EDMONTON OILERS NOTES:
QUICK FACTS
Thursday’s game will mark Edmonton’s first of three games against Chicago this season and the first of two games in Chicago. The next time these teams will meet is November 30th in Chicago.
The last time these teams met was on March 3rd in Chicago, with the Blackhawks winning 4-3 in overtime.
Tyson Barrie leads the Oilers with 30 career points against the Blackhawks and has played in a team high 34 career games against Chicago. Leon Draisaitl has a team leading 10 goals against the Blackhawks.
SHOOTING GALLERY
The Oilers posted a franchise high 26 shots on goal in one period on October 24th vs. PIT. The previous record of 24 shots was done three
times and most recently against Calgary on Feb. 1/20. Evander Kane also posted a team high nine shots against the Penguins and tied an Oilers record for most shots in a period by a player, recording eight shots in the second period. Taylor Hall co-holds the record, posting eight shots previously on Feb. 19/11 vs. ATL). Kane holds the league record of 10 shots in a period by a player, which he recorded on Nov. 1/18 against Columbus as a member of the San Jose Sharks.
McDAVID HITS 700-POINT MARK WITH SEASON-OPENING HAT TRICK
With Edmonton trailing 3-0 midway through the second period, Oilers captain Connor McDavid factored on four of his club’s five consecutive goals, capping off the night with the NHL’s first hat trick of the 2022-23 season. McDavid (3-1—4) boosted his career totals to 242-459—701 (488 GP) and became the fastest active player to reach the 700-point milestone.
- The three-goal performance marked the second season-opening hat trick of McDavid’s career (also Oct. 4, 2017) as he became the third player in NHL history to record multiple hat tricks in season openers alongside Brendan Shanahan (2) and Cam Neely (2).
- The Oilers overcame a three-goal deficit to win a season-opening game for the first time in franchise history. Edmonton became just the ninth club in NHL history to do so and the first since Anaheim on Oct. 5, 2017. Coincidentally, the Ducks overcame a 3-1 deficit Wednesday night to record their second-ever multi-goal comeback win in a season opener.
OILERS LEADERS OF THE PACK
TOI/GP – Nurse (23:48)
Shots – Kane (30)
Blocks – Nurse (17)
Hits – Kane (33)
Takeaways – Draisaitl (16)
RECENT TRANSACTIONS
Oct. 17 D Markus Niemelainen recalled from Bakersfield (AHL)
F Brad Malone loaned to Bakersfield (AHL)
OILERS IN OCTOBER
Overall – 443 GP, 206-190-33-16, 0.520
2022-23 – 7 GP, 4-3-0, .571
2021-22 – 7 GP, 6-1-0, .857
CHICAGO BLACKHAWKS NOTES:
TONIGHT’S BROADCAST INFORMATION
TV: NBC Sports Chicago – Chris Vosters (PxP), Troy Murray (analyst), Colby Cohen (analyst)
RADIO: WGN-AM 720 – John Wiedeman (PxP) and Caley Chelios (analyst) and Joe Brand (studio host)
RADIO (Spanish): TUDN-AM 1200 – Miguel Esparza (PxP) and Jorge Moreno (analyst)
UPCOMING SCHEDULE
Saturday, Oct. 29 at BUF, 6:00 p.m. CT (NBCSCH, WGN Radio)
Sunday, Oct. 30 vs. MIN, 7:00 p.m. CT (NBCSCH, WGN Radio, Univision (Spanish))
Tuesday, Nov. 1 vs. NYI, 7:30 p.m. CT (NBCSCH+, WGN Radio, Univision (Spanish))
Thursday, Nov. 3 vs. LAK, 7:30 p.m. CT (NBCSCH, WGN Radio, Univision (Spanish))
Saturday, Nov. 5 at WPG, 2:00 p.m. CT (NBCSCH, WGN Radio)
RECENT TRANSACTIONS
Oct. 26 – Acquired Cooper Zech via trade with Philadelphia in exchange for Evan Barratt and assigned
Zech to Rockford (AHL) … Acquired Cameron Hillis via trade with Montreal in exchange for Nicolas
Beaudin and assigned Beaudin to Rockford (AHL) … Oct. 23 – Placed Petr Mrazek (groin strain) on IR
retroactive to Oct. 21
LAST TIME OUT
Score: Chicago (4) vs. Florida (2) – Tue., Oct. 25, United Center
CHI Goals: Raddysh (2), Kane (1), Kurashev (2), Toews (3)
FLA Goals: Luostarinen (3), Tkachuk (4)
Goalies: CHI – Stalock (29/31, 60:00) FLA – Bobrovsky (18/21, 58:11)
CHI PP: 1/2; PK: 6/6
FLA PP: 0/6; PK: 1/2
Recap: Chicago opened the scoring on Tuesday with three-straight goals en route a 4-2 win over the Florida Panthers for the team’s fourth-straight win … The Blackhawks were perfect on the penalty kill for the second consecutive game and fourth game this season, going 6-for-6 on the kill on Tuesday … Patrick Kane led the team with two points (1G, 1A) against the Panthers and now has recorded back-to-back multi-point games (1G, 3A) … Max Domi tallied an assist in the contest to extend his current point streak to three games (2G, 1A) … Taylor Raddysh scored a power play goal for the home team and now has points in back-to-back games (1G, 1A) … Philipp Kurashev scored the game-winning goal on Tuesday for his second goal and first game winner this season … Jonathan Toews rounded out the scoring with an empty net goal for his second-straight game recording a point (1G, 1A).
TONIGHT’S OPPONENT – EDMONTON OILERS
The Blackhawks host the Edmonton Oilers on Thursday night in the first of three games between the two clubs this season … Chicago went 2-1-0 against the Oilers last season, including posting wins in each of the last two games against them … The Blackhawks are riding a six-game home point streak (4-0-2) against Edmonton, including logging wins in three of the last four … The club has also earned points in 11 of the last 12 home games against them, boasting a 9-1-2 record at United Center dating back to the start of the 2013-14 season … Overall, the Blackhawks have notched points in nine of the last 12 games (7-3-2) against Edmonton … Patrick Kane has registered points (1G, 2A) in back-to-back games against the Oilers and has points (4G, 5A) in six of his last seven games against them … Kane is currently riding a four-game home point streak (3G, 2A) against Edmonton, including scoring goals in each of his last three games (3G, 1A) against them at United Center … Caleb Jones is currently riding a three-game assist streak (3A) against Edmonton and has recorded six assists in 19 career games against them … Philipp
Kurashev has tallied assists (2A) in two of his three career games against the Oilers … Jonathan Toews has logged five points (2G, 3A) over his last six games against Edmonton, including in two of his last three home games (1G, 1A).
2022-23 Schedule/Results: HOME: Oct. 27, Nov. 30 | AWAY: Jan. 28
All-Time Record: 72-53-19 | Home: 39-20-13 | Road: 33-33-6
Last Home Win: March 3, 2022 (4-3 OT) | Last Road Win: Feb. 9, 2022 (4-1) | Last Home Loss: Oct. 28,
2018 (1-2 OT) | Last Road Loss: Nov. 20, 2021 (2-5)
BLACKHAWKS VS. EDM ALL-TIME
GOALS ASSISTS POINTS
GOALS: Patrick Kane, 19; Jonathan Toews, 19; Steve Larmer, 19
ASSISTS: Patrick Kane, 40; Denis Savard, 32; Steve Larmer, 26
POINTS: Patrick Kane, 59; Denis Savard, 49; Steve Larmer, 45
TEAM NOTES
SPECIAL TEAMS DELIVERY: The Blackhawks have scored at least one power-play goal in each of their last two contests, including going 2-for-3 on Sunday against Seattle … Their 33.3 pct. power-play percentage ranks third in the NHL this season … Chicago has also killed off 20 of their last 21 opponent power play opportunities … Their 95.2 pct. penalty kill percentage in that span is third in the league.
COMEBACK KIDS: The Blackhawks overcame a two-goal deficit in Sunday’s 5-4 win over the Kraken, marking the team’s third consecutive multi-goal comeback win … Chicago became the ninth team in NHL history to post three or more consecutive multi-goal comeback wins, and the first since Detroit did so during the 2018-19 season … Additionally, the Blackhawks are the fourth team in NHL history to overcome a multi-goal deficit in each of their first three wins of a season, joining St. Louis (3 GP in 2006-07), Detroit (3 GP in 1990-91) and the New York Islanders (3 GP in 1985-86).
GOAL KEEPER: Taylor Raddysh opened the scoring for Tuesday’s game against the Panthers, scoring his second goal of the season on the power play … Since being traded to the Blackhawks on March 18, Raddysh shares the team lead in goals with eight (8G, 6A in 27 GP) in that span (tied with Patrick Kane – 8G, 21A in 27 GP).
LONG STORY SHORTHANDED: Jujhar Khaira scored his third career shorthanded on Sunday against Seattle … The Blackhawks have now scored a league-leading four shorthanded goals this season, all of which have come in the past three games … The team’s three-game streak of scoring a shorthanded goal ties the longest in franchise history, which has happened six times previously, most recently from Feb. 5 – 11, 2009 … Chicago is the first club to score a shorthanded goal in three-straight games since the Ottawa Senators accomplished the feat during the 2019-20 campaign … Sam Lafferty scored two shorthanded goals against the Sharks on Oct. 15 … He is just the seventh Blackhawks player since 1933-34 (when goals by type officially began being tracked) to score two shorthanded goals in a single period, joining Rene Bourque (Feb. 28, 2008), Patrick Sharp (Nov. 3, 2007), Steve Sullivan (Jan. 26, 2001), Rick Paterson (Jan. 16, 1985), Chico Maki (Dec. 9, 1970) and Pep Kelly (Dec. 26, 1940).
HARD HITTERS: The Blackhawks posted 29 hits in Tuesday’s game against Florida, with Colin Blackwell leading the way and tying a career high with six hits (April 4, 2022 at TBL; w/ TOR) … Chicago has now posted 191 hits through the first six games of the season for a 31.6 hits-per-game average, good for fourth in the NHL … The team notched 41 hits on Oct. 13 at Vegas with nine separate Blackhawks players registering at least three hits in the contest … This marks just the fourth time Chicago has had nine skaters post three-or-more hits in a single game since the NHL began tracking the stat in 2005-06, while the club has never had more than nine do so in a regular-season contest … Jarred Tinordi currently leads the Blackhawks with 24 hits so far this season, while Khaira ranks second with 17 hits.
LET’S GET IT STARTED: Jason Dickinson picked up an assist on Tuesday against Florida … He scored the game-winning goal on Sunday, marking his first game-winner of the season … Dickinson is now tied for third on the Blackhawks with two goals, while he shares second on the squad with five points (2G, 3A) in four games so far this season … Dickinson made his Blackhawks debut on Oct. 15 at San Jose, registering three points (1G, 2A) … His three points in his debut is the second-most in franchise history behind Martin Havlat’s four-point performance (2G, 2A) in his first game with Chicago on Oct. 5, 2006 … Dickinson is the ninth player in franchise history to record at least three points in his first game in a Blackhawks sweater, and the first since Havlat’s four points in 2006-07 … Dickinson was acquired along with a second-round pick in the 2024 NHL Draft via trade with Seattle in exchange for Riley Stillman on Oct. 7.
(PENALTY) SHOT HEARD ‘ROUND THE WORLD: Forward Andreas Athanasiou scored a penalty shot goal on Friday night for his first goal of the season and his first in a Blackhawks sweater … He becomes the first player in franchise history to score his first career goal with the club on a penalty shot, while he’s the first NHL player to do so since Cole Bardreau with the New York Islanders on Nov. 5, 2019 … Athanasiou’s penalty shot goal is the first by a Blackhawks player since Jonathan Toews on March 11, 2019 vs. Arizona … It also marked the third penalty shot goal of Athanasiou’s career, as he’s tied for second among all active NHLers.
STICKS AND MILESTONES: Andreas Athanasiou is one point shy of 200 … Jake McCabe is just one point shy of 100 … Patrick Kane is one game shy of tying Brent Seabrook (1,114 GP) for third most in franchise history … He’s also just one assist shy of tying Doug Weight (755) for fifth-most assists all-time by an American skater … Jonathan Toews is just four assists from 500 in his NHL career.
BLACKHAWKS FRANCHISE LEADERS
GAMES GOALS ASSISTS POINTS
- Stan Mikita 1,396 1. Bobby Hull 604 1. Stan Mikita 926 1. Stan Mikita 1,467
- Duncan Keith 1,192 2. Stan Mikita 541 2. Patrick Kane 756 2. Patrick Kane 1,185
- Brent Seabrook 1,114 3. Patrick Kane 431 3. Denis Savard 719 3. Bobby Hull 1,153
- Patrick Kane, 1,113 4. Steve Larmer 406 4. Doug Wilson 554 4. Denis Savard 1,096
- Bobby Hull 1,036 5. Denis Savard 377 5. Bobby Hull 549 5. Steve Larmer 923
- Jonathan Toews 1,020 6. Jonathan Toews 360 6. Duncan Keith 520 6. Jonathan Toews 855
- Eric Nesterenko 1,013 7. Dennis Hull 298 7. Steve Larmer 517 7. Doug Wilson 779
- Bob Murray 1,008 8. Tony Amonte 268 8. Jonathan Toews 496 8. Dennis Hull 640
BLACKHAWKS RECORD ON…
One-Day Rest: 0-0-0
Two-Days Rest: 3-0-0
Three+ Days Rest: 1-0-0
First Game of a B2B: 0-1-0
Second Game of a B2B: 0-1-0
BLACKHAWKS RECORD BY DAY
Monday: 0-0-0
Tuesday: 1-0-0
Wednesday: 0-1-0
Thursday: 0-1-0
Friday: 1-0-0
Saturday: 1-0-0
Sunday: 1-0-0
CHICAGO’S RECORD WHEN…
0G 1G 2G 3G 4G 5G 6G 7G 8G
SCORING 0-1-0 0-0-0 0-1-0 0-0-0 2-0-0 2-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0
ALLOWING 0-0-0 0-1-0 2-0-0 1-0-0 1-0-0 0-1-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0
BLACKHAWKS 22-23 PLAYER HIGHS
MOST GOALS, GAME 2 (2x), last: T. Johnson, Oct. 23 vs. SEA
MOST ASSISTS, GAME 2, 5x, last: S. Jones/Kane, Oct. 23 vs. SEA
MOST POINTS, GAME 3, 2x, last: Dickinson/Lafferty, Oct. 15 at SJS
MOST SHOTS, GAME 5, Jack Johnson, Oct. 21 vs. DET
BEST +/-, GAME +2, 9x, last: Murphy/Athanasiou, Oct. 25 vs. FLA
MOST SAVES, GAME 36, Stalock, Oct. 14 at VGK
LONGEST GOAL STREAK 2 Games, Domi, Oct. 21-23, 2022
LONGEST POINT STREAK 3 Games, Domi, Oct. 21-25, 2022
TEAM STREAKS
STREAK LENGTH
WIN STREAK 4 Games, Oct. 15-25, 2022
POINT STREAK 4 Games, Oct. 15-25, 2022
WINLESS STREAK 2 Games, Oct. 13 – 14
POINTLESS STREAK 2 Games, Oct. 13 – 14
