Vegas Golden Knights vs Chicago Blackhawks
Regular season · Sunday, January 4, 2026 · United Center
SN1 · TVAS · CHSN · SCRIPPS
Game summary
The Chicago Blackhawks beat the Vegas Golden Knights 3-2 in overtime on Sunday, January 4, 2026 at United Center. The Blackhawks outshot the Golden Knights 20-15.
Tyler Bertuzzi scored a hat trick. Brandon Saad and Mark Stone also scored.
Arvid Soderblom made 13 saves on 15 shots for the win; Akira Schmid stopped 17 of 20.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Brandon Saad (2)Brett Howden (6), Alexander Holtz (2)Crevier 1:18 into shift1–010:40 VGK
Tyler Bertuzzi (20)Alex Vlasic (7), Andre Burakovsky (18)Stone 1:10 into shift1–112:38 CHI
2nd period
Mark Stone (12)Jack Eichel (30), Noah Hanifin (13)2–100:43 VGK
3rd period
- Tyler Bertuzzi (21)Ryan Greene (11), Andre Burakovsky (19)2–211:36 CHI
OT period
- Tyler Bertuzzi (22)Ilya Mikheyev (6), Artyom Levshunov (18)Hanifin 1:18 into shift2–301:18 CHI
Tired legs
Seconds into the shift for every skater on the ice at each goal. Taller bar, longer shift.
1–0 · 1st 10:40 · Saad. CHI stayed on through an icing. Crevier was 1:18 into his shift when it went in.
1–0 VGK
1st 10:40 · Saad
Long shift: Crevier 1:18
1–1 CHI
1st 12:38 · Bertuzzi
Long shift: Stone 1:10
2–1 VGK
2nd 0:43 · Stone
Dickinson 0:14
2–2 CHI
3rd 11:36 · Bertuzzi
Stone 0:24
2–3 CHI
OT 1:18 · Bertuzzi
Long shift: Hanifin 1:18
Hover or tap a bar for the skater.
1.9×
Shots against a skater 80s+ into his shift go in 1.9 times as often as against fresh legs (7.3% vs 3.9%).
30%
of 5v5 goals came with a defender 60s+ into his shift.
Team stats
Penalties
- 2nd 09:55
Jeremy Lauzon · delaying game smothering puck2 min - 2nd 14:44
Ryan Greene · holding2 min - 3rd 13:35Jaycob Megna · hooking2 min
Season series
Vegas Golden Knights
| 9Jack EichelC | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 1 | 21:40 |
| 20Brandon SaadL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 12:14 |
| 21Brett HowdenC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 13:29 |
| 26Alexander HoltzR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 11:21 |
| 61Mark StoneR | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 2 | 19:56 |
| 15Noah HanifinD | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 23:37 |
| 10Colton SissonsC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 13:17 |
| 16Pavel DorofeyevR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 17:15 |
| 23Cole ReinhardtL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 09:51 |
| 48Tomas HertlC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:14 |
| 49Ivan BarbashevL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 16:32 |
| 55Keegan KolesarR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10:35 |
| 93Mitch MarnerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19:35 |
| 2Zach WhitecloudD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 19:16 |
| 5Jeremy LauzonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 18:21 |
| 6Kaedan KorczakD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 20:40 |
| 17Ben HuttonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20:20 |
| 88Jaycob MegnaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 15:41 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 40Akira SchmidG | O | 20 | 17 | 3 | .850 | 61:18 |
| 79Carter HartG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |
Chicago Blackhawks
| 59Tyler BertuzziL | 3 | 0 | 3 | +3 | 5 | 19:01 |
| 28Andre BurakovskyL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 1 | 18:27 |
| 20Ryan GreeneC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 3 | 14:44 |
| 95Ilya MikheyevR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 17:33 |
| 55Artyom LevshunovD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 23:39 |
| 72Alex VlasicD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 21:13 |
| 8Ryan DonatoC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 18:06 |
| 11Oliver MooreC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 13:04 |
| 16Jason DickinsonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 17:06 |
| 17Nick FolignoL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:09 |
| 34Colton DachC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11:23 |
| 76Nick LardisL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 11:33 |
| 84Landon SlaggertL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:28 |
| 86Teuvo TeravainenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13:54 |
| 5Connor MurphyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 16:09 |
| 44Wyatt KaiserD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18:44 |
| 46Louis CrevierD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 19:41 |
| 48Matt GrzelcykD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18:09 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Spencer KnightG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 40Arvid SoderblomG | W | 15 | 13 | 2 | .867 | 61:09 |