Vegas Golden Knights vs Chicago Blackhawks — January 4, 2026 Game Stats

Game Recap

The Chicago Blackhawks defeated the Vegas Golden Knights 3-2 in overtime on January 4, 2026. Despite the result, the Vegas Golden Knights held the edge in expected goals (6.73 to 5.71) at 5-on-5, indicating the Chicago Blackhawks received favorable bounces or strong goaltending. The Vegas Golden Knights created 10 high-danger scoring chances compared to 8 from the Chicago Blackhawks at 5-on-5. Tyler Bertuzzi recorded a hat trick with 3 goals. Colton Sissons was the most dangerous skater with 1.32 individual expected goals on 3 shots at 5-on-5. The Chicago Blackhawks outshot the Vegas Golden Knights 20-15 in total shots on goal.

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xG Gameflow — cumulative expected goals chart tracking each team's xG as Vegas Golden Knights vs Chicago Blackhawks progressed on Jan 4, 2026
Shot heatmap — where shots were taken on the ice, color-coded by scoring probability
Event timeline — every goal, penalty, and key play mapped chronologically
Player matchup grid — head-to-head on-ice performance in Corsi and expected goals
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VGK2 - 3CHI (OT)

Jan 4, 2026 · Regular Season

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Overview

	Period	Corsi			Fenwick			Shots			SC			HDSC			xG			Goals
		F	A	%	F	A	%	F	A	%	F	A	%	F	A	%	F	A	%	F	A	%
CHI	P1	13	15	46.4	8	12	40.0	4	8	33.3	8	10	44.4	1	3	25.0	0.95	2.58	26.9	1	1	50.0
	P2	20	13	60.6	13	11	54.2	8	5	61.5	15	11	57.7	4	6	40.0	2.73	3.24	45.7	0	1	0.0
	P3	23	13	63.9	14	8	63.6	7	2	77.8	14	11	56.0	5	4	55.6	3.58	2.19	62.1	1	0	100.0
	OT	2	0	100.0	2	0	100.0	1	0	100.0	2	0	100.0	1	0	100.0	0.74	0.00	100.0	1	0	100.0
	Total	58	41	58.6	37	31	54.4	20	15	57.1	39	32	54.9	11	13	45.8	8.00	8.00	50.0	3	2	60.0
VGK	P1	15	13	53.6	12	8	60.0	8	4	66.7	10	8	55.6	3	1	75.0	2.58	0.95	73.1	1	1	50.0
	P2	13	20	39.4	11	13	45.8	5	8	38.5	11	15	42.3	6	4	60.0	3.24	2.73	54.3	1	0	100.0
	P3	13	23	36.1	8	14	36.4	2	7	22.2	11	14	44.0	4	5	44.4	2.19	3.58	37.9	0	1	0.0
	OT	0	2	0.0	0	2	0.0	0	1	0.0	0	2	0.0	0	1	0.0	0.00	0.74	0.0	0	1	0.0
	Total	41	58	41.4	31	37	45.6	15	20	42.9	32	39	45.1	13	11	54.2	8.00	8.00	50.0	2	3	40.0

Win Probability

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VGK Favored

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Gameflow — Cumulative xG

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Shot Density Heatmap

VGK Attempts

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Individual Event Map

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Player Matchup Grid

This grid shows how every skater on the home team (CHI) performed against every skater on the away team (VGK) when they were on the ice at the same time.

Rows = CHI players, Columns = VGK players. Forwards are listed first, then defensemen.
Green = the CHI player had a favorable matchup (above 50%). Red = unfavorable (below 50%).
Values shown from the home team's perspective. Toggle between CF% (shot attempt share) and xGF% (expected goal share).
Cells with fewer than 3 shared events are grayed out (insufficient sample). Hover over any cell for full details.

Stat:

CHI ↓ / VGK →	Eichel	Hertl	Howden	Sissons	Barbashev	Reinhardt	Saad	Marner	Stone	Dorofeyev	Kolesar	Holtz	Hanifin	Lauzon	Hutton	Korczak	Whitecloud	Megna
Greene	60	57	80	0	50	50	100	57	42	57	67	100	36	67	36	67	91	90
Donato	57	50	50	100	50	100	0	75	58	57	100	0	67	40	50	40	83	71
Dickinson	35	38	100	—	55	—	100	35	37	38	—	50	50	50	53	33	67	67
Dach	100	0	88	62	100	62	88	0	100	0	62	88	100	55	100	62	70	70
Teravainen	100	50	75	71	100	0	50	100	100	100	0	75	100	50	100	40	100	100
Moore	67	100	71	0	50	0	67	100	40	100	0	75	67	53	100	29	100	100
Bertuzzi	64	70	100	78	55	67	100	80	55	70	67	100	63	80	50	80	92	88
Burakovsky	60	58	100	70	55	50	60	79	55	67	33	100	63	57	50	57	86	78
Foligno	71	33	75	67	100	64	63	33	60	33	53	83	60	57	100	59	73	70
Slaggert	40	0	100	67	100	67	100	17	40	0	67	100	40	55	67	57	83	83
Lardis	100	100	75	0	100	0	57	100	100	100	0	67	100	67	100	43	89	83
Mikheyev	30	27	100	—	45	—	100	27	32	27	—	50	43	33	46	25	60	60
Levshunov	83	50	78	76	80	64	64	82	75	67	57	78	93	50	91	58	72	62
Grzelcyk	75	50	77	33	100	20	57	64	60	50	25	86	50	55	60	43	90	86
Murphy	44	31	83	33	100	33	75	44	50	31	20	83	50	60	50	54	86	80
Vlasic	33	36	80	50	47	100	75	29	36	36	100	60	42	43	44	38	100	100
Crevier	35	60	63	0	40	100	75	38	35	60	100	60	35	25	38	17	100	100
Kaiser	83	60	75	64	75	64	75	71	75	67	67	75	86	57	89	67	64	64