Detroit Red Wings vs Chicago Blackhawks
Preseason · Tuesday, September 25, 2018 · United Center
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Game summary
The Detroit Red Wings beat the Chicago Blackhawks 8–6 on Tuesday, September 25, 2018 at United Center. The Blackhawks outshot the Red Wings 36–25.
Thomas Vanek scored twice, Andreas Athanasiou scored twice and Jonathan Toews scored twice. Matthew Highmore, Dominik Kahun, Darren Helm, Anthony Mantha, Luke Witkowski, Nick Schmaltz, Dylan Larkin and Duncan Keith also scored.
Jimmy Howard made 30 saves on 36 shots for the win; Anton Forsberg stopped 6 of 8.
Scoring
1st period
Thomas Vanek (2)Justin Abdelkader (1)1–000:16 DET
Matthew Highmore (1)Brent Seabrook (1), Duncan Keith (1)1–101:51 CHI
Andreas Athanasiou (3)Unassisted2–105:13 DET
Dominik Kahun (2)Jonathan Toews (1), Duncan Keith (2)2–215:45 CHI
2nd period
Darren Helm (1)Anthony Mantha (2)3–205:38 DET
Jonathan Toews (1)Patrick Kane (1), Alex DeBrincat (1)3–307:40 CHI · 
Anthony Mantha (1)Dylan Larkin (3), Joe Hicketts (1)4–310:54 DET
Luke Witkowski (1)Givani Smith (2), Wade Megan (1)5–315:39 DET- Andreas Athanasiou (4)Thomas Vanek (1), Anthony Mantha (3)6–316:48 DET
- Jonathan Toews (2)Jan Rutta (1), Brandon Davidson (1)6–418:22 CHI
3rd period
Nick Schmaltz (1)Patrick Kane (2), Adam Boqvist (1)6–500:50 CHI · 
Dylan Larkin (1)Andreas Athanasiou (1)7–504:23 DET · 
Duncan Keith (1)Adam Boqvist (2), Patrick Kane (3)7–611:28 CHI- Thomas Vanek (3)Andreas Athanasiou (2), Darren Helm (1)8–613:56 DET
Team stats
DETCHI
2536
44%56%
0/12/5
2416
3725
2411
98
88
Penalties
- 2:08 into the first period
Luke Witkowski · cross checking2 min - 6:47 into the second periodBench · delaying game bench face off violation2 min
- 11:27 into the second period
Chris Kunitz · interference2 min - 14:06 into the second periodBrandon Manning · cross checking2 min
- 14:06 into the second periodChris Kunitz · fighting5 min
- 14:06 into the second periodFilip Hronek · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 14:06 into the second periodJustin Abdelkader · fighting5 min
- 14:06 into the second periodJustin Abdelkader · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 14:06 into the second periodBrandon Manning · roughing2 min
- 20:00 into the second periodGivani Smith · slashing2 min
- 1:01 into the third periodNiklas Kronwall · hooking2 min
- 3:01 into the third periodDarren Helm · tripping2 min
- 9:13 into the third periodBrandon Manning · fighting5 min
- 9:13 into the third periodLuke Witkowski · fighting5 min
Detroit Red Wings
| 72Andreas AthanasiouC | 2 | 2 | 4 | +5 | 4 | 20:19 |
| 26Thomas VanekL | 2 | 1 | 3 | +4 | 3 | 15:02 |
| 39Anthony ManthaR | 1 | 2 | 3 | +2 | 5 | 16:50 |
| 43Darren HelmC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 1 | 16:15 |
| 71Dylan LarkinC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 1 | 17:58 |
| 8Justin AbdelkaderL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 17:27 |
| 22Wade MeganC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 12:25 |
| 28Luke WitkowskiR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 08:29 |
| 48Givani SmithR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 09:38 |
| 2Joe HickettsD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 22:34 |
| 11Filip ZadinaR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 14:13 |
| 37Evgeny SvechnikovL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 0 | 12:36 |
| 70Christoffer EhnC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | 12:07 |
| 17Filip HronekD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 19:23 |
| 21Dennis CholowskiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +4 | 2 | 20:21 |
| 47Libor SulakD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22:05 |
| 55Niklas KronwallD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | 17:01 |
| 84Jake CheliosD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 17:34 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Harri SateriG | 0 | 0 | .000 | |
| 35Jimmy HowardG | W | 36 | 6 | .833 |
Chicago Blackhawks
| 19Jonathan ToewsC | 2 | 1 | 3 | −1 | 3 | 18:35 |
| 88Patrick KaneR | 0 | 3 | 3 | −2 | 3 | 21:14 |
| 2Duncan KeithD | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 3 | 24:00 |
| 27Adam BoqvistD | 0 | 2 | 2 | −2 | 3 | 20:14 |
| 8Nick SchmaltzC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 | 18:38 |
| 12Alex DeBrincatR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | 18:09 |
| 24Dominik KahunC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 2 | 14:25 |
| 36Matthew HighmoreC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 13:12 |
| 7Brent SeabrookD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −3 | 1 | 19:19 |
| 22Brandon DavidsonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | 18:51 |
| 44Jan RuttaD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 18:57 |
| 14Chris KunitzL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | 10:46 |
| 15Artem AnisimovC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | 15:14 |
| 17Victor EjdsellC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 13:11 |
| 20Brandon SaadL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | 15:22 |
| 64David KampfC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | 12:54 |
| 84Alexandre FortinC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 13:10 |
| 23Brandon ManningD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | 13:38 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Cam WardG | 17 | 6 | .647 | |
| 31Anton ForsbergG | L | 8 | 2 | .750 |