Vegas 5, Chicago 1
When: 10:00 PM ET, Tuesday, December 10, 2019
Where: T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas, Nevada
Referees:
Ghislain Hebert, Chris Rooney
Linesmen:
Bevan Mills, Kiel Murchison
Attendance:
18319
By Field Level Media
Marc-Andre Fleury had 28 saves and Reilly Smith had a goal and an assist to lead the Vegas Golden Knights to a 5-1 victory over the Chicago Blackhawks on Tuesday night in Las Vegas.
Fleury was making his first start since Nov. 23 after taking a personal leave due to the illness and death of his father. He lost his shutout bid with just 27 seconds to go when Dominik Kubalik scored a power-play goal.
Deryk Engelland, William Karlsson, Max Pacioretty and Ryan Reaves also scored goals for Vegas, which snapped a two-game losing streak.
Corey Crawford finished with 32 saves for Chicago, which fell to 1-6-2 all-time against the Golden Knights.
After a scoreless opening 20 minutes, Vegas took control with three goals in the second. Smith got the first on a power play at the 7:27 mark, gathering in a rebound of Nate Schmidt shot on the right side of the net and then tucking it around Crawford for his team-leading 13th goal of the season.
Engelland made it 2-0 less than four minutes later when he took a crossing pass from Alex Tuch in the right circle and fired a wrist shot past Crawford's blocker side for his first goal in 41 games dating back to March 6 against Calgary.
Karlsson then scored his first goal in 11 games with a short-handed goal, slapping in a drop pass from Smith, who had stolen the puck from Alex DeBrincat and then started an odd-man rush.
Pacioretty increased the lead to 4-0 early in the third period when he tapped in a pass from Mark Stone into an open net at the end of a 2-on-1 for his 11th goal of the season. Reaves followed with his third goal of the season, one-timing a Paul Stastny setup from the middle of the right circle.
--Field Level Media
Top Game Performances
| Chicago |
|
Vegas |
|
Dominik Kubalik 1 |
Points |
Reilly Smith 2 |
|
Dominik Kubalik 1 |
Goals |
Reilly Smith 1 |
|
Adam Boqvist 1 |
Assists |
Reilly Smith 1 |
|
Dominik Kubalik 1 |
Power Play Goals |
Reilly Smith 1 |
|
N/A |
Short Handed Goals |
William Karlsson 1 |
|
Corey Crawford .865 |
Save Percentage |
Marc-Andre Fleury .966 |
|
Corey Crawford 32 |
Saves |
Marc-Andre Fleury 28 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Shots |
Goals |
Power Play |
Penalty Kill |
Penalty Mins |
Face Offs Won |
| Chicago
|
29 |
1 |
1-4 |
1-2 |
4 |
33 |
| Vegas
|
37 |
5 |
1-2 |
3-4 |
8 |
34 |
Upcoming Games
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Vegas will play their next game on the road against St. Louis. The Golden Knights have a W/L % of .500 after a win and .471 after a loss.
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Chicago will play their next game on the road against Arizona. The Blackhawks have a W/L % of .417 after a win and .368 after a loss.
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