OILERS AT BLACKHAWKS

Edmonton Oilers (31-19-8), 70 points, vs. Chicago Blackhawks (35-17-5), 75 points 5 p.m. SportsNet, 630 CHED. Last Five Oilers (3-2): W 6-3 Philadelphia W 5-2 Arizona L 5-1 Chicago W 1-0 SO @Montreal. L 2-1 @ Carolina Hawks (5-0): W 5-1 @ Edmonton W 5-2 @ Winnipeg W 4-3 OT @ Minnesota W 5-3 @ Dallas W 4-3 @ Arizona Who to Watch Oilers: Connor McDavid. He’s leading the NHL in scoring with 66 points. He’s coming off his eighth three-point night of the season against the Flyers. Thirtyseven of his 66 points have come on the road, so he’s no homer. Hawks: Patrick Kane. He has 46 points in 33 career goals against the Oilers, including 13 goals, five of them game-winners. What’s in the tank Oilers: Two-thirds. They’ve pumped in 11 goals the past two games. Hawks: Full. They’ve won five straight on the road. How They Match Up Forwards: Hawks Line of Kane, Panarin and Anisimov has 58 goals. Defence: Hawks Duncan Keith is one of 100 best NHL players. Goaltending: Oilers Cam Talbot has 29 of Edmonton’s 31 wins. Power play: Oilers Edmonton has third best road PP with 20 goals in 30 games. Penalty kill: Oilers Hawks have third-worst home PK, 73.7, with 20 goals allowed in 29 games. Intangibles: Oilers Hawks coming off a five-day break and teams doing so are 3-9-1. Overall: Oilers They have second-most road points (37) in the West. Game Notes Milan Lucic hasn’t scored in 10 games and doesn’t have an evenstrength goal since Dec. 6 in Buffalo … Leon Draisaitl and Oscar Klefbom have four points their last two games … This will be Talbot’s ninth straight start and 15th in the last 17 … Corey Crawford will start for Hawks in net ... The game is part of SportsNet’s Hockey Day in Canada Saturday package with the Oilers the lone Canadian team playing a U.S. club … Injuries Oilers: Benoit Pouliot (undisclosed), Kris Russell (suspected groin), Jujhar Khaira (wrist) Darnell Nurse (torn ligament right ankle), Tyler Pitlick (torn ACL). Hawks: None to report.