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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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