Vegas Golden Knights vs Vancouver Canucks
Playoffs · Saturday, August 29, 2020 · Rogers Place
NBCSN · CBC · SN · TVAS
Game summary
The Vegas Golden Knights beat the Vancouver Canucks 3–0 on Saturday, August 29, 2020 at Rogers Place. The Golden Knights outshot the Canucks 34–31.
Goals came from Alex Tuch, Zach Whitecloud and Mark Stone.
Robin Lehner made 31 saves on 31 shots for the win; Jacob Markstrom stopped 31 of 34.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Alex Tuch (7)Nicolas Roy (5), Alec Martinez (5)1–004:05 VGK
Zach Whitecloud (2)Unassisted2–005:28 VGK
3rd period
Mark Stone (6)Shea Theodore (8), Reilly Smith (7)3–002:19 VGK ·
Team stats
VGKVAN
3431
42%58%
1/40/5
1018
3930
2220
2417
55
Penalties
- 1:25 into the first period
Jonathan Marchessault · tripping2 min - 8:41 into the first periodJonathan Marchessault · slashing2 min
- 9:23 into the first periodReilly Smith · high sticking2 min
- 11:59 into the first period
J.T. Miller · slashing2 min - 16:52 into the first periodJay Beagle · holding2 min
- 17:19 into the second periodQuinn Hughes · tripping2 min
- 19:28 into the second periodNicolas Roy · slashing2 min
- 1:08 into the third periodBench · too many men on the ice2 min
- 2:19 into the third periodAntoine Roussel · misconduct10 min
- 11:12 into the third periodRyan Reaves · holding2 min
Season series
Vegas Golden Knights
| 10Nicolas RoyC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 15:11 |
| 19Reilly SmithR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 16:06 |
| 61Mark StoneR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 15:24 |
| 89Alex TuchR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 16:09 |
| 2Zach WhitecloudD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 15:19 |
| 23Alec MartinezD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 18:50 |
| 27Shea TheodoreD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 18:38 |
| 20Chandler StephensonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15:53 |
| 21Nick CousinsC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 12:41 |
| 26Paul StastnyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16:47 |
| 28William CarrierL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 08:29 |
| 67Max PaciorettyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 13:08 |
| 71William KarlssonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 18:16 |
| 75Ryan ReavesR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:30 |
| 81Jonathan MarchessaultC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:50 |
| 3Brayden McNabbD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 26:16 |
| 22Nick HoldenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 11:57 |
| 88Nate SchmidtD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 25:37 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29Marc-Andre FleuryG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 90Robin LehnerG | W | 31 | 0 | 1.000 |
Vancouver Canucks
| 6Brock BoeserR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 18:39 |
| 9J.T. MillerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 23:30 |
| 18Jake VirtanenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:01 |
| 20Brandon SutterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 10:57 |
| 26Antoine RousselL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 06:29 |
| 40Elias PetterssonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 22:46 |
| 53Bo HorvatC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 21:10 |
| 64Tyler MotteC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | 11:08 |
| 70Tanner PearsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 18:41 |
| 73Tyler ToffoliC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | 17:30 |
| 83Jay BeagleC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 08:18 |
| 88Adam GaudetteC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:46 |
| 4Jordie BennD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 14:19 |
| 5Oscar FantenbergD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 13:06 |
| 8Chris TanevD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 18:22 |
| 23Alexander EdlerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 24:08 |
| 43Quinn HughesD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 26:22 |
| 51Troy StecherD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14:24 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25Jacob MarkstromG | L | 34 | 3 | .912 |
| 35Thatcher DemkoG | 0 | 0 | – |