Oilers vs Blackhawks 8/3/20 - NHL Picks & Predictions

By: Jim |

Last Updated: 08/02/2020 at 6:43 PM ET

Chicago proved that they were ready for the restart. The Blackhawks came into the game and gave up an early goal, but ended up making up for it quickly. The Blackhawks were able to completely control the game and looked like they were the higher ranked seed in the playoff qualifying battle, instead of being seen as one of the lower ranked seeds.

The impressive part for the Blackhawks offense was the fact that they were able to get 2 players with 2 goals. Kubalik and Toews. What else is helpful is Kubalik ended up getting a total of 5 points for the Blackhawks. The Oilers ended up getting a goal from Draisitl, McDavid, Neal, and Nugent to bring their total to 4 goals in the loss.

Corey Crawford ended up being the goalie for the Blackhawks. Crawford faced a total of 29 shots with 25 of them being turned away. The downside is that is only an 86.2% of the shots that he faced being turned away for a save.

With the Oilers they started off with Mike Smith in net, but he faced 23 shots and allowed 5 of them to get by him. That is when the Oilers changed to Koskinen in the net and he faced 19 shots and only allowed 1 of them to get by him and into the back of the net.

    In the game here the Oilers will not make the same mistake in net to start the game off. Look for Koskinen to start this game and that allows the Oilers to protect the net quite a bit better than in the opening game, but also allows the Oilers potent offense to take off in the game and do better than what the Blackhawks expect. Final Score Prediction, Edmonton Oilers win 4-2.

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