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Vegas Golden Knights vs Vancouver Canucks

Regular season · Sunday, October 4, 2026 · Rogers Arena

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3–2

Final

28–20

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Recap

Golden Knights rally past Canucks with three-goal second period

The Vegas Golden Knights beat the Vancouver Canucks 3-2 on Sunday at Rogers Arena. Vegas erased a 1-0 deficit with a three-goal burst in the second period and held on through a scoreless third. Paul Cotter put Vancouver ahead late in the first with a power-play goal, his 4th of the season, off assists from Filip Hronek and Elias Pettersson.

Mitch Marner tied it at 9:01 of the second with his 1st goal of the season, and Victor Olofsson put Vegas ahead on the power play at 14:30. Jonathan Lekkerimäki answered for Vancouver at 17:54, but Marc Gatcomb buried the winner at 18:28, with Braeden Bowman and Nic Dowd assisting. Vegas outshot Vancouver 28-20 overall.

Adin Hill made 18 saves on 20 shots for the win, while Kevin Lankinen stopped 25 of 28 in the loss. Marner, Olofsson and Pettersson took the three stars. Vegas moved to 2-1-0; Vancouver fell to 2-2-0.

Written with AI from NHL game data and daily.hockey’s own stats, and checked against them. The box score and play-by-play are the official record. How we write these

Goals
Vegas Golden KnightsVGK030328
Vancouver CanucksVAN110220

Three stars

  1. ★1st starMitch MarnerVGK · 1G 0A
  2. ★2nd starVictor OlofssonVGK · 1G 0A
  3. ★3rd starElias PetterssonVAN · 0G 1A

Scoring

1st period

2nd period

Tired legs

When each goal went in, how long every skater on the ice had been out there. Each bar is one player: the taller the bar, the longer he’d been on. In 2025–26 the average NHL shift lasted about 48 seconds, and goals go in more often against players who’ve been out longer.

0–20s20–40s40–60s60–80s80s+

1:18

1–1 · 2nd 9:01 · Marner. Willander had been on the ice for 1:18 when it went in.

GoalVGK VAN

0–1 VAN

1st 18:52 · · Cotter

McNabb 0:35

1–1 VGK

2nd 9:01 · Marner

Long shift: Willander 1:18

2–1 VGK

2nd 14:30 · · Olofsson

O'Connor 0:30

2–2 VAN

2nd 17:54 · Lekkerimäki

Hanifin 0:47

3–2 VGK

2nd 18:28 · Gatcomb

Oleksiak 0:34

Hover or tap a bar for the skater.

Across the league in 2025–26. How often a shot went in, by how long the defending team’s longest-on player had been on the ice. Counts 5-on-5 shots on goal and misses, not blocked shots.
3.9%
5.8%
6.5%
7.1%
7.3%
0–20s20–40s40–60s60–80s80s+

1.9×

When a defending player has been out 80 seconds or more, shots go in 1.9 times as often as when every defending player has been out under 20 seconds: about 1 in 14 against about 1 in 26.

30%

of 5-on-5 goals were scored while a defending player had been on the ice 60 seconds or more.

Team stats

VGKVAN
2820
50%50%
1/51/3
610
1925
720
1916
24

Penalties

  • 1:53 into the first periodMark Stone · slashing2 min
  • 6:35 into the first periodJamie Oleksiak · cross checking2 min
  • 9:17 into the first periodAatu Räty · interference2 min
  • 18:17 into the first periodTomas Hertl · hooking2 min
  • 3:40 into the second periodBrendan Gallagher · slashing2 min
  • 14:00 into the second periodTom Willander · tripping2 min
  • 3:50 into the third periodLuke Schenn · interference2 min
  • 5:13 into the third periodJack Eichel · hooking2 min

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