Morning Box Score: Blackhawks Survive; Points Streak Now At 19
By Chuck Sudo in News on Feb 26, 2013 3:30PM
The hottest team in the NHL made it 19 straight games without a loss in regulation Monday night and got an overtime goal from Marian Hossa to earn two points at the United Center. If there was a game where the streak could end, this was it. The Hawks were playing their third game in four nights and were facing an Edmonton team with a day of rest and the confidence of routing Chicago twice last season.
For the first two periods it looked as though the Oilers could pull off the upset. Jeff Petry put Edmonton up 1-0 with a shorthanded goal in the first period. Patrick Kane answered a little over a minute later with a power play goal. In the second period Nail Yakupov gave the Oilers the lead with a power play goal and it looked as though the streak was in jeopardy until Viktor Stalberg knotted it up early in the third period with a wrist shot. The game went into overtime, where Hossa pulled off his heroics.
The Blackhawks found a way to win this one. Edmonton was the fresher team on the ice in the second period, but Ray Emery was stalwart again in goal, stopping 17 of 19 shots. All that matters, in the end, is that they won.
The Hawks have a couple days rest before traveling to St. Louis to take on the Blues Thursday.