Vegas Golden Knights at Chicago Blackhawks

Jan 4, 2026 · United Center

Team	Goals	Shots
Vegas Golden Knights	2	15
Chicago Blackhawks	3	20

Decided in overtime.

Scoring

Time	Team	Goal	Assists	Score
1st Period
10:40	VGK	Brandon Saad (2)	Brett Howden (6), Alexander Holtz (2)	1 - 0
12:38	CHI	Tyler Bertuzzi (20)	Alex Vlasic (7), Andre Burakovsky (18)	1 - 1
2nd Period
00:43	VGK	Mark Stone (12)	Jack Eichel (30), Noah Hanifin (13)	2 - 1
3rd Period
11:36	CHI	Tyler Bertuzzi (21)	Ryan Greene (11), Andre Burakovsky (19)	2 - 2
Overtime
01:18	CHI	Tyler Bertuzzi (22)	Ilya Mikheyev (6), Artyom Levshunov (18)	2 - 3

Penalties

Time	Team	Player	Penalty	Min
2nd Period
09:55	VGK	Jeremy Lauzon	Delaying game smothering puck	2
14:44	CHI	Ryan Greene	Holding	2
3rd Period
13:35	VGK	Jaycob Megna	Hooking	2

Shot attempts

Team	Attempts (Corsi)	Unblocked (Fenwick)	On goal	Goals	Expected goals	5-on-5 CF%
Vegas Golden Knights	41	31	15	2	2.6	42.9
Chicago Blackhawks	58	37	20	3	2.3	57.1

How the game went

The gap in shot attempts as the game went on: how many more one team had taken than the other. The line is above the middle and red while Chicago Blackhawks had taken more, and below it and blue while Vegas Golden Knights had.

Expected goals

Vegas Golden Knights: 2.6 expected, 2 scored · Chicago Blackhawks: 2.3 expected, 3 scored

Each line climbs with every chance a team had: a small step for a shot from far out, a big one for a dangerous chance. A dot is a goal. Expected goals adds up how likely each shot was to go in, judged by where it was taken from, what kind of shot it was and whether it was a rebound. Blocked shots and the shootout are not counted.

Where the attempts came from

Vegas Golden Knights

Chicago Blackhawks

There is a dot for each attempt, bigger for a better chance. "Show as heat map" shades the ice by where the attempts came from.

Vegas Golden Knights

Lines and pairings

Forward line	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Mark Stone · Ivan Barbashev · Jack Eichel	12:16	44.4	55.8	1-2
Tomas Hertl · Mitch Marner · Pavel Dorofeyev	11:34	50.0	31.5	0-0
Brandon Saad · Brett Howden · Alexander Holtz	9:44	18.8	65.8	1-0
Colton Sissons · Keegan Kolesar · Cole Reinhardt	8:18	56.3	84.9	0-0

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Ben Hutton · Noah Hanifin	17:58	41.4	76.8	1-1
Jeremy Lauzon · Kaedan Korczak	15:48	56.5	92.2	1-0
Jaycob Megna · Zach Whitecloud	14:06	31.8	25.2	0-1

The forwards and the defencemen who were on the ice together most at five-on-five, with the team's share of the shot attempts and expected goals, and the goals for and against, while they were out.

Players

xG is the expected goals of a skater's own shots. CF-CA and xGF-xGA are the shot attempts and the expected goals for and against while he was on the ice at five-on-five. For a goalie, xGA is what the shots he faced were expected to produce, and the last column is how many of those he saved. What these numbers mean

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	Shots	Hits	TOI	xG	CF-CA	xGF-xGA
20	Brandon Saad	L	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	12:14	0.23	4-14	0.36-0.13
61	Mark Stone	R	1	0	1	-1	0	2	1	19:56	0.22	14-13	0.91-0.38
9	Jack Eichel	C	0	1	1	-2	0	1	1	21:40	0.41	14-16	1.00-0.53
15	Noah Hanifin	D	0	1	1	-1	0	0	0	23:37		15-18	1.06-0.28
21	Brett Howden	C	0	1	1	1	0	0	3	13:29	0.07	6-17	0.39-0.19
26	Alexander Holtz	R	0	1	1	1	0	1	2	11:21	0.23	5-14	0.46-0.13
5	Jeremy Lauzon	D	0	0	0	1	2	0	7	18:21		16-14	1.02-0.13
6	Kaedan Korczak	D	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	20:40	0.06	14-12	0.88-0.09
15	Colton Sissons	C	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	13:17	0.46	10-9	0.66-0.16
16	Pavel Dorofeyev	R	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	17:15	0.13	7-9	0.19-0.50
17	Ben Hutton	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	20:20	0.04	12-19	0.91-0.29
28	Zach Whitecloud	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	19:16		8-18	0.27-0.87
29	Cole Reinhardt	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	09:51	0.07	9-8	0.54-0.10
48	Tomas Hertl	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	16:14	0.41	8-10	0.30-0.48
49	Ivan Barbashev	L	0	0	0	-1	0	1	2	16:32	0.14	10-12	0.78-0.43
55	Keegan Kolesar	R	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	10:35	0.07	10-9	0.65-0.10
88	Jaycob Megna	D	0	0	0	-1	2	0	2	15:41		7-15	0.27-0.81
93	Mitch Marner	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	19:35	0.06	11-11	0.38-0.52

#	Goalie	Decision	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
40	Akira Schmid	OTL	20	17	3	61:18	2.21	-0.79

Chicago Blackhawks

Lines and pairings

Forward line	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Jason Dickinson · Ryan Donato · Ilya Mikheyev	11:21	42.9	18.2	0-1
Andre Burakovsky · Tyler Bertuzzi · Ryan Greene	11:14	58.8	62.1	2-0
Nick Foligno · Landon Slaggert · Colton Dach	10:05	65.0	32.4	0-0
Teuvo Teravainen · Nick Lardis · Oliver Moore	7:55	55.6	22.6	0-0

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Alex Vlasic · Louis Crevier	17:12	42.3	22.3	1-2
Wyatt Kaiser · Artyom Levshunov	15:43	66.7	52.3	0-0
Connor Murphy · Matt Grzelcyk	12:28	47.1	37.6	0-0

The forwards and the defencemen who were on the ice together most at five-on-five, with the team's share of the shot attempts and expected goals, and the goals for and against, while they were out.

Players

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	Shots	Hits	TOI	xG	CF-CA	xGF-xGA
59	Tyler Bertuzzi	L	3	0	3	3	0	5	0	19:01	0.98	15-7	0.77-0.30
28	Andre Burakovsky	L	0	2	2	2	0	1	1	18:27	0.10	16-9	0.68-0.49
20	Ryan Greene	C	0	1	1	2	2	3	0	14:44	0.41	14-9	0.56-0.45
55	Artyom Levshunov	D	0	1	1	1	0	3	0	23:39	0.27	22-10	0.51-0.51
72	Alex Vlasic	D	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	21:13	0.02	14-15	0.39-1.18
95	Ilya Mikheyev	R	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	17:33		8-12	0.17-0.85
5	Connor Murphy	D	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	16:09	0.02	12-9	0.33-0.37
8	Ryan Donato	C	0	0	0	-2	0	1	1	18:06	0.04	8-10	0.25-0.89
11	Oliver Moore	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	13:04	0.03	9-8	0.19-0.58
16	Jason Dickinson	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	17:06	0.13	11-11	0.31-0.78
24	Matt Grzelcyk	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	18:09	0.01	14-12	0.35-0.63
34	Colton Dach	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	11:23	0.13	15-9	0.18-0.44
44	Wyatt Kaiser	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	18:44	0.04	20-9	0.50-0.40
46	Louis Crevier	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	19:41	0.01	12-17	0.34-1.32
71	Nick Foligno	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	16:09		20-12	0.30-0.69
76	Nick Lardis	L	0	0	0	-1	0	1	2	11:33	0.02	9-6	0.14-0.38
84	Landon Slaggert	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	13:28	0.00	14-10	0.19-0.53
86	Teuvo Teravainen	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	13:54	0.06	7-5	0.05-0.24

#	Goalie	Decision	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
40	Arvid Soderblom	W	15	13	2	61:09	2.50	+0.50