Vegas Golden Knights vs Vancouver Canucks

Regular season · Tuesday, April 7, 2026 · Rogers Arena

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2–1

Final

SOG 29–11

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Game summary

The Vegas Golden Knights beat the Vancouver Canucks 2-1 on Tuesday, April 7, 2026 at Rogers Arena. The Golden Knights outshot the Canucks 29-11.

Goals came from Max Sasson, Brayden McNabb and Cole Smith.

Carter Hart made 10 saves on 11 shots for the win; Nikita Tolopilo stopped 27 of 29.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
VGK	0	1	1	2	29
VAN	0	1	0	1	11

Three stars

Scoring

2nd period

Max Sasson (13)Teddy Blueger (8), Linus Karlsson (19)Smith 1:20 into shift0–112:50 VAN
Brayden McNabb (5)Shea Theodore (29), Brandon Saad (6)1–115:46 VGK

3rd period

Cole Smith (8)Nic Dowd (15)2–112:13 VGK

Tired legs

Seconds into the shift for every skater on the ice at each goal. Taller bar, longer shift.

0–20s20–40s40–60s60–80s80s+

1:20

0–1 · 2nd 12:50 · Sasson. Smith was 1:20 into his shift when it went in.

GoalVGK on iceVAN on iceDefenders’ longest

0–1 VAN

2nd 12:50 · Sasson

Long shift: Smith 1:20

Long shiftSmith 1:20

1–1 VGK

2nd 15:46 · McNabb

Räty 0:21

Fresh legsRäty 0:21

2–1 VGK

3rd 12:13 · Smith

Pettersson 0:46

NormalPettersson 0:46

Hover or tap a bar for the skater.

Across the league. Share of 5v5 unblocked shots that went in, by how far into his shift the defending team’s longest-serving skater was (2025–26).

3.9%

5.8%

6.5%

7.1%

7.3%

0–20s20–40s40–60s60–80s80s+

1.9×

Shots against a skater 80s+ into his shift go in 1.9 times as often as against fresh legs (7.3% vs 3.9%).

30%

of 5v5 goals came with a defender 60s+ into his shift.

Team stats

VGKVAN

29Shots on goal11

58%Faceoff %42%

0/1Power play0/2

4Penalty minutes2

22Hits27

20Blocked shots16

11Giveaways9

1Takeaways7

Penalties

1st 09:27Curtis Douglas · cross checking2 min
2nd 05:49Colton Sissons · high sticking2 min
3rd 18:19Rasmus Andersson · interference2 min

Season series

Vegas Golden Knights

Vegas Golden Knights skaters

20Brandon SaadL	0	1	1	+1	3	1	0	0	–	13:25
22Cole SmithR	1	0	1	0	1	4	0	0	–	09:30
26Nic DowdC	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	58	12:55
3Brayden McNabbD	1	0	1	+2	1	1	3	0	–	21:23
27Shea TheodoreD	0	1	1	+2	1	0	1	0	–	20:37
9Jack EichelC	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	61	17:58
10Colton SissonsC	0	0	0	0	2	4	1	2	–	13:22
16Pavel DorofeyevR	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	–	17:05
21Brett HowdenC	0	0	0	0	1	4	0	0	67	17:17
48Tomas HertlC	0	0	0	+1	0	1	3	0	60	13:16
49Ivan BarbashevL	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	–	15:28
55Keegan KolesarR	0	0	0	+1	1	3	0	0	100	12:07
61Mark StoneR	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	–	17:10
93Mitch MarnerR	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	33	18:46
4Rasmus AnderssonD	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	2	–	22:22
5Jeremy LauzonD	0	0	0	-1	2	1	2	0	–	17:35
15Noah HanifinD	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	–	22:27
17Ben HuttonD	0	0	0	-1	0	0	3	0	–	13:53

Vegas Golden Knights goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
33Adin HillG		0	0	0	–	00:00
79Carter HartG	W	11	10	1	.909	59:43

Vancouver Canucks

Vancouver Canucks skaters

53Teddy BluegerC	0	1	1	+1	0	1	1	0	–	14:38
63Max SassonC	1	0	1	+1	1	1	1	0	100	10:57
94Linus KarlssonC	0	1	1	+1	1	0	0	0	100	11:56
6Brock BoeserR	0	0	0	-1	0	3	0	0	100	19:59
18Drew O'ConnorL	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	–	17:59
21Nils HoglanderL	0	0	0	-1	0	3	1	0	–	12:16
40Elias PetterssonC	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	33	20:54
42Curtis DouglasC	0	0	0	-1	0	3	0	2	100	09:48
54Aatu RätyC	0	0	0	-1	1	0	0	0	45	11:52
74Jake DeBruskL	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	0	–	18:28
92Liam OhgrenL	0	0	0	-1	0	1	2	0	–	16:20
93Marco RossiC	0	0	0	-1	2	3	0	0	38	18:02
5Tom WillanderD	0	0	0	+1	0	1	3	0	–	21:09
17Filip HronekD	0	0	0	0	2	6	0	0	–	26:53
24Zeev BuiumD	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	–	21:18
25Elias PetterssonD	0	0	0	+1	0	0	1	0	–	16:09
29Marcus PetterssonD	0	0	0	-2	0	1	3	0	–	19:00
90Victor ManciniD	0	0	0	-2	1	0	0	0	–	12:03

Vancouver Canucks goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
30Jiri PateraG		0	0	0	–	00:00
60Nikita TolopiloG	L	29	27	2	.931	58:19