Schedule and 2019-20 Results
Regular Season Records: Vegas 39-24-8=86pts, Chicago 32-30-8=72pts
Game 1 on Tuesday, 11 August: Chicago loses at Vegas, 4-goals-1
Game 2 on Thursday, 13 August: Chicago loses at Vegas, 4-goals-3(OT)
Game 3 on Saturday, 15 August: Vegas wins at Chicago, 2-goals-1
Game 4 on Sunday, 16 August: Vegas loses at Chicago, 3-goals-1
Game 5 on Tuesday, 18 August: Chicago loses at Vegas, 4-goals-3

SERIES NOTES:

After Game 5: The Vegas Golden Knights hosted and bested the Chicago Blackhawks 4-goals-3 to complete a 4-games-1 best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1423 victory. With the series 1423 win, the Vegas Golden Knights improve their best-of-7 NHL playoff series record to 4-2 overall and 2-1 in the Preliminary round. With the series 1423 loss, the Chicago Blackhawks see their best-of-7 NHL playoff series record fall to 42-44 overall and 10-12 in the Preliminary round. The win order for the victorious Vegas Golden Knights in series 1423 was WWWLW: Series 1423 thus becomes the 17th NHL Preliminary-round series, the 51st NHL series (all rounds), and the 95th MLB/NBA/NHL series (all rounds) to follow that win order to completion. Vegas trailed the pseudo-road team Chicago Blackhawks by two goals as late as 19:28 into the first period: In the history of best-of-7 format NHL playoff games from 1939 through 2019, inclusive, home teams trailing by two goals as late as 19:28 into the first period had a game record of only 43-235 (.155).

After Game 4: The Chicago Blackhawks hosted and defeated the Vegas Golden Knights 3-goals-1 to reduce the Vegas Golden Knights best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL series 1423 lead to 3-games-1. When leading a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 3-games-1, the Vegas Golden Knights have a series record of 1-1 and a Game 5 record of 1-1. When trailing a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 3-games-1, the Chicago Blackhawks have a series record of 1-13 and a Game 5 record of 6-8 (with an active five-Game 5 winning streak). The sole Chicago best-of-7 NHL playoff series victory after a 3-games-1 deficit occurred in best-of-7 NHL playoff series 1198, in the 2013 NHL Quarterfinals against the Detroit Red Wings en route to the 2013 NHL championship.

After Game 3: The Vegas Golden Knights visited and defeated the Chicago Blackhawks 2-goals-1 to take a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1423 lead of 3-games-nil. When leading a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 3-games-nil, the Vegas Golden Knights have a series record of 1-0 and a Game 4 record of 1-0. When trailing a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 3-games-nil, the Chicago Blackhawks have a series record of 0-17 and a Game 4 record of 3-14. Chicago has yet to hold a lead in series 1423.

After Game 2: The Vegas Golden Knights hosted and defeated the Chicago Blackhawks 4-goals-3 (OT) to take a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1423 lead of 2-games-nil. When leading a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 2-games-nil, the Vegas Golden Knights have a series record of 1-0 and a Game 3 record of 1-0. When trailing a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 2-games-nil, the Chicago Blackhawks have a series record of 5-28 and a Game 3 record of 16-17. Chicago enters series 1423 Game 3 with a best-of-7 NHL playoff Game 3 losing streak of four games.

After Game 1: The Vegas Golden Knights hosted and defeated the Chicago Blackhawks 4-goals-1 to take a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1423 lead of 1-game-nil. When leading a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1-game-nil, the Vegas Golden Knights have a series record of 2-1 and a Game 2 record of 1-2. When trailing a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1-game-nil, the Chicago Blackhawks have a series record of 16-34 and a Game 2 record of 17-33.

Pre-series assessment: In the 2019-20 NHL regular season, the Vegas Golden Knights finished 14 points ahead of the Chicago Blackhawks. From 1939 through the 2019 NHL Finals round, when NHL teams led their best-of-7 playoff series opponents by 14 regular-season points, they have posted a best-of-7 playoff series record of 12-10 (.545) in those series against those opponents. MLB/NBA/NHL best-of-7 playoff series 1423 is the sixth best-of-7 NHL playoff series for the Vegas Golden Knights, and the 86th for the Chicago Blackhawks. In best-of-7 NHL playoff series, the Vegas Golden Knights have an all-rounds series record of 3-2, a Preliminary-round series record of 1-1, and a Game 1 record of 3-2, while the Chicago Blackhawks have an all-rounds series record of 42-43, a Preliminary-round series record of 10-11, and a Game 1 record of 35-50. Series 1423 is the first best-of-7 NHL playoff series meeting between the Vegas Golden Knights and the Chicago Blackhawks. Vegas has won best-of-7 NHL playoff series berths in each of its three seasons of existence, and this active streak of three consecutive years of best-of-7 NHL playoff berths ties that of the Colorado Avalanche for the longest such active streak in the NHL Western Conference.