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10/13 00:07 CDT Teravainen has 2 goals and 2 assists as Blackhawks beat the
Oilers 5-2
Teravainen has 2 goals and 2 assists as Blackhawks beat the Oilers 5-2
EDMONTON, Alberta (AP) --- Teuvo Teravainen had two goals and two assists and
Connor Bedard had a goal and two assists as the Chicago Blackhawks beat the
Edmonton Oilers 5-2 on Saturday night.
Seth Jones also had a goal and two assists in his 800th career NHL game and
Philipp Kurashev scored the other goal to help the Blackhawks improved to 1-1-1
on the season. Petr Mrazek stopped 35 shots.
Corey Perry and Leon Draisaitl scored for the Oilers, who fell to 0-2 to start
the season after reaching Game 7 of the Stanley Cup Final last season before
losing out to the Florida Panthers. Edmonton has been outscored 11-2 in its
first two games.
Calvin Pickard finished with 15 saves for the Oilers.
Takeaways
Blackhawks: Taylor Hall had an assist, giving him eight points (2G, 6A) in 12
career games against Oilers, who drafted him first overall in 2010. There were
four former first overall picks playing in the game in Hall and Bedard for the
Blackhawks and Connor McDavid and Ryan Nugent-Hopkins for Edmonton.
Oilers: Oilers defenseman Brett Kulak played in his 500th career NHL game. The
30-year-old has been a mainstay since arriving from Montreal at the 2022 NHL
trade deadline, playing in all 184 regular season and 53 playoff games that he
could.
Key moment
The Blackhawks took a two-goal lead with six minutes to play in the second
period as Bedard fired a shot glove-side past Pickard for his first of the
season.
Key stat
Draisaitl has a 16-game point streak (13 goals, 18 assists) against Chicago
dating to Oct. 28, 2018, and passed teammate Connor McDavid (15-game streak
against New Jersey) for the NHL's longest active point streak against one
opponent.
Up Next
The Oilers host the Flames on Sunday and the Blackhawks wrap up a four-game
road trip at Calgary on Tuesday.
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