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THIRD PERIOD

0.0: The Oilers five-game win streak comes to an end in Chicago, as the club loses its first game of the season 3-1 to the Blackhawks.

32.7: Saad shovels the puck into the empty net. | CHI 3, EDM 1

1:16: The Oilers pull Smith for the extra attacker.

2:11: IT’S NOT OVER YET! James Neal nets his EIGHTH goal of the year, roofing Ryan Nugent-Hopkins’ cross-crease feed. The Oilers are right back in this one with just over two minutes to play | CHI 2, EDM 1

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3:02: Kubalik slashes Nurse and the Oilers will get an opportunity to cut the deficit in half on the power play.

5:32: Darnell Nurse and Calvin de Haan go off for roughing. The two sides will play 4-on-4.

8:44: Smith sprawls out to rob Dylan Strome on the doorstep. The keeper now has 29 saves on the evening.

10:19: McDavid finds Zack Kassian’s blade in the blue paint but Crawford keeps the puck at bay.

13:28: Khaira takes a holding penalty. Oilers will be shorthanded for the third time tonight.

13:40: Alexander Nylander chases a loose puck and squeaks it by Smith’s 5-hole. Blackhawks take a two-goal lead in the third, | CHI 2, EDM 0

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18:42: The Oilers get off to a great start in the third, with the top line throwing everything at Crawford.

20:00: The third period has begun. The Oilers, who have scored 10 third-period goals this season, look to net the equalizer and keep their win streak alive.

SECOND PERIOD

0.0: Kane scores the lone tally of the period to give Chicago a 1-0 lead. Shots in the second were 17-6 Chicago and are 27-18 in favour of the home side.

2:09: McDavid drives hard to the net and the puck crosses the goal-line after the Oilers Captain bumped into Crawford. The goal was immediately disallowed.

3:21: Saad weaves his way through the neutral zone to give himself a partial break, going forehand and hitting the iron.

5:53: Edmonton’s power play continues to stay strong, as the club kills Bear’s minor.

8:55: Ethan Bear goes off for tripping. Oilers back on the kill for the second time tonight.

9:11: Smith gloves down Caggiula’s riser to get a whistle. Shots are now 10-3 Chicago in the second period.

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11:04: The Oilers kill Chicago’s power play. Shots are 7-3 CHI in the second, as Smith flashes the leather on Duncan Keith’s point blast.

14:48: Shaw hits Joel Persson behind the Oilers net, causing Jujhar Khaira to mix it up with the Blackhawks forward. Khaira is sentenced to serve a roughing minor. Blackhawks get their first power play of the evening.

15:49: Patrick Kane quickly fires a wrist shot off a faceoff in the Oilers zone and it beats Smith. Chicago opens the scoring in the middle stanza. | CHI 1, EDM 0

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20:00: The second period has begun.

FIRST PERIOD

0.0: The Oilers go 0-for-2 on the power play in a back-and-forth first period from Chicago. Shots after 20 are 12-10 Oilers.

3:08: The Orange & Blue go right back to the PP after Andrew Shaw was called for holding.

3:28: Chicago kills Edmonton’s man advantage. Shots are 10-8 CHI near the end of the first.

5:49: Dominik Kubalik gets his stick high on Draisaitl, giving the Oilers and their 41.2 percent power play an opportunity.

5:59: North-South hockey! The Oilers and Blackhawks trade chances, as Jonathan Toews is stopped on a breakaway, Connor McDavid missed the net on one himself and Riley Sheahan’s shot was thwarted by Crawford’s knob.

13:54: Leon Draisaitl intercepts a pass and heads up ice on a breakaway. The forward attempts to go blocker side but was turned aside by Corey Crawford’s blocker.

16:39: Brandon Saad sneaks in from the wing and tries to slip the puck 5-hole but Mike Smith keeps his paddle down to make the stop.

18:17: The Oilers come out with some jump in the Windy City, generating pressure below the goal-line and getting point shots through.

20:00: Tonight’s game has begun!

TONIGHT’S LINEUP

Draisaitl – McDavid – Kassian
Jurco – Nugent-Hopkins – Neal
Khaira – Sheahan – Archibald
Nygard – Granlund – Chiasson

Nurse – Bear
Klefbom – Persson
K. Russell – Benning

Smith
Koskinen

OUT: Larsson (right fibula), Haas, P. Russell, Manning

OILERS TODAY | PRE-GAME AT CHI

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