The Chicago Blackhawks defeated the Vegas Golden Knights to kick off the second half of their 2025-26 schedule.

Tyler Bertuzzi scored at 1:18 of overtime for his second hat trick of the season and fifth in the NHL to give the Chicago Blackhawks a 3-2 victory over the Vegas Golden Knights on Sunday night. Arvid Soderblom made 13 saves to help Chicago win its third straight game and fourth in six games.

Brandon Saad gave the Golden Knights a 1-0 lead at 10:40 of the first period. He scored from in front of the crease after outbattling Louis Crevier for the puck. The sequence began when Alexander Holtz won the puck from Ryan Donato at the red line and passed it to Brett Howden in the offensive zone. Howden fed Saad with a backhand pass.

Tyler Bertuzzi completed a hat trick with the overtime winner at 3:42 Sunday night at the United Center as the Chicago Blackhawks beat the Vegas Golden Knights 3-2, extending Vegas’ skid and spoiling a night where the Golden Knights led twice.

Nevada sees above-normal temps, receives rural health care funding, welcomes CES visitors, Raiders secure first draft pick, and Golden Knights head to Winter Olympics.

The No. 4 team in the Western Conference, the Vegas Golden Knights (17-8-11), and the conference's third-ranked squad, the Minnesota Wild (23-10-6), hit the ice on Monday, Dec. 29 at 10 p.m. ET at T-Mobile Arena. The outing airs on ESPN+.

Two Vegas Golden Knights players are on the roster for the U.S. Olympic Men’s Ice Hockey Team, which will play in Milano Cortina, Italy, next month. Defenseman Noah

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Steven Stamkos scored his 600th career goal and the Nashville Predators beat the Vegas Golden Knights 4-2 on Wednesday. The Predators, in the middle of a season-long seven-game road trip, won for the 12th time in 17 games, including the third of their first four on the trip.

Two Western Conference squads hit the ice when the fifth-place Vegas Golden Knights (17-9-11) host the 11th-place Nashville Predators (17-17-4) at T-Mobile Arena on Wednesday at 3 p.m. ET. Nashville won on the road in its most recent game on Dec. 29, 4-3 over the Utah Mammoth.

The Nashville Predators beat the Vegas Golden Knights at T-Mobile Arena on Dec. 31. Steven Stamkos scored goal No. 600 in his career.

Our NHL picks see Pavel Dorofeyev and Tomas Hertl teaming up to take down the hobbled Blackhawks as Vegas cruises to another victory. Free Golden Knights vs. Blackhawks predictions for Sunday, January 4.