Panarin’s Explosive 1st Period Features 2 Milestones

Coming into Sunday’s game against the Islanders, Rask had lost each of his last two games and he had allowed three goals or more in seven of nine starts.

Chicago Blackhawks right wing Patrick Kane, right, looks to a pass…

Panarin put the Blackhawks up early, one-timing a pass from Kane from a bad angle 58 seconds into the contest.

Ryan Nugent-Hopkins grabbed an assist on the goal, for his 200 career point, Oscar Klefbom had the secondary assist.

Crawford wasn’t beaten until Edmonton’s Jordan Eberle scored a power-play goal at 2:56 of the third period on the Oilers’ 29th shot. According to the Elias Sports Bureau, he became the first Blackhawks rookie to score two first period goals since Jonathan Toews did it in a February 2008 tilt against the Nashville Predators. Andrej Sekera scored with 1:51 left and Edmonton’s net empty to make it 3-2, but Kane fed Anisimov at the goal mouth for a power play score with five seconds left and the Hawks survived.

Edmonton only mustered 5 shots on goal in the period.

“It’s been a little while (since I’ve had to sit) but it’s always good to have a kick in the trousers to get things going again”, said Fayne, who will play with Oscar Klefbom.

“It definitely feels good”.

Talbot made 24 saves and the Oilers dropped their second straight without injured rookie Connor McDavid. However, this Oilers group is a bit different and I think they will give the Hawks a run here in what should be a close game and in that circumstance I think we lock into the under here. “I was waiting for this moment for a while”, Panarin said. While not receiving the attention of other rookies, such as Buffalo’s Jack Eichel, Panarin leads all rookies in assists and points with 4-11-15 line and is starting to earn a few consideration.

Head coach Todd McLellan says he would have liked to see a save on one of those goals. McDavid, the No. 1 draft pick in 2015, suffered a broken collar bone in a win last Tuesday night against Philadelphia and could be out for up to three months.