The Blackhawks took Game 1 of their Western Conference Qualifier series against the Oilers with a 6-4 win Saturday at Rogers Place in Edmonton.
The Blackhawks’ third pairing of Olli Maatta and Slater Koekkoek played much of the game together. In fact, 13:04 of Maatta’s 16:49 and Koekkoek’s 15:30 was spent together. Besides each other, their most common partner was Calvin de Haan, whom Maatta spent 2:43 with and Koekkoek 2:04.
However, the argument exists they should spend even more time together, and on the ice.