Chicago Blackhawks vs Vegas Golden Knights

Regular season · Tuesday, September 29, 2026 · T-Mobile Arena

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Golden Knights open season with 5-2 win over Blackhawks

The Vegas Golden Knights beat the Chicago Blackhawks 5-2 on Tuesday night at T-Mobile Arena, never trailing on the way to a 1-0-0 start. Vegas outshot Chicago 37-26 and got goals from five different scorers, all firsts on the season.

Victor Olofsson opened the scoring on the power play in the first period and Trevor Connelly made it 2-0 before the intermission. Jordan Greenway got Chicago on the board in the second, but Jack Eichel answered with what stood as the game-winner. Patrick Kane pulled the Blackhawks within one early in the third before Noah Hanifin restored the two-goal lead and Mark Stone sealed it with an empty-netter.

Eichel finished with 3 points on a goal and two assists, while Shea Theodore, Ivan Barbashev and Brayden McNabb each had two assists. Connelly, Eichel and Hanifin took the three stars. Carter Hart made 24 saves on 26 shots for the win; Spencer Knight stopped 32 of 36 in the loss.

Written with AI from official NHL data and checked against it. The box score and play-by-play are the official record. How we write these

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
CHI	0	1	1	2	26
VGK	2	1	2	5	37

Three stars

Scoring

1st period

Victor Olofsson (1)Jack Eichel (1), Shea Theodore (1)0–110:30 VGK · PPG
Trevor Connelly (1)Brayden McNabb (1), Shea Theodore (2)0–215:22 VGK

2nd period

Jordan Greenway (1)Ryan Greene (1), Wyatt Kaiser (1)1–212:23 CHI
Jack Eichel (1)Ivan Barbashev (1), Brayden McNabb (2)Vlasic 2:10 into shift1–315:12 VGK

3rd period

Patrick Kane (1)Unassisted2–304:04 CHI
Noah Hanifin (1)Nic Dowd (1), Marc Gatcomb (1)Kaiser 1:00 into shift2–404:43 VGK
Mark Stone (1)Jack Eichel (2), Ivan Barbashev (2)2–517:27 VGK · EN

Tired legs

Seconds into the shift for every skater on the ice at each goal. Taller bar, longer shift.

0–20s20–40s40–60s60–80s80s+

2:10

1–3 · 2nd 15:12 · Eichel. Vlasic was 2:10 into his shift when it went in.

GoalCHI on iceVGK on iceDefenders’ longest

0–1 VGK

1st 10:30 · PP · Olofsson

Greene 0:28

Fresh legsGreene 0:28

0–2 VGK

1st 15:22 · Connelly

Lardis 0:17

Fresh legsLardis 0:17

1–2 CHI

2nd 12:23 · Greenway

Eichel 0:53

NormalEichel 0:53

1–3 VGK

2nd 15:12 · Eichel

Stuck out there: Vlasic 2:10

Stuck out thereVlasic 2:10

2–3 CHI

3rd 4:04 · Kane

Andersson 0:52

NormalAndersson 0:52

2–4 VGK

3rd 4:43 · Hanifin

Long shift: Kaiser 1:00

Long shiftKaiser 1:00

2–5 VGK

3rd 17:27 · EN · Stone

Bertuzzi 0:25

Empty netBertuzzi 0:25

Hover or tap a bar for the skater.

Across the league. Share of 5v5 unblocked shots that went in, by how far into his shift the defending team’s longest-serving skater was (2025–26).

3.9%

5.8%

6.5%

7.1%

7.3%

0–20s20–40s40–60s60–80s80s+

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

CHIVGK

26Shots on goal37

43%Faceoff %57%

0/2Power play1/3

6Penalty minutes4

14Hits23

10Blocked shots8

12Giveaways22

5Takeaways5

Penalties

1st 01:02Andrew Mangiapane · tripping2 min
1st 09:29Bench · too many men on the ice2 min
2nd 09:56Parker Wotherspoon · roughing2 min
3rd 01:48Ian Cole · tripping2 min
3rd 11:49Marc Gatcomb · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min

Season series

Chicago Blackhawks

Chicago Blackhawks skaters

12Jordan GreenwayL	1	0	1	+1	5	3	0	0	–	14:08
20Ryan GreeneC	0	1	1	+1	1	0	0	0	41	14:43
88Patrick KaneR	1	0	1	-1	4	2	0	0	–	21:36
44Wyatt KaiserD	0	1	1	+1	0	0	2	0	–	20:37
8Ryan DonatoC	0	0	0	-2	2	0	0	0	100	12:50
11Oliver MooreC	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	100	13:57
16Anton FrondellC	0	0	0	-2	1	1	0	0	50	17:40
22Cole SmithR	0	0	0	+1	1	1	0	0	–	15:16
26Andrew MangiapaneL	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	–	05:23
59Tyler BertuzziL	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	0	–	16:51
76Nick LardisL	0	0	0	-2	2	0	1	0	–	11:44
80Roman KantserovR	0	0	0	-1	1	3	0	0	33	17:07
91Frank NazarC	0	0	0	-2	3	0	0	0	47	18:01
6Sam RinzelD	0	0	0	-1	2	1	2	0	–	18:16
24Bowen ByramD	0	0	0	-2	0	0	2	0	–	25:08
28Ian ColeD	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	–	12:40
55Artyom LevshunovD	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	–	19:14
72Alex VlasicD	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	0	–	20:01

Chicago Blackhawks goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
30Spencer KnightG	L	36	32	4	.889	59:47
40Arvid SoderblomG		0	0	0	–	00:00

Vegas Golden Knights

Vegas Golden Knights skaters

9Jack EichelC	1	2	3	+1	2	1	0	0	46	18:00
49Ivan BarbashevL	0	2	2	+2	1	2	0	0	–	14:27
3Brayden McNabbD	0	2	2	+2	1	0	0	0	–	18:45
27Shea TheodoreD	0	2	2	+2	1	0	1	0	–	21:22
17Marc GatcombC	0	1	1	+1	3	8	0	2	–	10:31
24Trevor ConnellyL	1	0	1	-1	4	1	0	0	–	11:22
26Nic DowdC	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	53	12:37
61Mark StoneR	1	0	1	+2	1	2	0	0	–	17:11
95Victor OlofssonL	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	100	13:57
15Noah HanifinD	1	0	1	+1	3	0	2	0	–	18:51
21Brett HowdenC	0	0	0	+1	3	2	0	0	–	17:16
42Braeden BowmanR	0	0	0	-1	1	0	1	0	–	10:58
48Tomas HertlC	0	0	0	+1	4	2	0	0	50	15:45
71William KarlssonC	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	71	17:26
93Mitch MarnerR	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	–	21:21
4Rasmus AnderssonD	0	0	0	-1	2	0	1	0	–	18:46
5Jeremy LauzonD	0	0	0	+1	3	2	3	0	–	17:20
29Parker WotherspoonD	0	0	0	-1	1	1	0	2	–	20:08

Vegas Golden Knights goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
33Adin HillG		0	0	0	–	00:00
79Carter HartG	W	26	24	2	.923	59:57