Marc Gatcomb broke a tie late in the second period to lift the Vegas Golden Knights to a 3-2 victory over the Vancouver Canucks on Sunday night at Rogers Arena.
Paul Cotter opened the scoring for Vancouver at 18:52 of the first period, converting on a power play with a tip-in off assists from Filip Hronek and Elias Pettersson. Mitch Marner pulled Vegas even at 9:01 of the second period with a snap shot for his first goal of the season, assisted by Brayden McNabb. Victor Olofsson then gave the Golden Knights their first lead at 14:30 on a power play, scoring on a snap shot set up by Mark Stone and Jack Eichel.
Jonathan Lekkerimäki evened the score at 2-2 for the Canucks with an even-strength snap shot at 17:54, with assists from Linus Karlsson and Luke Schenn. Just 34 seconds later, Gatcomb restored the Vegas lead at 18:28 with his first goal of the season, capitalizing on an even-strength snap shot after passes from Braeden Bowman and Nic Dowd.
Adin Hill made 18 saves on 20 shots to earn the victory in net for Vegas. Kevin Lankinen stopped 25 of 28 shots in the loss for Vancouver. The Golden Knights converted 1 of 5 opportunities on the power play and recorded 28 shots on goal, while the Canucks finished 1 for 3 with the man advantage on 20 shots.
With the win, the Golden Knights improved their regular-season record to 2-1-0. The Canucks moved to 2-2-0 with the loss.
Both teams return to action on Tuesday, October 20. The Golden Knights host the Tampa Bay Lightning, and the Canucks host the Carolina Hurricanes.
