The Hawks try to recapture their winning ways versus the Oil in an afternoon contest at the UC. Join the Rink Rats on the game thread at the bottom of the page.
Edmonton Oilers (18-21-3) at Chicago Blackhawks (19-15-6)
2PM Central/1 Mountain
RADIO: WGN 720
PROJECTED GOALIES:
Edmonton:
Al Montoya (2-1-0, 3.49 GAA, .871 save%)
Chicago:
Anton Forsberg . (1-5-3, 3.33 GAA, .902 save%)
PROJECTED LINES/PAIRINGS:
Edmonton
Lucic-McDavid-Puljuljarvi
Cammalleri-Nugent Hopkins-Strome
Caggiula-Draisaitl-Slepyshev
Khaira-Letestu-Kassian
Murse-Larsson
Klefbom-Russell
Sekera-Benning
Chicago
Saad-Toews-Hinostroza
Hartman-Schmaltz-Kane
Sharp-Kampf-DeBrincat
Bouma-Wingels-Panik
Keith-Oesterle
Forsling-Rutta
Murphy-Seabrook
STATISTICAL COMPARISONS:
Power play:
Edmonton 16.2% (24th)
Chicago 14.9% (29th)
Penalty kill:
Edmonton 70.9% (31st)
Chicago 81.3% (15th)
Corsi For % (5-on-5):
Edmonton 52.8% (5th)
Chicago 52.9% (3rd)
Faceoffs:
Edmonton 49.3% (21st)
Chicago 48.9% (23rd)
SUMMARY:
The Hawks lost discouragingly Friday night on home ice to Vegas. A road win in Edmonton recently was the start of a brief run that the Knights ended day before last. So recapturing their roll today would be a nice outcome for a Hawk team that continues to struggle for consistency and confidence.
Anton Forsberg takes the net, perhaps signifying the end of the brief “Jeff Glass Era” in Chicago. Unfortunately, a segment of the fanbase (at least) seems to have fallen in love with Glass—whose flaws had begun to show the last couple of games—and Forsberg might get some early boos and catcalls if he’s rusty.
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