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2007-08 regular season

Oilers at Blackhawks

🗓 📍 United Center, Chicago 🔁 Season series tied 1–1

Blackhawks beat Oilers 3–2 at United Center on December 23, 2007.

EDM – CHI
27–34
Shots on goal
1/6–1/5
Power play
13–17
Hits
7–12
Blocked shots
⚔️ Head-to-head

The game

The stars, every goal, the box score and the recap
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Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🪶 CHI
Brent Seabrook
2 G
6 shots · 22:02 TOI
2nd star 🪶 CHI
Patrick Sharp
1 G
4 shots · 24:33 TOI
3rd star 🪶 CHI
Petri Kontiola
1 A
3 shots · 17:52 TOI

Scoring

5 goals · in order
1st period
🪶 Brent Seabrook PP Go-ahead 1st · 06:53
Assists: James Wisniewski, Martin Lapointe · beat Mathieu Garon
0–1
🛢️ Tom Gilbert PP Tying 1st · 08:05
Assists: Andrew Cogliano, Robert Nilsson · beat Nikolai Khabibulin
1–1
🛢️ Dustin Penner Go-ahead 1st · 11:08
Unassisted · beat Nikolai Khabibulin
2–1
2nd period
🪶 Patrick Sharp Tying 2nd · 17:44
Assists: Patrick Kane, Brent Sopel · beat Mathieu Garon
2–2
3rd period
🪶 Brent Seabrook Go-ahead 3rd · 01:20
Assists: Robert Lang, Petri Kontiola · beat Mathieu Garon
2–3

Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🛢️Oilers
L1 Penner · Horcoff · Pisani 18:43
L2 Reasoner · Stoll · Gagner 15:56
L3 Cogliano · Nilsson · Brodziak 13:08
L4 Sanderson · Hemsky · Stortini 10:13
D1 Souray · Pitkanen 26:28
D2 Gilbert · Staios 21:30
D3 Tarnstrom · Grebeshkov 10:54
🪶Blackhawks
L1 Sharp · Toews · Lang 23:11
L2 Ruutu · Kontiola · Kane 17:52
L3 Perreault · Burish · Lapointe 11:20
L4 Samsonov · Eager · Bolland 3:09
D1 Keith · Byfuglien 24:20
D2 Seabrook · Sopel 21:18
D3 Barker · Wisniewski 14:32

Team stats

Away left · home right
🛢️EDM CHI🪶
27 Shots on goal 34
1/6 Power play (goals / chances) 1/5
13 Hits 17
7 Blocked shots 12
4 Takeaways 7
0 Giveaways 4
22 Penalty minutes 24
EDM shooting 7.4% (2/27) CHI shooting 8.8% (3/34)

Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🛢️Oilers
Mathieu Garon
31/34
.912 SV% · 3 GA · 58:20 TOI
🪶Blackhawks
Nikolai Khabibulin
25/27
.926 SV% · 2 GA · 60:00 TOI

Period by period

AI
After 1st — 2–1
Oilers
Oilers — leading by 1 goal after 1st: 4-2-1 (57% win rate, 7 games)
Blackhawks
Blackhawks — trailing by 1 goal after 1st: 4-6-1 (36% win rate, 11 games)
After 2nd — 2–2
Oilers
Oilers — tied after 2nd: 7-3-1 (64% win rate, 11 games)
Blackhawks
Blackhawks — tied after 2nd: 3-4-1 (38% win rate, 8 games)

Last meetings

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Season series tied 1–1
Nov 242007 🪶CHI @ 🛢️EDM 2–3 SO Apr 12007 🛢️EDM @ 🪶CHI 1–2 Feb 92007 🪶CHI @ 🛢️EDM 1–2 Dec 102006 🛢️EDM @ 🪶CHI 1–4 Nov 242006 🪶CHI @ 🛢️EDM 1–5
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Who won Oilers vs Blackhawks on December 23, 2007?

Blackhawks won 3–2. The final score was Oilers 2, Blackhawks 3.

Who scored for Oilers?

Dustin Penner, Tom Gilbert.

Who scored for Blackhawks?

Brent Seabrook (2), Patrick Sharp.

How did the Oilers goalie play?

Mathieu Garon made 31 saves on 34 shots (.912 save percentage).

How did the Blackhawks goalie play?

Nikolai Khabibulin made 25 saves on 27 shots (.926 save percentage).

Where is Oilers vs Blackhawks played?

At United Center in Chicago, the Blackhawks home rink.

What is the Oilers vs Blackhawks season series?

Season series tied 1–1 after 2 games.

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Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
🛢️ Oilers
BeforeDec 21 😈NJD @ 🛢️EDM 3–1 AfterDec 27 🦆ANA @ 🛢️EDM 2–1
🪶 Blackhawks
BeforeDec 22 🪶CHI @ 🏛️OTT 4–3 AfterDec 26 🐯NSH @ 🪶CHI 2–5
Also on December 23
🐻BOS 2–4 🐧PIT 🐯NSH 3–1 🧥CBJ 🐦ATL 3–2 🎵STL 🏛️OTT 3–1 🗽NYR 🐋VAN 1–3 🏔️COL 😈NJD 1–0 🔥CGY 🇨🇦MTL 1–4 ⭐DAL
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