Comfortable night for Chicago Blackhawks against Vegas Golden Knights

That brings us to the end of a first period — Chicago Blackhawks 2, Vegas Golden Knights 1. Vegas Golden Knights edged the shot clock 16-8, while Chicago Blackhawks still controlled most of the territorial pressure.

Tempers flared at 10:25 with MacKenzie Weegar winning a scrap, Emmitt Finnie opened the scoring for Vegas Golden Knights at 16:08, Mattias Ekholm tied it for Chicago Blackhawks at 18:01, and Leo Carlsson put Chicago Blackhawks in front at 19:22.

Scott Wedgewood was under siege with 15 highlighted stops.

On the power play, Chicago Blackhawks went 0-for-3 while Vegas Golden Knights went 0-for-2.

Vegas Golden Knights owned the last five minutes and carried the momentum into the break.

That brings us to the end of a second period — Chicago Blackhawks 1, Vegas Golden Knights 1. Chicago Blackhawks edged the shot clock 10-8, while Vegas Golden Knights still controlled most of the territorial pressure.

Anton Lundell tied it for Vegas Golden Knights at 0:04, then Steven Stamkos put Chicago Blackhawks in front at 0:32.

Joonas Korpisalo was under siege with 9 highlighted stops.

On the power play, Chicago Blackhawks went 0-for-1 while Vegas Golden Knights went 0-for-1.

Vegas Golden Knights owned the last five minutes and carried the momentum into the break.

That brings us to the end of a third period — Chicago Blackhawks 2, Vegas Golden Knights 0. Chicago Blackhawks edged the shot clock 10-3, and they controlled most of the territorial pressure.

Adam Erne extended the lead for Chicago Blackhawks at 4:05, then Jack Quinn extended the lead for Chicago Blackhawks at 14:21.

Joonas Korpisalo was under siege with 8 highlighted stops.

Chicago Blackhawks owned the last five minutes and carried the momentum into the break.