Vegas Golden Knights

5thin Pacific · 1-0-0, 2 PTS

YES!

Vegas Golden Knights beat the Chicago Blackhawks

0-1-0, 0 PTS 2 – 5

1-0-0, 2 PTS

Final · Tue, Sep 29

Game Details

T-Mobile Arena (Las Vegas) · 17,838 fans · ESPN

Highlights

Eichel hits 700 points as Golden Knights beat Blackhawks in Ryan Craig’s first game behind the bench

Jack Eichel had a goal and two assists to reach 701 career points, and the Vegas Golden Knights beat the Chicago Blackhawks 5-2 in their season opener Tuesday night.

Recap via ESPN

0:41 Trevor Connelly scores goal for Golden Knights

0:48 Victor Olofsson capitalizes on the power play for the Golden Knights

0:36 Jordan Greenway gets the Blackhawks on the scoreboard

0:46 Jack Eichel finds the back of the net for the Golden Knights

Clips play on ESPN

T-Mobile Arena · Las Vegas

Line Score

	1	2	3	T
CHI	0	1	1	2
VGK	2	1	2	5

Game Leaders

Chicago Blackhawks

Jordan Greenway · 1Goals
Wyatt Kaiser · 1Assists
Patrick Kane · 1Points

Vegas Golden Knights

Jack Eichel · 1Goals
Jack Eichel · 2Assists
Jack Eichel · 3Points

2026-27 Central Division Standings

Team	W	L	OTL	Pts
Colorado	2	0	0	4
Minnesota	2	0	0	4
Utah	2	1	0	4
Winnipeg	1	0	1	3
Nashville	1	1	0	2
St. Louis	1	1	0	2
Dallas	0	2	0	0
Chicago	0	3	0	0

2026-27 Pacific Division Standings

Team	W	L	OTL	Pts
Edmonton	2	0	1	5
Anaheim	2	0	0	4
San Jose	2	0	0	4
Seattle	2	1	0	4
Vegas	2	1	0	4
Vancouver	2	2	0	4
Los Angeles	0	1	1	1
Calgary	0	3	0	0

Scoring

3rd 17:27

ENG Mark Stone Goal (1) Slap Shot, assists: Jack Eichel (2), Ivan Barbashev (2)2–5

3rd 4:43

Noah Hanifin Goal (1) Wrist Shot, assists: Nic Dowd (1), Marc Gatcomb (1)2–4

3rd 4:04

Patrick Kane Goal (1) Wrist Shot, assists: none2–3

2nd 15:12

Jack Eichel Goal (1) Snap Shot, assists: Ivan Barbashev (1), Brayden McNabb (2)1–3

2nd 12:23

Jordan Greenway Goal (1) Wrist Shot, assists: Ryan Greene (1), Wyatt Kaiser (1)1–2

1st 15:22

Trevor Connelly Goal (1) Tip-In, assists: Brayden McNabb (1), Shea Theodore (2)0–2

1st 10:30

PPG Victor Olofsson Goal (1) Snap Shot, assists: Jack Eichel (1), Shea Theodore (1)0–1

Team Stats

Chicago BlackhawksVegas Golden Knights

Shots & Puck

26 Shots on Goal 37

10 Blocked Shots 8

14 Hits 23

43.1 Faceoff % 56.9

5 Takeaways 5

12 Giveaways 22

Special Teams

0/2 Power Play 1/3

0 Short-Handed Goals 0

6 Penalty Minutes 4

Box Score

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Forwards

Player	G	A	+/-	S	TOI	PIM	HT	BS	TK	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	SHFT	SM	FW	FL	FO%	GV	PN
T. Bertuzzi	0	0	-1	0	16:51	0	1	0	0	2:24	0:00	14:27	17	1	0	0	0.0	1	0
R. Donato	0	0	-2	2	12:50	0	0	0	0	1:26	0:00	11:24	18	2	1	0	100.0	0	0
A. Frondell	0	0	-2	1	17:40	0	1	0	0	2:34	1:28	13:38	19	0	3	3	50.0	0	0
R. Greene	0	1	1	1	14:43	0	0	0	0	0:00	1:49	12:54	19	0	7	10	41.2	2	0
J. Greenway	1	0	1	5	14:08	0	3	0	0	0:00	1:49	12:19	17	1	0	1	0.0	0	0
P. Kane	1	0	-1	4	21:36	0	2	0	0	3:03	0:04	18:29	22	2	0	0	0.0	0	0
N. Lardis	0	0	-2	2	11:44	0	0	1	0	1:24	0:00	10:20	18	0	0	0	0.0	0	0
A. Mangiapane	0	0	0	1	5:23	2	1	0	0	0:00	0:00	5:23	9	1	0	0	0.0	1	1
O. Moore	0	0	0	2	13:57	0	0	0	0	0:54	0:00	13:03	20	1	1	0	100.0	0	0
F. Nazar	0	0	-2	3	18:01	0	0	0	1	1:36	2:29	13:56	26	0	8	9	47.1	1	0
C. Smith	0	0	1	1	15:16	0	1	0	0	0:00	2:21	12:55	21	0	0	0	0.0	0	0

Defense

Player	A	+/-	S	TOI	PIM	HT	BS	TK	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	SHFT	SM	FW	FL	FO%	GV	PN
B. Byram	0	-2	0	25:08	0	0	2	1	3:07	0:30	21:31	25	1	0	0	0.0	1	0
I. Cole	0	0	0	12:40	2	0	1	0	0:00	2:09	10:31	17	0	0	0	0.0	1	1
W. Kaiser	1	1	0	20:37	0	0	2	0	0:03	1:57	18:37	26	0	0	0	0.0	1	0
R. Kantserov	0	-1	1	17:07	0	3	0	1	2:36	0:00	14:31	19	1	5	10	33.3	0	0
A. Levshunov	0	0	1	19:14	0	1	1	2	0:00	1:51	17:23	23	1	0	0	0.0	4	0
S. Rinzel	0	-1	2	18:16	0	1	2	0	0:53	0:04	17:19	23	2	0	0	0.0	0	0
A. Vlasic	0	-1	0	20:01	0	0	1	0	0:00	3:33	16:28	25	0	0	0	0.0	0	0

Goalies

Player	SV	SA	GA	SV%	TOI	ESSV	PPSV	SHSV	PIM
S. Knight	32	36	4	.889	59:47	28	3	1	0

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Forwards

Player	G	A	+/-	S	TOI	PIM	HT	BS	TK	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	SHFT	SM	FW	FL	FO%	GV	PN
I. Barbashev	0	2	2	1	14:27	0	2	0	1	0:00	0:00	14:27	19	1	0	0	0.0	0	0
B. Bowman	0	0	-1	1	10:58	0	0	1	0	1:23	0:00	9:35	17	1	0	0	0.0	0	0
T. Connelly	1	0	-1	4	11:22	0	1	0	0	1:08	0:00	10:14	15	1	0	0	0.0	1	0
N. Dowd	0	1	0	0	12:37	0	2	0	0	0:01	1:15	11:21	19	0	8	7	53.3	1	0
J. Eichel	1	2	1	2	18:00	0	1	0	0	3:53	0:52	13:15	25	3	6	7	46.2	2	0
M. Gatcomb	0	1	1	3	10:31	2	8	0	0	0:00	0:00	10:31	17	0	0	0	0.0	0	1
T. Hertl	0	0	1	4	15:45	0	2	0	0	3:47	0:07	11:51	17	1	6	6	50.0	1	0
B. Howden	0	0	1	3	17:16	0	2	0	0	0:00	1:27	15:49	23	1	0	0	0.0	0	0
W. Karlsson	0	0	0	1	17:26	0	0	0	0	1:14	1:37	14:35	25	0	12	5	70.6	0	0
M. Marner	0	0	0	4	21:21	0	0	0	1	3:35	2:12	15:34	24	2	0	0	0.0	3	0
V. Olofsson	1	0	0	2	13:57	0	0	0	0	1:23	0:05	12:29	19	0	1	0	100.0	1	0
M. Stone	1	0	2	1	17:11	0	2	0	0	3:36	0:24	13:11	24	0	0	0	0.0	0	0

Defense

Player	G	A	+/-	S	TOI	PIM	HT	BS	TK	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	SHFT	SM	GV	PN
R. Andersson	0	0	-1	2	18:46	0	0	1	0	1:20	0:06	17:20	27	0	2	0
N. Hanifin	1	0	1	3	18:51	0	0	2	0	0:00	2:01	16:50	27	1	0	0
J. Lauzon	0	0	1	3	17:20	0	2	3	0	0:00	2:01	15:19	25	0	2	0
B. McNabb	0	2	2	1	18:45	0	0	0	1	0:00	1:52	16:53	25	2	2	0
S. Theodore	0	2	2	1	21:22	0	0	1	1	3:41	1:07	16:34	26	1	1	0
P. Wotherspoon	0	0	-1	1	20:08	2	1	0	1	0:04	0:54	19:10	27	0	5	1

Goalies

Player	SV	SA	GA	SV%	TOI	ESSV	PPSV	SHSV	PIM
C. Hart	24	26	2	.923	59:57	20	2	2	0

Injury Report

Vegas Golden Knights

Lukas Cormier DInjured Reserve

Chicago Blackhawks

Andrew Mangiapane LWDay-To-Day
Bowen Byram DDay-To-Day
Connor Bedard CInjured Reserve

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