By The Numbers
The Oilers have 222 power-play goals since the start of the 2019-20 season, 23 more than the nearest competitor... The Oilers penalty kill is operating at 94.7 per cent since Jan. 11, while their opponents on Saturday are number-one at 95.7 per cent over the same stretch... Connor McDavid enters the game on an 11-game point streak (8G, 9A) with a single point-less game separating it from being a 29-game streak... Leon Draisaitl's 28 points in 20 career games against Chicago gives him the fifth-best points-per game among players who have played 15 games against the historic club (1.40)... Draisaitl is on an 11-game point streak against Chicago, recording 22 points (9G, 13A) over that span...
Patrick Kane's 32 points in the first 44 games is the fewest he's had through that period in his entire career... In 2015-16 Kane had recorded 62 points in his initial 44 games, a 30 points difference... The U.S. forward, alongside Seth Jones and Philipp Kurashev are all tied for the fourth worst plus/minus on the season with a minus-25 rating... However, Kane's 63 points in 48 career games against the Oilers is the fifth best points-per game (1.31) versus the Blue & Orange... Kane trails only Wayne Gretzky (1.57), Marcel Dionne (1.40), Steve Yzerman (1.35), and Doug Gilmour (1.32) among players who have played 40 games against Edmonton...