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The Edmonton Oilers won their third in a row, hanging on for a 5-4 win over the Chicago Blackhawks Wednesday night.
The Oilers outshot the Blackhawks 14-6 in the the first period but had a goal disallowed on the power play. Zach Hyman fired a shot past a downed Arvid Soderblom. Chicago challenged for goalie interference, and the video showed Hyman pushing Seth Jones onto Soderblom.
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In the first minute of the second, Darnell Nurse sent a pass across to Leon Draisaitl, who fired it in for his 14th of the season. Ryan Nugent-Hopkins made it 2-0, converting a pass from Jesse Puljujarvi. The Blackhawks would get on the board thanks to deflection by Boris Katchouk.
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Early in the third, Connor McDavid blazed down the right side and flicked a shot past Soderblom’s blocker. Mattias Janmark scored his first with the Oilers halfway through the third off a pass from Nugent-Hopkins on a two-on-one.
However, the Hawks wouldn’t go away. Max Domi scored on the power play, then MacKenzie Entwistle struck just 19 seconds later. Draisaitl responded to put the Oilers up 5-3 with 4:39 left.
Off the ensuing face-off, Nugent-Hopkins took a four-minute penalty for high sticking. Domi scored with 1:13 to go to keep the Hawks alive. Taylor Raddysh had a great chance in front with 15 seconds left but Stuart Skinner made the stop.
The Oilers, 13-10, will play at Minnesota Thursday (630 CHED, Face-off Show at 4:30 p.m., game at 6 p.m.).
