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Vegas Golden Knights at Chicago Blackhawks

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Golden Knights overcome Donato's hat trick to beat Blackhawks 5-3 for 5th straight win

Adin Hill makes beautiful save

Victor Olofsson scored twice for the Golden Knights, who overcame the first career hat trick by Chicago's Ryan Donato.

Mark Stone had a goal and an assist, Brett Howden scored an empty-netter and William Karlsson added three assists for Vegas. Adin Hill made 18 saves.

Ilya Mikheyev had two assists and Spencer Knight stopped 17 shots for Chicago, which has lost nine of 10 (1-8-1) and is in last place in the Central Division.

Dorofeyev ripped in his 31st goal on a one-timer from the right circle. The Golden Knights' league-leading power play cashed in on its second chance of the night after Teuvo Teravainen was sent off for hooking.

Donato now has 28 goals to lead Chicago. He has never had more than 16 goals in seven previous NHL seasons.

Donato popped in a rebound to cap a breakaway with 3:45 left in the first period. Stone and Olofsson scored 53 seconds apart in the second to put Vegas ahead 2-1.

Donato tied 2-all with 3:46 left in the second period and completed his hat trick 15 seconds later.

Olofsson clanked in a rising shot off the crossbar 2:06 into the third to tie it at 3.

Takeways Golden Knights: Skated without team-leading goal scorer Tomas Hertl (upper body) and defenseman Alex Pietrangelo (lower body).

Blackhawks: Came out with energy, but missed on several prime chances.

Key moment Hill made a point-blank save on Frank Nazar, who skated in alone with 7:07 left in the third, to keep the game tied.

Key stat The Golden Knights, at 44-20-8 and 96 points, moved closer to their fifth division title in eight years.

Up next The Golden Knights skate at Nashville on Saturday. The Blackhawks host Utah on Sunday.

Regular Season Series

VGK wins series 2-1

Scoring Summary

Goal 1st Period 16:15 Ryan Donato Goal (26) Wrist Shot, assists: Ethan Del Mastro (3), Ilya Mikheyev (13)
Goal 2nd Period 6:41 Mark Stone Goal (19) Wrist Shot, assists: Ivan Barbashev (26), Jack Eichel (65)
Goal 2nd Period 7:34 Victor Olofsson Goal (12) Snap Shot, assists: William Karlsson (15), Keegan Kolesar (15)
Goal 2nd Period 16:14 Ryan Donato Goal (27) Wrist Shot, assists: Joseph Veleno (7), Wyatt Kaiser (4)
Goal 2nd Period 16:29 Ryan Donato Goal (28) Slap Shot, assists: Ilya Mikheyev (14), Connor Bedard (37)
Goal 3rd Period 2:06 Victor Olofsson Goal (13) Wrist Shot, assists: Reilly Smith (23), William Karlsson (16)
Goal 3rd Period 16:49 Pavel Dorofeyev Goal (31) Slap Shot, assists: Noah Hanifin (29), William Karlsson (17)
Goal 3rd Period 19:16 Brett Howden Goal (21) Wrist Shot, assists: Mark Stone (46)

Statistics

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13 Blocked Shots 13
18 Hits 19
4 Takeaways 5
22 Shots 21
1 Power Play Goals 0
2 Power Play Opportunities 1
50.0 Power Play Percentage 0.0
0 Short Handed Goals 0
0 Shootout Goals 0
26 Faceoffs Won 28
48.1 Faceoff Win Percent 51.9
20 Giveaways 14
1 Total Penalties 2
2 Penalty Minutes 4
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Game Information

United Center

Location: Chicago, IL
Attendance: 19,121 | Capacity:

2024-25 Pacific Division Standings

TEAM W L PTS OTL
Vegas 50 22 110 10
Los Angeles 48 25 105 9
Edmonton 48 29 101 5
Calgary 41 27 96 14
Vancouver 38 30 90 14
Anaheim 35 37 80 10
Seattle 35 41 76 6
San Jose 20 50 52 12

2024-25 Central Division Standings

TEAM W L PTS OTL
Winnipeg 56 22 116 4
Dallas 50 26 106 6
Colorado 49 29 102 4
Minnesota 45 30 97 7
St. Louis 44 30 96 8
Utah 38 31 89 13
Nashville 30 44 68 8
Chicago 25 46 61 11
Full Standings