Vancouver Canucks at Vegas Golden Knights
· T-Mobile Arena, Paradise · Regular Season · Final
Final score
The Vegas Golden Knights beat the Vancouver Canucks 6–3 on Friday, February 23, 2018 at home.
Goals by period
Goals by period, Vancouver Canucks at Vegas Golden Knights
| Team |
1st1st period |
2nd2nd period |
3rd3rd period |
Total |
| Vancouver Canucks |
2 |
0 |
1 |
3 |
| Vegas Golden Knights |
2 |
3 |
1 |
6 |
Shots on goal by period
Shots on goal by period, Vancouver Canucks at Vegas Golden Knights
| Team |
1st1st period |
2nd2nd period |
3rd3rd period |
Total |
| Vancouver Canucks |
16 |
6 |
11 |
33 |
| Vegas Golden Knights |
10 |
15 |
8 |
33 |
Three stars
- W. Karlsson, Vegas Golden Knights (2 goals, 1 assist)
- R. Smith, Vegas Golden Knights (3 assists)
- T. Hyka, Vegas Golden Knights (1 goal)
Scoring summary
Every goal, Vancouver Canucks at Vegas Golden Knights. Numbers in brackets are season totals.
| Period |
Time |
Team |
Goal |
Assists |
Type |
Score |
| 1st |
02:29 |
Vegas Golden Knights |
Tomas Hyka (1) |
Deryk Engelland (17), Ryan Carpenter (5) |
Even strength |
VAN 0, VGK 1 |
| 1st |
11:30 |
Vancouver Canucks |
Sven Baertschi (14) |
Sam Gagner (16) |
Even strength |
VAN 1, VGK 1 |
| 1st |
13:48 |
Vancouver Canucks |
Thomas Vanek (17) |
Daniel Sedin (23), Henrik Sedin (37) |
Even strength |
VAN 2, VGK 1 |
| 1st |
14:39 |
Vegas Golden Knights |
William Karlsson (32) |
Reilly Smith (34), Brayden McNabb (9) |
Even strength |
VAN 2, VGK 2 |
| 2nd |
05:36 |
Vegas Golden Knights |
William Karlsson (33) |
Jonathan Marchessault (39), Reilly Smith (35) |
Even strength |
VAN 2, VGK 3 |
| 2nd |
06:39 |
Vegas Golden Knights |
Jonathan Marchessault (22) |
William Karlsson (22), Reilly Smith (36) |
Power play |
VAN 2, VGK 4 |
| 2nd |
18:58 |
Vegas Golden Knights |
Tomas Nosek (7) |
David Perron (42), Marc-Andre Fleury (1) |
Even strength |
VAN 2, VGK 5 |
| 3rd |
04:28 |
Vancouver Canucks |
Daniel Sedin (16) |
Alexander Edler (21), Brock Boeser (24) |
Power play |
VAN 3, VGK 5 |
| 3rd |
18:09 |
Vegas Golden Knights |
David Perron (15) |
Unassisted |
Even strength |
VAN 3, VGK 6 |
Numbers in brackets are the player's season totals after the goal.
Team stats
Team stats, Vancouver Canucks at Vegas Golden Knights
| Stat |
Vancouver Canucks |
Vegas Golden Knights |
| Shots on goal |
33 |
33 |
| Power play |
1 of 3 |
1 of 2 |
| Penalty minutes |
4 |
6 |
| Hits |
23 |
20 |
| Blocked shots |
15 |
14 |
| Giveaways |
5 |
10 |
| Takeaways |
7 |
17 |
| Faceoffs won |
25/57 (43.9%) |
32/57 (56.1%) |
Box score
Vancouver Canucks
Vancouver Canucks skaters
| Player |
PosPosition |
GGoals | AAssists | PPoints | +/-Plus/minus | PIMPenalty minutes | SOGShots on goal | HITHits | BLKBlocked shots | PPGPower-play goals | FO%Faceoff percentage | TOITime on ice |
| Number 6 B. Boeser |
R |
0 |
1 |
1 |
-2 |
0 |
5 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
15:20 |
| Number 18 J. Virtanen |
R |
0 |
0 |
0 |
-2 |
0 |
5 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
|
14:33 |
| Number 20 B. Sutter |
C |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
3 |
1 |
0 |
31.6% |
15:37 |
| Number 21 L. Eriksson |
L |
0 |
0 |
0 |
-1 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
|
14:38 |
| Number 22 D. Sedin |
L |
1 |
1 |
2 |
+1 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
|
14:28 |
| Number 26 T. Vanek |
L |
1 |
0 |
1 |
+1 |
2 |
4 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
|
14:04 |
| Number 33 H. Sedin |
C |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
37.5% |
16:07 |
| Number 47 S. Baertschi |
L |
1 |
0 |
1 |
-1 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
|
15:35 |
| Number 49 D. Archibald |
R |
0 |
0 |
0 |
-1 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
1 |
0 |
|
14:35 |
| Number 53 B. Horvat |
C |
0 |
0 |
0 |
-3 |
0 |
5 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
77.8% |
16:38 |
| Number 77 N. Goldobin |
R |
0 |
0 |
0 |
-2 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
15:26 |
| Number 89 S. Gagner |
C |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
22.2% |
14:09 |
| Number 4 M. Del Zotto |
D |
0 |
0 |
0 |
+1 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
|
19:37 |
| Number 5 D. Pouliot |
D |
0 |
0 |
0 |
-1 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
|
19:01 |
| Number 23 A. Edler |
D |
0 |
1 |
1 |
-2 |
2 |
0 |
3 |
4 |
0 |
|
22:12 |
| Number 29 P. Holm |
D |
0 |
0 |
0 |
-2 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
|
15:12 |
| Number 44 E. Gudbranson |
D |
0 |
0 |
0 |
-2 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
|
21:37 |
| Number 51 T. Stecher |
D |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
3 |
0 |
|
19:06 |
Vancouver Canucks goalies
| Goalie |
SAShots against | SVSaves | GAGoals against | SV%Save percentage | TOITime on ice | DECDecision |
| Number 25 J. Markstrom |
8 |
8 |
0 |
1.000 |
19:37 |
|
| Number 31 A. Nilsson |
25 |
20 |
5 |
.800 |
40:00 |
Loss |
Vegas Golden Knights
Vegas Golden Knights skaters
| Player |
PosPosition |
GGoals | AAssists | PPoints | +/-Plus/minus | PIMPenalty minutes | SOGShots on goal | HITHits | BLKBlocked shots | PPGPower-play goals | FO%Faceoff percentage | TOITime on ice |
| Number 19 R. Smith |
R |
0 |
3 |
3 |
+1 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
16:29 |
| Number 21 C. Eakin |
C |
0 |
0 |
0 |
+1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
50% |
14:04 |
| Number 24 O. Lindberg |
L |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
85.7% |
13:13 |
| Number 25 S. Matteau |
C |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
|
11:28 |
| Number 38 T. Hyka |
R |
1 |
0 |
1 |
+1 |
0 |
3 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
|
11:09 |
| Number 40 R. Carpenter |
C |
0 |
1 |
1 |
+1 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
66.7% |
15:25 |
| Number 56 E. Haula |
L |
0 |
0 |
0 |
-1 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
50% |
15:27 |
| Number 57 D. Perron |
L |
1 |
1 |
2 |
+1 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
33.3% |
16:42 |
| Number 71 W. Karlsson |
C |
2 |
1 |
3 |
+1 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
44.4% |
17:16 |
| Number 81 J. Marchessault |
R |
1 |
1 |
2 |
+1 |
0 |
4 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
50% |
16:47 |
| Number 89 A. Tuch |
R |
0 |
0 |
0 |
+1 |
0 |
3 |
6 |
1 |
0 |
|
16:01 |
| Number 92 T. Nosek |
L |
1 |
0 |
1 |
+2 |
2 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
77.8% |
13:43 |
| Number 3 B. McNabb |
D |
0 |
1 |
1 |
+2 |
0 |
3 |
3 |
1 |
0 |
|
19:50 |
| Number 5 D. Engelland |
D |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
|
18:42 |
| Number 6 C. Miller |
D |
0 |
0 |
0 |
+1 |
0 |
3 |
1 |
4 |
0 |
|
20:34 |
| Number 15 J. Merrill |
D |
0 |
0 |
0 |
+1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
|
19:41 |
| Number 47 L. Sbisa |
D |
0 |
0 |
0 |
-1 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
|
16:59 |
| Number 88 N. Schmidt |
D |
0 |
0 |
0 |
+3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
|
22:23 |
Vegas Golden Knights goalies
| Goalie |
SAShots against | SVSaves | GAGoals against | SV%Save percentage | TOITime on ice | DECDecision |
| Number 29 M. Fleury |
33 |
30 |
3 |
.909 |
60:00 |
Win |
Penalties
Penalties, Vancouver Canucks at Vegas Golden Knights
| Period |
Time |
Team |
Player |
Infraction |
Minutes |
| 1st |
08:12 |
Vegas Golden Knights |
Marc-Andre Fleury |
Tripping |
2 |
| 2nd |
01:16 |
Vegas Golden Knights |
Luca Sbisa |
Tripping |
2 |
| 2nd |
06:11 |
Vancouver Canucks |
Thomas Vanek |
Interference |
2 |
| 3rd |
04:21 |
Vegas Golden Knights |
Tomas Nosek |
Holding |
2 |
| 3rd |
05:02 |
Vancouver Canucks |
Alexander Edler |
Slashing |
2 |
Game information
- Vancouver Canucks head coach
- Travis Green
- Vegas Golden Knights head coach
- Gerard Gallant
- Referees
- Wes McCauley, Dan O'Halloran
- Linesmen
- Andrew Smith, Mark Wheler
- Vancouver Canucks scratches
- Alex Biega, Nic Dowd, Ben Hutton
- Vegas Golden Knights scratches
- Brad Hunt, Brendan Leipsic
2017-2018 season series
Every Vancouver Canucks and Vegas Golden Knights game in the 2017-2018 season
| Matchup |
Status |
Details |
 Vegas Golden Knights
5
 at Vancouver Canucks
2
|
Final
|
Game page: Vegas Golden Knights at Vancouver Canucks, Thu, Nov 16, 2017
|
|
Vancouver Canucks
3
at Vegas Golden Knights
6
|
Final
|
Game page: Vancouver Canucks at Vegas Golden Knights, Fri, Feb 23, 2018
|
|
Vancouver Canucks
1
at Vegas Golden Knights
4
|
Final
|
Game page: Vancouver Canucks at Vegas Golden Knights, Tue, Mar 20, 2018
|
|
Vegas Golden Knights
5
at Vancouver Canucks
4
|
Final/SO
|
Game page: Vegas Golden Knights at Vancouver Canucks, Tue, Apr 3, 2018
|
Other NHL games on Feb 23
Other NHL games on Friday, February 23, 2018
| Matchup |
Status |
Details |
 Minnesota Wild
4
 at New York Rangers
1
|
Final
|
Game page: Minnesota Wild at New York Rangers, Fri, Feb 23, 2018
|
 Pittsburgh Penguins
6
 at Carolina Hurricanes
1
|
Final
|
Game page: Pittsburgh Penguins at Carolina Hurricanes, Fri, Feb 23, 2018
|
 Winnipeg Jets
4
 at St. Louis Blues
0
|
Final
|
Game page: Winnipeg Jets at St. Louis Blues, Fri, Feb 23, 2018
|
 San Jose Sharks
1
 at Chicago Blackhawks
3
|
Final
|
Game page: San Jose Sharks at Chicago Blackhawks, Fri, Feb 23, 2018
|
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