoring his tenth of the season, and Draisaitl adopted it together with his thirty eighth to make it 3-1 Edmonton.

Ryan Donato scored his sixteenth purpose of the season, tying a career-high set in 2021-22 with the Seattle Kraken. Simply 4 minutes later, Donato discovered Alec Martinez with a cross-ice go, who one-timed his third of the season to tie it at three, sending the sport to time beyond regulation.

After a number of back-and-forths to open the additional body, Teravainen touched the puck a second too early and the Chicago bench took a too-many-men penalty, giving the Oilers a 4-on-3 benefit. Eighteen seconds into the ability play, Connor McDavid discovered Hyman for a tap-in out entrance, giving the Oilers’ winger his nineteenth of the season and Edmonton a 4-3 time beyond regulation win.

Fast Notes

Draisaitl now has 81 factors on the season, passing Colorado Avalanche ahead Nathan MacKinnon to turn into the brand new scoring chief.

As talked about earlier, Donato tied his profession excessive in objectives, however his help on Martinez’s purpose was additionally his sixteenth of the season, setting a brand new profession excessive.

Ahead Jason Dickinson left the ice 5 minutes into the second interval, unable to place any weight on his left leg. He didn’t return.

The Blackhawks at the moment are 16-31-6 with 38 factors, eighth within the Central Division and house owners of the second-worst report within the NHL.

In the meantime, the Oilers stay first within the Pacific Division with a 34-16-4 report and 72 factors, holding the second-best report within the Western Convention and third-best within the league.

Chicago’s subsequent recreation is Friday, Feb. 7 towards the Nashville Predators, then they catch a redeye to Missouri to tackle the St. Louis Blues on Feb. 8, their remaining recreation earlier than the two-week break for the 4 Nations Face-Off.

As for the Oilers, they head house to host the Avalanche on Feb. 7 earlier than the break.