Connor McDavid vs Connor Bedard

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Chicago Blackhawks (5-4-2, 12 pts) at Edmonton Oilers (5-4-3, 13 pts)
Venue: Rogers Place
Date: Saturday, November 1
Time: 10:00 pm ET / 9:00 pm CT / 8:00 pm MT

TV: ESPN+ / CHSN / Sportsnet 
Radio: 
Chicago Blackhawks – WGN Radio 720 AM
Edmonton Oilers – CHED 880 AM

DraftKings Sportsbook Betting Lines:
Chicago Blackhawks +1.5 ML +250
Edmonton Oilers -1.5 ML -300
O/U 6.5

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Chicago Blackhawks News & Notes:

The Blackhawks are off to a good start this season with a 5-4-2 record through eleven games. Chicago has scored 3.27 goals per game and is allowing 2.82 goals against. Tonight is the first of three meetings between the Blackhawks and Oilers this season.

Edmonton Oilers News & Notes:

The Oilers have lost three of their last four games, with two of those losses coming in overtime. Edmonton is scoring 3.17 goals per game and is also allowing 3.17 goals against per game. Edmonton was 2-1-0 versus the Blackhawks last season.

Chicago Blackhawks Projected Lines:

Greene-Bedard-Burakovsky
Teravainen-Nazar-Bertuzzi
Donato-Dickinson-Dach
Slaggert-Foligno

Vlasic-Rinzel
Grzelcyk-Murphy
Kaiser-Levshunov
Crevier

Knight
Soderblom

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Edmonton Oilers Projected Lines:

Nugent-Hopkins-McDavid-Mangiapane
Podkolzin-Draisaitl-Roslovic
Savoie-Henrique-Frederic
Howard-Tomasek

Ekholm-Bouchard
Nurse-Walman
Kulak-Emberson
Stecher

Skinner
Pickard

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Players To Watch:

Chicago Blackhawks

Connor Bedard is leading the Blackhawks with 14 points (6g, 8a). Frank Nazar has 11 points (5g, 6a) and is on pace to shatter his career highs in goals, assists, and points. The young dynamic duo should have Hawks fans optimistic about the future in Chicago.

Edmonton Oilers

Leon Draisaitl is tied for the Oilers’ lead with 14 points (8g, 6a) in 12 games. Draisaitl will try to extend his seven-game point streak tonight against Chicago. The 30-year-old Cologne, Germany native has five goals and five assists during the streak.

Injury Report:

Chicago Blackhawks

G Laurent Brossoit – IR
RW Ilya Mikheyev – Day to Day

Edmonton Oilers

C Mattias Janmark – IR
RW Kasperi Kapanen – IR
LW Zach Hyman – LTIR

Next Game:

Chicago Blackhawks – November 3 at Seattle Kraken
Edmonton Oilers – November 3 at St. Louis Blues

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