Vegas Golden Knights vs Vancouver Canucks
Playoffs · Sunday, August 30, 2020 · Rogers Place
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Game summary
The Vegas Golden Knights beat the Vancouver Canucks 5–3 on Sunday, August 30, 2020 at Rogers Place. The Golden Knights outshot the Canucks 33–31.
Max Pacioretty scored twice. Elias Pettersson, Chandler Stephenson, Bo Horvat, Tyler Toffoli, Nate Schmidt and William Karlsson also scored.
Marc-Andre Fleury made 28 saves on 31 shots for the win; Jacob Markstrom stopped 28 of 33.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Max Pacioretty (4)Mark Stone (6), Shea Theodore (9)1–009:28 VGK · 
Elias Pettersson (6)J.T. Miller (7), Quinn Hughes (11)1–111:15 VAN · 
Chandler Stephenson (2)Shea Theodore (10), Alec Martinez (6)2–113:19 VGK
2nd period
Bo Horvat (9)J.T. Miller (8), Alexander Edler (7)2–204:07 VAN
Tyler Toffoli (2)Quinn Hughes (12), J.T. Miller (9)2–311:26 VAN ·
3rd period
Nate Schmidt (2)Jon Merrill (1)3–302:52 VGK- Max Pacioretty (5)Nate Schmidt (6), Mark Stone (7)4–307:02 VGK
William Karlsson (3)Max Pacioretty (2), Mark Stone (8)5–308:29 VGK
Team stats
VGKVAN
3331
39%61%
1/22/5
104
3947
1618
2126
1516
Penalties
- 9:03 into the first period
Bench · too many men on the ice2 min - 11:07 into the first period
Chandler Stephenson · interference2 min - 10:36 into the second periodChandler Stephenson · hooking2 min
- 13:26 into the second periodJonathan Marchessault · high sticking2 min
- 16:22 into the second periodJonathan Marchessault · interference2 min
- 10:45 into the third periodAntoine Roussel · tripping2 min
- 16:08 into the third periodMarc-Andre Fleury · delaying game puck over glass2 min
Season series
Vegas Golden Knights
| 61Mark StoneR | 0 | 3 | 3 | +1 | 2 | 15:27 |
| 67Max PaciorettyL | 2 | 1 | 3 | +1 | 3 | 14:09 |
| 27Shea TheodoreD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 5 | 22:31 |
| 88Nate SchmidtD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 5 | 20:19 |
| 20Chandler StephensonC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 15:31 |
| 71William KarlssonC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 5 | 14:48 |
| 15Jon MerrillD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 14:08 |
| 23Alec MartinezD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 22:36 |
| 10Nicolas RoyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 16:19 |
| 19Reilly SmithR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17:10 |
| 21Nick CousinsC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 14:12 |
| 26Paul StastnyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:52 |
| 28William CarrierL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 09:38 |
| 75Ryan ReavesR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 09:50 |
| 81Jonathan MarchessaultC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:07 |
| 89Alex TuchR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 15:48 |
| 2Zach WhitecloudD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19:13 |
| 3Brayden McNabbD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 19:24 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29Marc-Andre FleuryG | W | 31 | 3 | .903 |
| 90Robin LehnerG | 0 | 0 | – |
Vancouver Canucks
| 9J.T. MillerC | 0 | 3 | 3 | −1 | 1 | 22:02 |
| 43Quinn HughesD | 0 | 2 | 2 | −2 | 1 | 24:17 |
| 40Elias PetterssonC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 5 | 20:43 |
| 53Bo HorvatC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 20:19 |
| 73Tyler ToffoliC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 | 16:39 |
| 23Alexander EdlerD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 4 | 21:20 |
| 6Brock BoeserR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 16:36 |
| 18Jake VirtanenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 15:54 |
| 20Brandon SutterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 10:10 |
| 26Antoine RousselL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 09:36 |
| 64Tyler MotteC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | 12:48 |
| 70Tanner PearsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | 16:50 |
| 83Jay BeagleC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11:37 |
| 88Adam GaudetteC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 14:52 |
| 5Oscar FantenbergD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 15:29 |
| 8Chris TanevD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 15:45 |
| 51Troy StecherD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 13:51 |
| 57Tyler MyersD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | 22:06 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25Jacob MarkstromG | L | 33 | 5 | .848 |
| 35Thatcher DemkoG | 0 | 0 | – |