On Niklas Hjalmarsson Legacy Night, with Duncan Keith back at the United Center for the first time as an opponent, the Chicago Blackhawks defeated the Edmonton Oilers 4-3 in overtime.
The Blackhawks started the scoring in the game just over two minutes in when Sam Lafferty collected a pass from Philipp Kurashev, kicked the puck to himself and just sort of banked it in off of Oilers goalie Mikko Koskinen:
Not a pretty goal but an effective one.
Later in the first period, Leon Draisaitl, posted near the net in high-danger territory, got the puck off a give-and-go play with Connor McDavid on the power play (due to the Blackhawks’ second too many men penalty) and scored a much prettier goal, tying the game at one.