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| 71 | CHICAGO | -180 | Ov 5.5,+100 | -180 | Ov 5.5,+100 | | 72 | EDMONTON | +160 | Un 5.5,-120 | +160 | Un 5.5,-120 |
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| All Games | 11-8-0 | -3.1 | 11-8 | -3.1 | 5-11 | 2.9 | 37.1 | 2.1 | 27.9 | | Team Stats (Road Games) | 4-4-0 | -1.4 | 4-4 | -1.4 | 2-3 | 3.0 | 31.0 | 2.7 | 30.4 | | Last 5 Games | 4-1-0 | +2.7 | 4-1 | +2.7 | 3-1 | 3.8 | 34.2 | 2.6 | 29.8 |
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| Team Stats (All Games) | 19 | 55 | 22 | 7 | 22 | 4 | 4 | 704 | 7.8% | 74 | 14 | 18.9% | 88 | | Team Stats (Road Games) | 8 | 24 | 10 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 248 | 9.7% | 28 | 7 | 25.0% | 36 | | Team Stats (Last 5 Games) | 5 | 19 | 8 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 171 | 11.1% | 18 | 3 | 16.7% | 31 | | Stats Against (All Games) | | 39 | 15 | 16 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 530 | 7.4% | 58 | 6 | 10.3% | 64 | | Stats Against (Road Games) | | 22 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 243 | 9.1% | 33 | 4 | 12.1% | 36 | | Stats Against (Last 5 Games) | | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 149 | 8.7% | 16 | 3 | 18.7% | 24 |
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| CORY CRAWFORD (All Games) | 13 | 13 | 349 | 323 | 92.6% | 0 | 8-5 | -2 | 8-5-0 | -2 | 4-8 | | CORY CRAWFORD (Road Games) | 5 | 5 | 152 | 141 | 92.8% | 0 | 3-2 | +0.1 | 3-2-0 | 0 | 1-3 | | CORY CRAWFORD (Last 4 Games) | 4 | 4 | 114 | 104 | 91.2% | 0 | 3-1 | +1.7 | 3-1-0 | +2 | 2-1 | | SCOTT DARLING (All Games) | 3 | 3 | 90 | 84 | 93.3% | 0 | 2-1 | +0.4 | 2-1-0 | 0 | 1-2 | | SCOTT DARLING (Road Games) | 1 | 1 | 32 | 28 | 87.5% | 0 | 1-0 | +1 | 1-0-0 | +1 | 1-0 | | SCOTT DARLING (Last 4 Games) | 3 | 3 | 90 | 84 | 93.3% | 0 | 2-1 | +0.4 | 2-1-0 | 0 | 1-2 | | ANTTI RAANTA (All Games) | 3 | 3 | 90 | 84 | 93.3% | 1 | 1-2 | -1.5 | 1-2-0 | -1 | 0-1 | | ANTTI RAANTA (Road Games) | 2 | 2 | 58 | 52 | 89.7% | 0 | 0-2 | -2.4 | 0-2-0 | -2 | 0-0 | | ANTTI RAANTA (Last 4 Games) | 3 | 3 | 90 | 84 | 93.3% | 1 | 1-2 | -1.5 | 1-2-0 | -1 | 0-1 |
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| All Games | 6-14-0 | -7.5 | 6-14 | -7.5 | 8-10 | 2.4 | 30.1 | 3.3 | 29.8 | | Team Stats (Home Games) | 4-8-0 | -4.2 | 4-8 | -4.2 | 4-8 | 2.3 | 28.7 | 2.8 | 29.4 | | Last 5 Games | 0-5-0 | -5.5 | 0-5 | -5.5 | 2-2 | 2.0 | 31.0 | 3.2 | 30.0 |
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| Team Stats (All Games) | 20 | 48 | 10 | 20 | 18 | 0 | 3 | 603 | 8.0% | 67 | 9 | 13.4% | 75 | | Team Stats (Home Games) | 12 | 28 | 4 | 13 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 345 | 8.1% | 43 | 7 | 16.3% | 42 | | Team Stats (Last 5 Games) | 5 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 155 | 6.5% | 19 | 3 | 15.8% | 17 | | Stats Against (All Games) | | 67 | 22 | 22 | 21 | 2 | 4 | 596 | 11.2% | 55 | 11 | 20.0% | 113 | | Stats Against (Home Games) | | 34 | 9 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 353 | 9.6% | 33 | 5 | 15.2% | 56 | | Stats Against (Last 5 Games) | | 16 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 150 | 10.7% | 17 | 3 | 17.6% | 25 |
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| VIKTOR FASTH (All Games) | 7 | 7 | 174 | 155 | 89.1% | 0 | 2-5 | -2.6 | 2-5-0 | -2 | 2-3 | | VIKTOR FASTH (Home Games) | 1 | 1 | 26 | 24 | 92.3% | 0 | 0-1 | -1.2 | 0-1-0 | -1 | 0-1 | | VIKTOR FASTH (Last 4 Games) | 4 | 4 | 95 | 87 | 91.6% | 0 | 2-2 | +0.4 | 2-2-0 | +1 | 0-2 | | BEN SCRIVENS (All Games) | 15 | 13 | 419 | 375 | 89.5% | 1 | 4-9 | -5 | 4-9-0 | -5 | 6-7 | | BEN SCRIVENS (Home Games) | 11 | 11 | 326 | 295 | 90.5% | 1 | 4-7 | -3 | 4-7-0 | -3 | 4-7 | | BEN SCRIVENS (Last 4 Games) | 4 | 3 | 107 | 96 | 89.7% | 0 | 0-3 | -3.3 | 0-3-0 | -3 | 2-1 |
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| 10/26/2014 | OTTAWA | 2-1 | W | 0, -205 | W | 5.5 ov | U | | 10/28/2014 | ANAHEIM | 0-1 | L | 0, -160 | L | 5.5 un | U | | 10/30/2014 | at OTTAWA | 5-4 | W | 0, -145 | W | 5.5 un | O | | 11/1/2014 | at TORONTO | 2-3 | L | 0, -160 | L | 5.5 ev | U | | 11/2/2014 | WINNIPEG | 0-1 | L | 0, -250 | L | 5.5 un | U | | 11/4/2014 | at MONTREAL | 5-0 | W | 0, -125 | W | 5.5 un | U | | 11/7/2014 | WASHINGTON | 2-3 | L | 0, -185 | L | 5.5 un | U | | 11/9/2014 | SAN JOSE | 5-2 | W | 0, -170 | W | 5.5 un | O | | 11/11/2014 | TAMPA BAY | 3-2 | W | 0, -150 | W | 5.5 ev | U | | 11/14/2014 | at DETROIT | 1-4 | L | 0, -130 | L | 5 ov | P | | 11/16/2014 | DALLAS | 6-2 | W | 0, -215 | W | 5.5 un | O | | 11/20/2014 | at CALGARY | 4-3 | W | 0, -155 | W | 5.5 un | O | | 11/22/2014 | at EDMONTON | | | 11/23/2014 | at VANCOUVER | | | 11/26/2014 | at COLORADO | | | 11/28/2014 | at ANAHEIM | | | 11/29/2014 | at LOS ANGELES | | | 12/3/2014 | ST LOUIS | |
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| 10/27/2014 | MONTREAL | 3-0 | W | 0, +110 | W | 5.5 un | U | | 10/29/2014 | NASHVILLE | 1-4 | L | 0, +105 | L | 5.5 un | U | | 11/1/2014 | VANCOUVER | 2-3 | L | 0, +125 | L | 5.5 un | U | | 11/4/2014 | at PHILADELPHIA | 1-4 | L | 0, +160 | L | 5.5 ov | U | | 11/6/2014 | at BOSTON | 2-5 | L | 0, +205 | L | 5 ov | O | | 11/7/2014 | at BUFFALO | 3-2 | W | 0, -115 | W | 5 ov | P | | 11/9/2014 | at NY RANGERS | 3-1 | W | 0, +165 | W | 5.5 un | U | | 11/11/2014 | at NASHVILLE | 2-3 | L | 0, +170 | L | 5 ov | P | | 11/13/2014 | OTTAWA | 3-4 | L | 0, +100 | L | 5.5 un | O | | 11/16/2014 | ARIZONA | 1-2 | L | 0, -130 | L | 5.5 un | U | | 11/19/2014 | VANCOUVER | 4-5 | L | 0, +110 | L | 5.5 un | O | | 11/21/2014 | NEW JERSEY | 0-2 | L | 0, -120 | L | 5 ov | U | | 11/22/2014 | CHICAGO | | | 11/25/2014 | at DALLAS | | | 11/27/2014 | at NASHVILLE | | | 11/28/2014 | at ST LOUIS | | | 12/1/2014 | ARIZONA | | | 12/3/2014 | at WINNIPEG | |
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| |  | CHICAGO: LAST SEASON: 46-21-15, 107 points. Finished third in Central Division, lost to Los Angeles Kings in Western Conference final.
COACH: Joel Quenneville, 7th season with the Blackhawks, 268-127-59; 18th in the NHL, 706-410-77-100.
ADDED: C Brad Richards, G Michael Leighton.
LOST: LW Brandon Bollig, D Sheldon Brookbank.
PLAYER TO WATCH: Brandon Saad. The talented winger was terrific in the final part of the playoff series against the Kings, collecting three goals and four assists in the last four games. Playing on a line with Patrick Kane and newcomer Brad Richards, he could do even better than his career highs of 19 goals and 28 assists from last season.
OUTLOOK: It's Stanley Cup or bust for the loaded Blackhawks, who have no glaring weaknesses. They should be among the league's highest-scoring teams again this season, and Norris Trophy winner Duncan Keith leads a solid group of defensemen. The Central could be hockey's toughest division, but the Blackhawks are a legitimate threat for their third NHL title in the last six seasons. | | EDMONTON: LAST SEASON: 29-44-7, 67 points, finished 14th in the Western Conference and missed the playoffs.
COACH: Dallas Eakins, second season with the Oilers, 29-44-7.
ADDED: D Mark Fayne, D Nikita Nikitin, F Benoit Pouliot, F Teddy Purcell.
LOST: D Anton Belov, C Sam Gagner, LW Ryan Smyth.
PLAYER TO WATCH: Justin Schultz: The Oilers signed the defenseman to a one-year, $3,675,000 deal on Aug. 29. Why one year? ''Justin is going to be a great player and a great Oiler. What we wanted to do as an organization is buy ourselves a little bit of time to negotiate a long-term deal,'' general manager Craig MacTavish said. ''We as an organization wanted a little more information, fully aware information can be expensive.''
OUTLOOK: Six straight years of drafting in the top 10 and stockpiling high-end young talent without showing tangible on-ice improvement tends to create skepticism. |
| | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ PA SPORTSTICKER HOCKEY PREVIEW (CHICAGO-EDMONTON) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
*Blackhawks-Oilers Preview* ===========================
By ALAN FERGUSON STATS Writer
Chicago (11-7-1) at Edmonton (6-12-2), 10:00 p.m. EDT
With Patrick Kane heating up, the Chicago Blackhawks will try to continue their dominance over the slumping Edmonton Oilers and claim another win on their annual circus road trip.
Kane has often proved troublesome for the Oilers and will seek to lead the Blackhawks to a fifth consecutive victory in the series Saturday night.
Kane's tiebreaking goal in the third period of Thursday's 4-3 win over Calgary was his third in as many games, and he assisted on another in the opener to a six-game trek for Chicago (11-7-1). The Blackhawks star winger has six points in his last three games after totaling four goals and six assists in his first 16.
"I feel like I can make plays on the ice. Obviously, when you're moving well and trying to make those plays, things are going to develop," Kane said. "I'm playing with two very skilled players right now with (Kris Versteeg) and (Brad Richards) and they're finding me in good areas and good spots. It seems like we've had a couple good games in a row."
Kane has also had some fine performances against Edmonton (6-12-2), totaling nine goals and 19 assists in his last 17 meetings.
Kane's 28 points against the Oilers since the start of the 2009-10 season are his second-most against any opponent, trailing only his 29 against Dallas. He has seven goals and 14 assists during a 12-game point streak versus the Oilers.
The Blackhawks have totaled 19 goals during their four-game win streak in the series and have won eight of 10 in Edmonton.
The Oilers are 0-4-1 in their last five contests and 0-5-1 at home since Oct. 29.
Edmonton was outshot 19-8 in a pivotal second period Friday in a 2-0 loss to visiting New Jersey. The Devils scored both of their goals in a 4:28 span.
"The problem with our group right now is that we can't seem to get the full 60 (minutes), and you need the full 60," coach Dallas Eakins said.
The Oilers will seek to avoid a season-high sixth consecutive defeat and their first seven-game home losing streak since Jan. 18-Feb. 13, 2011. They've been outscored 9-2 in Chicago's past two visits.
Andrew Shaw had two goals and an assist in the Blackhawks' last game in Edmonton, a 5-1 win Nov. 25, but is expected to miss his second straight contest because of an upper-body injury. Shaw, who could be replaced by 2011 first-round draft pick Phillip Danault, joins Patrick Sharp (lower body) and Trevor van Riemsdyk (leg) among the missing Blackhawks.
Edmonton's top-line winger Benoit Pouliot is out indefinitely after breaking his foot while blocking a shot Friday.
"I don't know how long he'll be out for, but usually that (sidelines a player) for a while," Eakins said.
Antti Raanta is expected to make his first NHL start since Oct. 25 and his second against Edmonton. Raanta, 1-2-0 with a 2.03 goals-against average in three games this season, got enough support for a 5-3 home win over the Oilers on Jan. 12.
With Viktor Fasth starting the first game of the back-to-back set, Edmonton could turn to Ben Scrivens in this game. Scrivens, 0-5-1 with a 3.34 GAA in his last seven appearances, faced 40 shots in his only matchup against Chicago, a 3-1 road loss for Los Angeles on Dec. 15.
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