Tuch sets Golden Knights record in victory against Blackhawks

CHICAGO -- Alex Tuch set a Vegas Golden Knights record, extending his point streak to nine games in a 4-3 win against the Chicago Blackhawks at United Center on Saturday.

Shea Theodore won it 1:19 into overtime, scoring between Collin Delia's pads. It was his first goal since Nov. 27.
"Pierre-Edouard Bellemare] made a good play cutting back," Theodore said. "Sometimes you can catch them trying to gap-up too much and I kind of just used my speed."
***[WATCH: [All Golden Knights vs. Blackhawks highlights]*
Vegas has won all six games against Chicago since entering the NHL in 2017-18.
Ryan Carpenter and Paul Stastny also scored, and Marc-Andre Fleury made 20 saves for the Golden Knights (28-16-4).
Alex DeBrincat scored twice and has at least one goal in four straight games for Chicago (16-22-9). Patrick Kane scored, and Erik Gustafsson had two assists to extend his point streak to eight games. Delia made 29 saves.
"I thought we played a pretty good game," DeBrincat said. "Maybe in the third period we kind of sat back a little bit and tried to protect the lead, but the best way to protect is going on offense and generating more chances. I thought we played an overall alright game. We definitely could've won that one."

Stastny tied the game 3-3 at 15:56 of the third period, 2:54 after Bellemare appeared to tie it when he scored on a rebound from a Stastny wraparound attempt, but a video review determined Bellemare kicked the puck in.
DeBrincat gave the Blackhawks a 1-0 lead at 4:36 of the first period off a backhand mid-air swat.
Kane appeared to make it 2-0 at 11:44 when he backhanded a rebound off Fleury's pad, but it was determined Brandon Saad was offside following a Vegas challenge.
Kane made it 2-0 at 15:20 with a power-play goal from the right face-off circle with Dylan Strome screening in front.
"I think the guys did a really good job of moving the puck around quick tonight," Kane said. "Break-ins are solid and you end up going 2-for-4 [on the power play]. It's been a confident part of our game lately."
Tuch cut it to 2-1 at 1:34 of the second period, poking in a rebound after Delia was unable to cover it. Tuch has 11 points (three goals, eight assists) in the streak.
"It's good to see myself have a little consistency, more than last year, that's for sure," Tuch said. "I would have a point or two points in a game and then not have a point for three, four games last year, and that's not what I wanted to do."
DeBrincat extended the lead to 3-1 on the power play at 7:22 on a one-timer off a pass from Kane.
Carpenter made it 3-2 at 19:06, skating into the offensive zone and scoring glove side from the left face-off circle.

They said it

"We weren't too happy with our first period. Chicago came out and played a real good first period and we get down 2-0. Definitely played a lot better in the second and third period. It was a big two points obviously for us so real happy with them." -- Golden Knights coach Gerard Gallant
"We got a little passive and let them come at us. They raised the tempo a bit there because they were pushing for a goal, and that's what you have to expect. We were on our heels, we had a chance to go to people and create a battle and win a puck a few times or win a race and get out of the D zone." -- Blackhawks coach Jeremy Colliton

Need to know

Theodore is the first Golden Knights defenseman to score an overtime goal. … Fleury played his 778th NHL game to pass Tom Barrasso and move into 20th place on the all-time list. … DeBrincat has five goals in his streak. … Gustafsson has 11 points (all assists) in his streak. … Kane has four consecutive multipoint games for the second time in his NHL career (Dec. 8-14, 2013), and has 23 points (10 goals, 13 assists) in his past 13 games.

What's next

Golden Knights: At the Winnipeg Jets on Tuesday (8 p.m. ET; TSN3, ATTSN-RM, NHL.TV)
Blackhawks: At the New Jersey Devils on Monday (7 p.m. ET; MSG+, NBCSCH, NHL.TV)