Blackhawks vs Oilers

3-1 OILERS FINAL

Edmonton finally put together the kind of wire‑to‑wire effort they’ve been threatening for weeks, a full 60 minutes where the structure held and the pace never sagged. The scoring spread told the story: the season of 2025-26 wasn’t entirely left to McDavid to drag a team uphill. 

Edmonton rolled their lines, leaned on transition, and let the depth do the lifting. Tristan Jarry gave them exactly the kind of composed, economical goaltending that settles a bench—quiet saves, clean rebounds, nothing theatrical, just the sort of veteran performance that lets a team breathe. By the time the third period hit, the Oilers were dictating the rhythm, not chasing it.

Chicago had their moments, and Connor Bedard still found a way to leave fingerprints on the game with that lone assist—he has a knack for bending a shift his way even when Edmonton keeps him mostly to the outside. But the Blackhawks never really cracked Edmonton’s defensive shell, and the Oilers didn’t give them the chaos they usually feed on.

It was a professional win, the kind that doesn’t need a highlight reel to matter. Edmonton banked two points, looked like a team with its feet under it, and sent Chicago home knowing they’d been kept at arm’s length all night.

GAME TIME 

Goaltenders

 Knight,  Blackhawks | Jarry, Oilers 

SCORING

1st Period

No Scoring  

 

2nd Period 

Adam Henrique (3) EDM  J. Roslovic (13), D. Nurse (15)

 

Matt Savoie (15) PPG EDM  C. McDavid (83), E. Bouchard (67)

3rd Period

Nick Lardis (9) CHI C. Bedard (39), T. Teravainen (20)

Vasily Podkolzin (17)  EN EDM  J. Dickinson (9), C. Murphy (11)

SCORE 3-1 OILERS FINAL

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