Chicago Blackhawks at Vegas Golden Knights
Final
Recap
LAS VEGAS -- Jack Eichel had a goal and two assists to reach 701 career points, and the Vegas Golden Knights beat the Chicago Blackhawks 5-2 in their season opener Tuesday night. Victor Olofsson notched Vegas’ first goal of the season, rookie Trevor Connelly scored in his NHL debut and Noah Hanifin and Mark Stone added goals as Ryan Craig earned his first victory as the Golden Knights’ head coach. Carter Hart made 24 saves.
How the bets landed
Moneyline favoriteVGK -278 · 69% to win
WonPuck LineVGK -1.5
CoveredTotalO/U 5.5 · 7 scored
OverAgainst the consensus line at the start, across 11 books
Team stats
26Shots on goal37
43%Faceoff %57%
.889Save %.923
14Hits23
10Blocked shots8
5Takeaways5
12Giveaways21
4Penalty minutes4
Box score
Skaters
| Skaters | G | A | P | SOG | HIT | BLK | PIM | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andrew MangiapaneLW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5:23 |
| Jordan GreenwayLW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 14:08 |
| Cole SmithRW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 15:16 |
| Wyatt KaiserD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 20:37 |
| Anton FrondellC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 17:40 |
| Oliver MooreC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:57 |
| Nick LardisLW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11:44 |
| Ian ColeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 12:40 |
| Frank NazarC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18:01 |
| Ryan GreeneC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:43 |
| Ryan DonatoC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:50 |
| Artyom LevshunovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 19:14 |
| Alex VlasicD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 20:01 |
| Roman KantserovRW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 17:07 |
| Tyler BertuzziLW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16:51 |
| Patrick KaneRW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 21:36 |
| Bowen ByramD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 25:08 |
| Sam RinzelD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 18:16 |
| Totals | 2 | 2 | 4 | 26 | 14 | 10 | 4 |
Goalies
| Goalies | SV | SA | GA | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spencer KnightG | 32 | 36 | 4 | 59:47 |