RECAP
The Blackhawks fell to the Vegas Golden Knights by a score of 5-3 on Saturday evening in Chicago ... Connor Bedard scored his second career goal and first at the United Center ... Reese Johnson scored his first goal of the season ... Corey Perry also found the back of the net ... Rookie Kevin Korchinski tallied his second career assist ... Ryan Donato, Nick Foligno, Taylor Hall and Connor Murphy all chipped in an assist ... Seth Jones led all skaters with 26:49 of time on ice ... Jarred Tinordi led the team with three hits.
VS. BOSTON
The Blackhawks have taken points in four of their last five games against the Bruins at the United Center since the start of the 2017-18 campaign ... During their last meeting in Chicago on March 14, Taylor Raddysh posted his first career hat trick, while Boris Katchouk recorded a career-high three points (1G, 2A) during a 6-3 Blackhawks victory at the United Center.
BEDARD’S BOOMIN
On Saturday against Vegas, Blackhawks rookie Connor Bedard (18 years, 96 days) became the second-youngest player in franchise history to score a goal during the team’s home opener behind Eddie Olczyk (18 years, 56 days) ... It was also the fastest goal by a teenager from the start of his team’s home opener in NHL history, besting the previous mark by Mark Hunter (2:09 on Oct. 8, 1981 w/ MTL) ... Bedard now ranks second on the team with four points (2G, 2A) in six games this season.
MURPH’S LAW
Defenseman Connor Murphy notched his first point of the season with an assist on Saturday against the Golden Knights ... He also chipped in two hits and shares ninth in the NHL with 16 hits on the season ... Additionally, Murphy shared first among all game skaters with four blocked shots ... He now shares 16th in the league with 14 blocked shots on the year.
COREY IN THE HOUSE
Blackhawks forward Corey Perry found the back of the net on Saturday and now has three points (2G, 1A) over his last four games ... He also leads all Chicago skaters with five points (2G, 3A) through six games this season ... Perry has 16 points (6G, 10A) in 28 career games against the Bruins.
