LAS VEGAS (KTNV) — The Vegas Golden Knights are taking the ice against the Chicago Blackhawks at United Center on Saturday, where they are looking to continue their 5-0-0 win streak.
Coming off their win earlier this week against the Jets on Thursday, the VGK has become the first team to achieve a five-win streak since Wayne Gretzky's 1985-86 Edmonton Oilers. A win tonight would mean the VGK shatter that season-opening record.
The VGK confronted the NHL's 2023 No. 1 overall pick, Connor Beddard, in his first career home game in Chicago.
Following the first puck drop, the game's first goal went to the Blackhawk's Beddard, who scored a clean wrist shot against VGK's Adin Hill. William Karlsson responds with a similar wrist shot, tying the game up in the first five minutes.
Both teams took ample shots at the goal in the second half, but ultimately, one wrist shot broke through from reigning Conn Smythe Jonathan Marchessault. The Blackhawks tied the game up again around the 10-minute mark, with a tip-in from Reese Johnson bringing the score to another deadlock at 2 - 2.
Thirteen seconds into the final period, Nicholas Roy's snapshot would find the net and send the VGK ahead 3 - 2.
VGK Captain Mark Stone would score his first goal of the season with a tip-in with six minutes left in the period, bringing the Knights up 4 - 2.
Another goal from Paul Cotter, assisted by Mark Amadio, widens the gap to 5 - 2. The Blackhawks cut briefly into the lead with a late-game goal, but it wasn't enough to prevent the VGK from walking away with a win.
The team improves to 6-0-0, the best season-opening streak in the franchise's history.
These two teams will meet again on Friday, Oct. 27, at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas only on Vegas 34, your official broadcast partner with the Vegas Golden Knights. For more information, read about Vegas 34.
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