Vegas Golden Knights at Vancouver Canucks
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Golden Knights beat the Canucks 3-2 on Gatcomb’s go-ahead goal
Mitch Marner scored his first goal of the season and Victor Olofsson added a power-play score for the Golden Knights. Adin Hill stopped 17 of the 19 shots he faced, including a key save midway through the third when he slid well out of his crease to deny Liam Ohgren on a short-handed breakaway.
Canucks winger Paul Cotter opened the scoring with a power-play goal late in the first period, extending his season-opening point streak to four games with four goals and two assists across that stretch.
Jonathan Lekkerimaki also scored for Vancouver while Kevin Lankinen made 25 saves in a bounceback performance from Thursday night when he gave up eight goals on 20 shots in the Canucks’ 9-7 loss to the Edmonton Oilers.
After putting up 17 goals over their first three games of the season, Vancouver struggled to generate offense against Vegas, with just 19 shots in the game.
The Golden Knights had ample scoring opportunities with five power plays and found success with the extra man with a five-forward unit.
The Golden Knights took the 2-1 lead with a power-play goal at the 14:30 mark of the second after Lankinen stopped a shot from Jack Eichel. The rebound popped out to Mark Stone at the goal line and he sent a pass to Olofsson, who fired a shot into the top of the net to make it 2-1 for Vegas.
Vegas has now won eight straight games against Vancouver dating to Dec. 19, 2024.
Golden Knights: Visit the Seattle Kraken on Tuesday night.
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Regular Season SeriesVGK leads series 1-0
Scoring Summary
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Goal | 1st Period 18:52 | Paul Cotter Goal (4) Tip-In, assists: Filip Hronek (5), Elias Pettersson (4) |
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Goal | 2nd Period 9:01 | Mitch Marner Goal (1) Snap Shot, assists: Brayden McNabb (4) |
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Goal | 2nd Period 14:30 | Victor Olofsson Goal (2) Snap Shot, assists: Mark Stone (1), Jack Eichel (5) |
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Goal | 2nd Period 17:54 | Jonathan Lekkerimaki Goal (2) Snap Shot, assists: Linus Karlsson (4), Luke Schenn (2) |
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Goal | 2nd Period 18:28 | Marc Gatcomb Goal (1) Snap Shot, assists: Braeden Bowman (1), Nic Dowd (2) |
Statistics
 VGK |
 VAN |
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|---|---|---|
| 7 | Blocked Shots | 20 |
| 19 | Hits | 25 |
| 2 | Takeaways | 4 |
| 28 | Shots | 20 |
| 1 | Power Play Goals | 1 |
| 5 | Power Play Opportunities | 3 |
| 20.0 | Power Play Percentage | 33.3 |
| 0 | Short Handed Goals | 0 |
| 0 | Shootout Goals | 0 |
| 25 | Faceoffs Won | 25 |
| 50.0 | Faceoff Win Percent | 50.0 |
| 19 | Giveaways | 16 |
| 3 | Total Penalties | 5 |
| 6 | Penalty Minutes | 10 |
Vancouver Canucks Injuries
| NAME, POS | STATUS | DATE |
|---|---|---|
| Marco Rossi, C | Out | Oct 17 |
| Jack Thompson, D | Injured Reserve | Sep 29 |
| Akil Thomas, C | Injured Reserve | Sep 29 |
| Mackenzie MacEachern, LW | Injured Reserve | Sep 29 |
| Thatcher Demko, G | Injured Reserve | Sep 28 |
Vegas Golden Knights Injuries
| NAME, POS | STATUS | DATE |
|---|---|---|
| Parker Wotherspoon, D | Out | Oct 12 |
| Lukas Cormier, D | Injured Reserve | Sep 29 |
