Game

Blackhawks at Golden Knights

Golden Knights 5, Blackhawks 2 · first star Trevor Connelly (1 G, 0 A).

2026-27 regular season · 2026-27 regular season, updated nightly. Data as of October 24, 2026, source NHL.

Chicago Blackhawks 2 at Vegas Golden Knights 5

Blackhawks CHI

2 FINAL 5

Golden Knights VGK

Tuesday, September 29, 2026 · 10:30 PM ET · T-Mobile Arena, Paradise · TV ESPN · TVAS2

Line score by period
Team	1	2	3	T	SOG
Blackhawks	0	1	1	2	26
Golden Knights	2	1	2	5	37

Shot chart

Every shot attempt, computed from the league's play-by-play coordinates. Blackhawks attack left, Golden Knights attack right, all periods folded onto one rink. Attempts are plotted where the league recorded them, so the 2 marks in a team's own end are attempts logged from there: empty-net shots, long dumps on the net; 1 empty-net goal is drawn as a diamond. Boxscore shots on goal: CHI 26, VGK 37.

CHI in red VGK in blue goal empty-net goal shot on goal missed blocked Blackhawks 26 shots on goal (2 goals, 13 missed, 9 blocked) attacking left; Golden Knights 37 shots on goal (5 goals, 13 missed, 12 blocked) attacking right.

Shots by period

Shots on goal, goals and attempts by period
Period	CHI SOG	CHI G	CHI ATT	VGK SOG	VGK G	VGK ATT
1st	6	0	14	15	2	23
2nd	6	1	15	13	1	22
3rd	14	1	19	9	2	17
Total	26	2	48	37	5	62

Shots by situation

Shots on goal and goals by strength of the shooting team
Situation	CHI SOG	CHI G	VGK SOG	VGK G
Even strength	22	2	32	4
Power play	2	0	4	1
Short-handed	2	0	1	0
Into an empty net	0	0	1	1

Attempt share by period

Golden Knights took 56.4% of the shot attempts, and 55.8% of the 95 attempts taken at 5-on-5. An attempt is a goal, a shot on goal, a miss or a blocked shot; CF% is the share of them belonging to the Golden Knights and FF% their share of the ones that were not blocked, so the Blackhawks hold the remainder. All situations unless the 5-on-5 figure is named. All 32 teams

Attempt share by period, all situations, Blackhawks at Golden Knights
Period	VGK CF%	VGK FF%
1st	62.2	71.0
2nd	59.5	58.6
3rd	47.2	37.9
Game	56.4	56.2

Team totals only: per-player on-ice numbers need shift data, which this source does not publish.

Scoring summary

1st period

10:30 Victor Olofsson (1) PP Jack Eichel (1), Shea Theodore (1) · snap 0–1
15:22 Trevor Connelly (1) Brayden McNabb (1), Shea Theodore (2) · tip-in 0–2

2nd period

12:23 Jordan Greenway (1) Ryan Greene (1), Wyatt Kaiser (1) · wrist 1–2
15:12 Jack Eichel (1) Ivan Barbashev (1), Brayden McNabb (2) · snap 1–3

3rd period

04:04 Patrick Kane (1) Unassisted · wrist 2–3
04:43 Noah Hanifin (1) Nic Dowd (1), Marc Gatcomb (1) · wrist 2–4
17:27 Mark Stone (1) EN Jack Eichel (2), Ivan Barbashev (2) · slap 2–5

Three stars

Trevor Connelly VGK · L #24 · 1 G, 0 A
Jack Eichel VGK · C #9 · 1 G, 2 A
Noah Hanifin VGK · D #15 · 1 G, 0 A

Penalties

Penalties
Period	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min	Drawn by
1st	01:02	CHI	Andrew Mangiapane	tripping	2	Parker Wotherspoon
1st	09:29	CHI	Bench	too many men on the ice	2	—
2nd	09:56	VGK	Parker Wotherspoon	roughing	2	Nick Lardis
3rd	01:48	CHI	Ian Cole	tripping	2	Marc Gatcomb
3rd	11:49	VGK	Marc Gatcomb	unsportsmanlike conduct	2	Sam Rinzel

Boxscore

Chicago Blackhawks

Blackhawks skaters · by points
Player	Pos	G	A	PTS	+/-	SOG	HITS	BLK	PIM	FO%	TOI
Jordan Greenway #12	L	1	0	1	+1	5	3	0	0	0.0	14:08
Patrick Kane #88	R	1	0	1	-1	4	2	0	0	0.0	21:36
Ryan Greene #20	C	0	1	1	+1	1	0	0	0	41.2	14:43
Wyatt Kaiser #44	D	0	1	1	+1	0	0	2	0	0.0	20:37
Anton Frondell #16	C	0	0	0	-2	1	1	0	0	50.0	17:40
Frank Nazar #91	C	0	0	0	-2	3	0	0	0	47.1	18:01
Oliver Moore #11	C	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	100.0	13:57
Ryan Donato #8	C	0	0	0	-2	2	0	0	0	100.0	12:50
Andrew Mangiapane #26	L	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	0.0	05:23
Nick Lardis #76	L	0	0	0	-2	2	0	1	0	0.0	11:44
Tyler Bertuzzi #59	L	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	0	0.0	16:51
Cole Smith #22	R	0	0	0	+1	1	1	0	0	0.0	15:16
Roman Kantserov #80	R	0	0	0	-1	1	3	0	0	33.3	17:07
Alex Vlasic #72	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	0	0.0	20:01
Artyom Levshunov #55	D	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0.0	19:14
Bowen Byram #24	D	0	0	0	-2	0	0	2	0	0.0	25:08
Ian Cole #28	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0.0	12:40
Sam Rinzel #6	D	0	0	0	-1	2	1	2	0	0.0	18:16

Blackhawks goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	EV	PP	TOI
Spencer Knight #30	L	36	32	4	.889	28/31	3/4	59:47

Vegas Golden Knights

Golden Knights skaters · by points
Player	Pos	G	A	PTS	+/-	SOG	HITS	BLK	PIM	FO%	TOI
Jack Eichel #9	C	1	2	3	+1	2	1	0	0	46.2	18:00
Ivan Barbashev #49	L	0	2	2	+2	1	2	0	0	0.0	14:27
Brayden McNabb #3	D	0	2	2	+2	1	0	0	0	0.0	18:45
Shea Theodore #27	D	0	2	2	+2	1	0	1	0	0.0	21:22
Trevor Connelly #24	L	1	0	1	-1	4	1	0	0	0.0	11:22
Victor Olofsson #95	L	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	100.0	13:57
Mark Stone #61	R	1	0	1	+2	1	2	0	0	0.0	17:11
Noah Hanifin #15	D	1	0	1	+1	3	0	2	0	0.0	18:51
Marc Gatcomb #17	C	0	1	1	+1	3	8	0	2	0.0	10:31
Nic Dowd #26	C	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	53.3	12:37
Brett Howden #21	C	0	0	0	+1	3	2	0	0	0.0	17:16
Tomas Hertl #48	C	0	0	0	+1	4	2	0	0	50.0	15:45
William Karlsson #71	C	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	70.6	17:26
Braeden Bowman #42	R	0	0	0	-1	1	0	1	0	0.0	10:58
Mitch Marner #93	R	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0.0	21:21
Jeremy Lauzon #5	D	0	0	0	+1	3	2	3	0	0.0	17:20
Parker Wotherspoon #29	D	0	0	0	-1	1	1	0	2	0.0	20:08
Rasmus Andersson #4	D	0	0	0	-1	2	0	1	0	0.0	18:46

Golden Knights goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	EV	PP	TOI
Carter Hart #79	W	26	24	2	.923	20/22	2/2	59:57

SOG shots on goal · BLK blocked shots · FO% faceoff win percentage · EV / PP saves over shots by strength. Skaters sorted by points, then goals.

Source NHL (boxscore, play-by-play, game summary). Shot locations are the league's tracked coordinates; the chart and the situation tables are computed by Play-Pause Hockey. Data as of 2026-10-24.