Edmonton Oilers 8-Game Win Streak, 2-1 Win Against The Blackhawks

January 10, 2024

Edmonton Oilers 8-Game Win Streak, 2-1 Win Against The Blackhawks - 1/9/24

*exhales*

EIGHT IN A ROW!

The #Oilers defeat the Blackhawks 2-1 in Chicago.#LetsGoOilers pic.twitter.com/uTYQdZfpZx
— Edmonton Oilers (@EdmontonOilers) January 10, 2024

*Sorry for the lack of photos! Hoping to get permission eventually.*

The Oilers played against the Blackhawks in Chicago on Tuesday, January 9th. It wasn't too much of an eventful game, the Oilers won with a 2-1 score. However, this is the eighth game in a row that the Oilers have won!

Blackhawks lineup against the Oilers:

Pitlick - Kurashev - Raddysh

Blackwell - Dickinson - Anderson

Reichel - Entwistle - Guttman

Katchouk - Sanford - Donato

Tindordi - Murphy

Vlasic - Megna

Korchinski - Zaitsev

Mrazek

Soderblom

Oilers lineup against the Blackhawks:

Nugent-Hopkins - McDavid - Hyman

McLeod - Draisaitl - Foegele

Kane - Ryan - Brown

Erne - Hamblin - Janmark

Nurse - Ceci

Ekholm - Bouchard

Kulak - Desharnias

Skinner

Pickard

Jason Dickinson strikes first, scoring his fourteenth of the season and getting the Blackhawks in the lead. Leon Draisaitl nets one, getting his nineteenth of the season and tying up the game - 1-1 being the final score of the first period.

Connor McDavid gets Edmonton in the lead early into the second period, also scoring his fifteenth of the season. The final score of the second period was 2-1.

Zach Hyman scored the third goal for the Oilers - Chicago challenged it and it turned out to be no goal. The final score overall was 2-1.

"Not out best, but give them credit. They clocked things up, they played a solid game," Connor McDavid said, speaking about the Oilers win against the Blackhawks. "I thought we did just enough to get a win."

- Leon Draisaitl became the 5th player in history to score a goal in 8 straight games

- This game marked the 103rd time that both Connor McDavid and Leon Draisaitl have scored in the same game for Edmonton

- Jason Dickinson stats:

- 14 Goals

- 7 Assists

- 21 Points

- Connor McDavid stats:

- 15 Goals

- 40 Assists

- 55 Points

- Leon Draisaitl stats:

- 19 Goals

- 24 Assists

- 43 Points

#LetsGoOilers improve to 79-20-4 all-time when Leon Draisaitl & Connor McDavid both score a goal in the same game. pic.twitter.com/qLm3qTcNLY
— Sportsnet Stats (@SNstats) January 10, 2024