Vancouver Canucks vs Vegas Golden Knights
Playoffs · Tuesday, August 25, 2020 · Rogers Place
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Game summary
The Vancouver Canucks beat the Vegas Golden Knights 5–2 on Tuesday, August 25, 2020 at Rogers Place. The Golden Knights outshot the Canucks 40–27.
Bo Horvat scored twice. Tyler Toffoli, Alex Tuch, Elias Pettersson, Max Pacioretty and Tanner Pearson also scored.
Jacob Markstrom made 38 saves on 40 shots for the win; Robin Lehner stopped 22 of 26.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Tyler Toffoli (1)Elias Pettersson (10), Quinn Hughes (10)1–001:29 VAN
Bo Horvat (7)Tyler Toffoli (1), Elias Pettersson (11)2–010:59 VAN ·
2nd period
Alex Tuch (6)Nicolas Roy (4), Shea Theodore (6)2–106:34 VGK
Elias Pettersson (5)Alexander Edler (5), Tyler Toffoli (2)3–118:35 VAN
3rd period
- Bo Horvat (8)Brock Boeser (6), Alexander Edler (6)4–100:18 VAN
Max Pacioretty (3)Shea Theodore (7), Paul Stastny (2)4–218:34 VGK · 
Tanner Pearson (4)J.T. Miller (6)5–219:30 VAN ·
Team stats
VANVGK
2740
66%34%
1/51/4
1012
3138
4015
1615
48
Penalties
- 10:52 into the first period
William Carrier · hooking2 min - 11:16 into the first periodReilly Smith · boarding2 min
- 0:18 into the second period
J.T. Miller · hooking2 min - 7:22 into the second periodBrock Boeser · delaying game puck over glass2 min
- 2:22 into the third periodWilliam Carrier · interference goalkeeper2 min
- 6:42 into the third periodAlexander Edler · tripping2 min
- 10:03 into the third periodMax Pacioretty · roughing2 min
- 14:28 into the third periodJake Virtanen · roughing2 min
- 14:28 into the third periodAlex Tuch · roughing2 min
- 14:28 into the third periodAlex Tuch · roughing2 min
- 17:10 into the third periodAlexander Edler · cross checking2 min
Season series
Vancouver Canucks
| 40Elias PetterssonC | 1 | 2 | 3 | +1 | 3 | 16:51 |
| 73Tyler ToffoliC | 1 | 2 | 3 | +1 | 3 | 14:35 |
| 53Bo HorvatC | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 5 | 19:03 |
| 23Alexander EdlerD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +4 | 3 | 24:41 |
| 6Brock BoeserR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 14:07 |
| 9J.T. MillerC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | 20:07 |
| 70Tanner PearsonL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 3 | 17:25 |
| 43Quinn HughesD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | 17:51 |
| 18Jake VirtanenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 09:51 |
| 20Brandon SutterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:14 |
| 26Antoine RousselL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 06:32 |
| 64Tyler MotteC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:52 |
| 83Jay BeagleC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:38 |
| 88Adam GaudetteC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 09:59 |
| 4Jordie BennD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:45 |
| 5Oscar FantenbergD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:44 |
| 8Chris TanevD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 19:56 |
| 51Troy StecherD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 3 | 19:48 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25Jacob MarkstromG | W | 40 | 2 | .950 |
| 35Thatcher DemkoG | 0 | 0 | – |
Vegas Golden Knights
| 27Shea TheodoreD | 0 | 2 | 2 | −1 | 8 | 22:48 |
| 10Nicolas RoyC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 14:15 |
| 26Paul StastnyC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 4 | 17:24 |
| 67Max PaciorettyL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 5 | 18:00 |
| 89Alex TuchR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 14:27 |
| 19Reilly SmithR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | 17:10 |
| 20Chandler StephensonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:51 |
| 21Nick CousinsC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11:55 |
| 28William CarrierL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 08:20 |
| 61Mark StoneR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | 20:23 |
| 71William KarlssonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 5 | 16:59 |
| 75Ryan ReavesR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 08:36 |
| 81Jonathan MarchessaultC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 4 | 17:39 |
| 2Zach WhitecloudD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:45 |
| 3Brayden McNabbD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | 17:14 |
| 22Nick HoldenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:35 |
| 23Alec MartinezD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19:47 |
| 88Nate SchmidtD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | 22:13 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29Marc-Andre FleuryG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 90Robin LehnerG | L | 26 | 4 | .846 |