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Vegas Golden Knights at Chicago Blackhawks

Rogers Place, Edmonton Playoffs Final

Final score

The Vegas Golden Knights beat the Chicago Blackhawks 2–1 on Saturday, August 15, 2020 on the road.

Team Goals 2019-2020 record
Vegas Golden Knights 2 39-24-8
at Chicago Blackhawks 1 32-30-8

Goals by period

Team Total
Vegas Golden Knights 1 1 0 2
Chicago Blackhawks 0 0 1 1

Shots on goal by period

Team Total
Vegas Golden Knights 6 12 8 26
Chicago Blackhawks 9 7 11 27

Three stars

  1. M. Fleury, Vegas Golden Knights (goaltender)
  2. P. Brown, Vegas Golden Knights (1 goal)
  3. C. Crawford, Chicago Blackhawks (goaltender)

Scoring summary

Period Time Team Goal Assists Type Score
1st 04:12 Vegas Golden Knights William Karlsson (2) Mark Stone (4) Shorthanded VGK 1, CHI 0
2nd 15:23 Vegas Golden Knights Patrick Brown (1) Alex Tuch (1), Nate Schmidt (3) Even strength VGK 2, CHI 0
3rd 06:21 Chicago Blackhawks Olli Maatta (3) Drake Caggiula (1), Patrick Kane (7) Even strength VGK 2, CHI 1

Numbers in brackets are the player's season totals after the goal.

Team stats

Stat Vegas Golden Knights Chicago Blackhawks
Shots on goal 26 27
Power play 0 of 3 0 of 4
Penalty minutes 8 6
Hits 32 28
Blocked shots 15 17
Giveaways 12 14
Takeaways 11 7
Faceoffs won 31/53 (58.5%) 22/53 (41.5%)

Box score

Vegas Golden Knights

Vegas Golden Knights skaters
Player
10 N. Roy C 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 0 64.7% 14:02
19 R. Smith R 0 0 0 0 4 0 2 0 17:53
20 C. Stephenson C 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 2 71.4% 15:39
21 N. Cousins C 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 50% 14:57
28 W. Carrier L 0 0 0 +1 0 1 3 0 08:44
38 P. Brown C 1 0 1 +1 0 1 1 1 66.7% 08:45
61 M. Stone R 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 3 19:05
67 M. Pacioretty L 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 0 15:16
71 W. Karlsson C 1 0 1 +1 0 3 1 1 50% 19:02
75 R. Reaves R 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 09:31
81 J. Marchessault R 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 0 50% 15:11
89 A. Tuch R 0 1 1 +1 0 3 2 1 16:29
2 Z. Whitecloud D 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 17:14
3 B. McNabb D 0 0 0 +1 2 1 4 3 22:16
22 N. Holden D 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 12:39
23 A. Martinez D 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 1 21:59
27 S. Theodore D 0 0 0 -1 0 3 2 2 21:07
88 N. Schmidt D 0 1 1 +2 0 3 0 0 22:11
Vegas Golden Knights goalies
Goalie
29 M. Fleury 27 26 1 .963 60:00 Win

Chicago Blackhawks

Chicago Blackhawks skaters
Player
8 D. Kubalik L 0 0 0 -2 0 0 1 0 15:57
12 A. DeBrincat R 0 0 0 0 0 8 1 0 17:32
17 D. Strome C 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 53.8% 17:49
19 J. Toews C 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 1 43.5% 19:26
20 B. Saad L 0 0 0 -1 0 3 1 1 17:42
22 R. Carpenter C 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 0 12:42
36 M. Highmore C 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 05:50
64 D. Kampf C 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 37.5% 11:46
77 K. Dach C 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 1 25% 19:43
88 P. Kane R 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 24:41
91 D. Caggiula L 0 1 1 +1 0 1 4 0 10:39
92 A. Nylander L 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 10:02
2 D. Keith D 0 0 0 -2 0 0 1 2 25:17
5 C. Murphy D 0 0 0 +1 2 2 2 4 20:09
6 O. Maatta D 1 0 1 +1 0 1 0 1 16:23
27 A. Boqvist D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 3 2 14:36
44 C. de Haan D 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 3 19:43
68 S. Koekkoek D 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 15:58
Chicago Blackhawks goalies
Goalie
50 C. Crawford 26 24 2 .923 58:05 Loss

Penalties

Period Time Team Player Infraction Minutes
1st 03:20 Vegas Golden Knights Reilly Smith Slashing 2
1st 05:50 Chicago Blackhawks Connor Murphy Interference 2
1st 14:43 Vegas Golden Knights Alec Martinez Holding 2
1st 19:41 Vegas Golden Knights Reilly Smith Tripping 2
2nd 07:44 Chicago Blackhawks Slater Koekkoek Interference 2
2nd 11:51 Chicago Blackhawks Alex Nylander Hooking 2
2nd 18:58 Vegas Golden Knights Brayden McNabb Boarding 2

Game information

Vegas Golden Knights head coach
Peter DeBoer
Chicago Blackhawks head coach
Jeremy Colliton
Referees
Brian Pochmara, Steve Kozari
Linesmen
Tony Sericolo, Jonny Murray
Vegas Golden Knights scratches
Deryk Engelland, Paul Stastny, Jon Merrill, Oscar Dansk, Tomas Nosek, Reid Duke, Keegan Kolesar, Dylan Coghlan, Gage Quinney, Nicolas Hague, Peyton Krebs
Chicago Blackhawks scratches
Nick Seeler, John Quenneville, Dylan Sikura, Lucas Carlsson, Brandon Hagel, MacKenzie Entwistle, Collin Delia, Philipp Kurashev, Nicolas Beaudin, Alec Regula, Kevin Lankinen

2019-2020 season series

Matchup Status Details
Vegas Golden Knights 2 at Chicago Blackhawks 1 Final/SO Game page
Chicago Blackhawks 5 at Vegas Golden Knights 3 Final Game page
Chicago Blackhawks 1 at Vegas Golden Knights 5 Final Game page
Chicago Blackhawks 1 at Vegas Golden Knights 4 Final Playoffs Game page
Chicago Blackhawks 3 at Vegas Golden Knights 4 Final/OT Playoffs Game page
Vegas Golden Knights 2 at Chicago Blackhawks 1 Final Playoffs Game page
Vegas Golden Knights 1 at Chicago Blackhawks 3 Final Playoffs Game page
Chicago Blackhawks 3 at Vegas Golden Knights 4 Final Playoffs Game page

Other NHL games on Aug 15

Matchup Status Details
Boston Bruins 3 at Carolina Hurricanes 1 Final Playoffs Game page
Colorado Avalanche 2 at Arizona Coyotes 4 Final Playoffs Game page
Tampa Bay Lightning 3 at Columbus Blue Jackets 2 Final Playoffs Game page

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