The Edmonton Oilers are skating into the All-Star break on a positive note, as they pounded the Chicago Blackhawks by a score of 7-3 on Saturday night. Below are the highlights from the game…

GAME HIGHLIGHTS ARE PRESENTED BY BETWAY

Seth Jones took an interference penalty early in the first period and the Oilers capitalized as Tyson Barrie’s point shot made it past a screened Petr Mrazek…
The Blackhawks tied the game up at 1-1 a few minutes into the second period. Patrick Kane threw a pass into Edmonton’s slot and both Evan Bouchard and Philip Broberg got caught following the puck as Jason Dickinson snuck in and buried a shot past Jack Campbell…
The Oilers regained their lead just over one minute later with another power play conversion. With Ian Mitchell in the box for hooking, Leon Drasiaitl scored his 29th goal of the season to make the score 2-1…
In the latter part of the second period, the floodgates opened for the Oilers. Tyson Barrie snuck in from the blueline and buried a rebound for his second goal of the night, making the score 3-1…
Shortly after that, Connor McDavid made the score 4-1 with his 41st goal of the season, as he carried the puck out from behind the net and fired a backhander past Mrazek…
The Oilers continued to push and they turned a failed Chicago breakout into another goal as Zach Hyman buried a Ryan McLeod rebound to make the score 5-1. Edmonton scored three goals in the span of two minutes and thirty-three seconds to turn the game on its head…
In the third period, the Blackhawks cut into Edmonton’s lead when Jonathan Toews and Patrick Kane connected on the power play…
The Oilers got the goal back immediately off of the ensuing faceoff. The Blackhawks weren’t able to break the puck out and Evander Kane capitalized with his first goal since returning from his gruesome wrist injury…
With just over two minutes on the clock and the Oilers up by a score of 7-3, Jay Woodcroft sent in emergency goaltender Matt Berlin from the University of Alberta Golden Bears to get a taste of NHL action. He stopped one shot and will forever own a 1.000 save percentage in the big leagues…