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National Hockey League
Vegas 3, Chicago 1
When: 10:00 PM ET, Tuesday, April 16, 2024
Where: T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas, Nevada
Referees: Carter Sandlak, Graham Skilliter
Linesmen: Michel Cormier, Kyle Flemington
Attendance: 18222

Logan Thompson made 22 saves as the Vegas Golden Knights moved into third place in the Pacific Division with a 3-1 victory over the Chicago Blackhawks on Tuesday night in Las Vegas.

Brayden McNabb, Michael Amadio and Nicolas Roy scored for Vegas (45-28-8, 98 points), which moved move one point ahead of the idle Los Angeles Kings into third with one game remaining for both teams.

Vegas finishes the regular season on Thursday against the visiting Anaheim Ducks, while Los Angeles hosts Chicago on Thursday. The Kings, who were idle on Tuesday while dropping into the second wild-card spot in the Western Conference, hold the regulation-wins tiebreaker.

The Golden Knights posted their third win in a row.

Jason Dickinson scored for Chicago, which took its fifth straight loss. Petr Mrazek stopped 34 of 36 shots for the Blackhawks, who fell to an NHL-worst 7-32-1 on the road.

Chicago had a chance to take the lead early in the second period when center Frank Nazar, appearing in just his second NHL game after playing for Michigan in the Frozen Four last week, broke down the slot on a partial breakaway, but McNabb poked the puck away before he could get a shot off.

The Golden Knights took a 1-0 lead at 16:25 of the second period. McNabb collected the rebound of a Tomas Hertl shot, spun and shot the puck inside the left post for his fourth goal of the season and first in the past 17 games.

Amadio extended the lead to 2-0 at 7:13 of the third period when he rushed up the right wing after blocking a shot and roofed a shot past Mrazek's glove side for his 14th goal.

The Blackhawks cut the deficit to 2-1 with 3:58 remaining when Dickinson scored his 22nd goal during a goalmouth scrum, putting in a rebound of a Connor Bedard shot that bounced in off the stick of Vegas defenseman Noah Hanifin.

Chicago pulled Mrazek for an extra attacker with two minutes remaining, and Roy sealed the win for the Golden Knights with an empty-netter with 1:36 to go.

--Field Level Media

Top Game Performances
 
Chicago   Vegas
Jason Dickinson 1 Points Michael Amadio 1
Jason Dickinson 1 Goals Michael Amadio 1
Connor Bedard 1 Assists Pavel Dorofeyev 1
N/A Power Play Goals N/A
N/A Short Handed Goals N/A
Petr Mrazek .944 Save Percentage Logan Thompson .957
Petr Mrazek 34 Saves Logan Thompson 22
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Shots Goals Power Play Penalty Kill Penalty Mins Face Offs Won
Chicago 23 1 0-1 1-1 2 17
Vegas 37 3 0-1 1-1 2 40
Upcoming Games
  • Vegas will play their next game at home against Anaheim. The Golden Knights have a W/L % of .556 after a win and .556 after a loss.
  • Chicago will play their next game on the road against Los Angeles. The Blackhawks have a W/L % of .130 after a win and .345 after a loss.