NHL Wednesday: Can Blackhawks remain perfect?

Whether it was due to the attention given to his last celebration or not, Yakupov tamely went behind the Phoenix goal and appeared to motion to his teammates to come join him for the celebration.

During postgame interviews, Whitney was confused about what Morris’ issue was, Edmonton head coach Ralph Krueger said Yakupov’s celebration had nothing to do with what happened and Phoenix head coach Dave Tippet believed the refs missed a hand pass.

This will mark the first of four meetings between the Northeast Division rivals. They will also meet later this week when they reconvene in Montreal on Sunday afternoon.

Entering Wednesday night, the Canadiens have scored the seventh most goals amongst Eastern Conference teams (17) and are tied for the second fewest goals allowed of any other team in the league (10).