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Takeaways and highlights from the Blackhawks 5-2 win over EDM

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Philipp Kurashev #23 of the Chicago Blackhawks scores the team's first goal of the game against the Edmonton Oilers on Oct. 12, 2024.

It took three games, but the Chicago Blackhawks finally got into the win column, beating the Edmonton Oilers in the Hawks second of back to back games. Tonight’s win featured the Blackhawks playing a complete game against one of the top teams in the league, just what the Hawks needed.

The Chicago Blackhawks beat the Edmonton Oilers 4 to 2 on Saturday Oct. 12, with the Hawks getting some lucky bounces over the course of the 60 minutes. The Blackhawks might have been outshot, but the Hawks played a full 60 minutes to improve the team’s record to 1-1-1 on the year.

Petr Mrazek made 31 saves, Teuvo Teravainen scored two goals on the power play – let’s dive in with the recap from tonight’s win.

Chicago Blackhawks at Edmonton Oilers 10/12/2024 Scoresheet:

1st Period: 

15:50 CHI – Philipp Kurashev (1) [CHI 1 – EDM 0]
– Assisted by Taylor Hall (1) and Wyatt Kaiser (1) 

2nd Period: 

4:55 EDM – Corey Perry (1) [CHI 1 – EDM 1]
– Assisted by Jeff Skinner (1) and Mattias Ekholm (1) 

10:10 CHI – Seth Jones (1) PP [CHI 2 – EDM 1]
– Assisted by Connor Bedard (3) and Teuvo Teravainen (1)

13:58 CHI – Connor Bedard (1) [CHI 3 – EDM 1]
– Assisted by Teuvo Teravainen (2) and TJ Brodie (1)

3rd Period: 

5:35 CHI – Teuvo Teravainen (2) PP [CHI 4 – EDM 1]
– Assisted by Seth Jones (2) and Connor Bedard (4) 

10:01 EDM – Leon Draisaitl (1) PP [CHI 4 – EDM 2]
– Assisted by Connor McDavid (1) and Ryan Nugent-Hopkins (1)

CHI – Teuvo Teravainen (3) PP [CHI 5 – EDM 2]
– Assisted by Alex Vlasic (2) and Seth Jones (3)

Highlights:

Philipp Kurashev got the Blackhawks on the board near the end of the first period. The Kurashev, Hall and Bertuzzi line has been a standout from the start of the season. Kurashev has certainly made his mark as the second line center.

Good news for the Blackhawks. After Corey Perry got the Oilers on the board just five minutes into the second period, Seth Jones helped take the lead back for the Blackhawks with a goal on the power play.

The Blackhawks and Oilers games have had an extra level of noise ever since Connor Bedard was drafted. Now, it isn’t just Chicago vs Edmonton, its Connor vs Connor – and Bedard came to play in Edmonton scoring his first goal of the season.

After the Blackhawks opening night loss to Utah, head coach Luke Richardson spoke of the importance of getting shots to the net – especially on the power play. Chicago did just that with their second power play, rather than focusing on the perfect shot, Teravainen got the puck to the net and was rewarded.

Lineup:

Foligno-Bedard-Teräväinen
Hall-Kurashev-Bertuzzi
Mikheyev-Dickinson-Anderson
Maroon-Athanasiou-Donato

Martinez-Jones
Vlasic-Brodie
Kaiser-Murphy

Mrázek
Söderblom

Takeaways:

While it is still early in the season, the Blackhawks needed this win. Chicago was a perfect three for three on the power play and everything clicked. Facing a tough Oilers team motivated from a 6-0 loss to Winnipeg earlier this week, Chicago played the right way to win their first of the year. With three points tonight – including a goal, Bedard now has five points on the year.

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