The Edmonton Oilers were looking to tie their season-long win streak of eight games and facing the depleted Chicago Blackhawks, they had a good chance to do so.
However, goals were called back, offence was hardly generated, and the Oilers did something they haven’t done in over a decade.
Charts and observations from the gritty win over the Chicago Blackhawks can be seen below!
Game events
- The Oilers had just 15 shots on goal. This is unheard of for this era of Edmonton Oilers hockey.
- Edmonton was dominant in the faceoff circle too, but wasn’t able to get shots on net.
Goals
| Goal | Assists | Time | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jason Dickinson | Unassisted | 5:52 | 1st | EDM 0 – 1 CHI |
| Leon Draisaitl | Ryan McLeod, Darnell Nurse | 8:05 | 1st | EDM 1 – 1 CHI |
| Connor McDavid | Mattias Ekholm, Warren Foegele | 1:32 | 2nd | EDM 2 – 1 CHI |
- Despite the low shot volume, the Oilers only needed two goals to win and the game-winner came early in the second period.
- Leon Draisaitl has a personal goal-scoring streak against the Blackhawks of eight games.
All situations Corsi
- The Corsi plot is interesting. With the low shots, it also came with no real period of offence for Edmonton. Usually a team with many bursts of relentless pressure, this was not present whatsoever.
- Having just one power play opportunity might have played into it, but wasn’t like their power play was particularly momentum-changing. Compare that to the Blackhawk’s first and second power plays where they had shot volume but couldn’t beat Stuart Skinner for the game-tying goal.
- The Oilers’ were stifled on offence all things considered, but they got two goals from in close from their stars.
- Edmonton’s defence wasn’t great either as they ceded a good number of shots from in-close. Thankfully Skinner held down the fort on his end.
5v5 Corsi
- The game looked a bit closer at 5v5, but with Edmonton posting just 35 Corsi all game, this was their second-lowest 5v5 shot attempt output this season. Their lowest was in the 8–2 win over the Ducks, but that game had more power plays for them.
- If it wasn’t for the two goals actually scored, the Oilers’ offensive zone would look pretty void of any offence whatsoever.
- On the other end of the ice, the Oilers weren’t bad defensively at 5v5 either. Comparing the 5v5 shot attempts to all situations, it looked like Edmonton’s penalty kill gave up not just a lot of shots but scoring chances too.
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