Blackhawk Beats:

In Chicago Nikolai Khabibulin excel in his first game adjacent to his past Chicago teammates, but may possibly not avert the Edmonton Oilers from trailing 4-3 to the Blackhawks on Wednesday night.

Typically, a high-priced dissatisfaction for the duration of his four years in Chicago but be prominent during last season run to the Western Conference finals, Khabibulin finished 34 saves to keep the Oilers in the game. He stopped up Patrick Sharp on a penalty shot in the second period and breakaways by Kris Versteeg and Jonathan Toews in the third. Khabibulin had tiny likelihood on the goals he permitted to Sharp, Versteeg, Jack Skille and Cam Barker.