Chris Tanev scored 1:30 into overtime as the host Vancouver Canucks defeated the Vegas Golden Knights 5-4 on Thursday night, just their second victory in 10 all-time meetings between the teams.
Elias Pettersson scored twice and Antoine Roussel and Tanner Pearson also tallied for the Canucks, who snapped a three-game losing streak. Goaltender Jacob Markstrom made 39 saves.
Jonathan Marchessault, Reilly Smith, Nick Holden and Mark Stone scored for Vegas, which had its three-game winning streak snapped. The Golden Knights, in their third season, were 8-0-1 against Vancouver entering the game.
Vegas goalie Marc-Andre Fleury was prevented from tying Curtis Joseph for sixth place on the NHL's all-time wins list with 454. Fleury stopped 29 of 34 shots.
Tanev's winner came off a lead pass from Bo Horvat from the offensive blue line. Tanev beat Max Pacioretty down the left wing, carried the puck across the crease and put a forehander over a sprawling Fleury.
The Golden Knights tied it at 4-4 on Stone's goal at 15:40 of the third in a four-on-four situation. Pacioretty got the puck and found an open Stone with a pass across the top of the crease. Stone chipped the puck over Markstrom's catching glove.
Pettersson broke a 3-3 tie at 9:09 of the third period on a three-on-two break. Pettersson carried the puck over the blue line and sent a pass to Brock Boeser on the right wing, then Boeser returned it to Pettersson on the left wing. Pettersson beat Fleury with a quick shot into the upper left corner of the net.
The Canucks took a 3-1 lead in the first period.
Roussel opened the scoring just 2:49 into the game, and Pearson added a power-play goal at 7:08.
Marchessault pulled the Golden Knights within 2-1 when he scored at 13:58, but Pettersson controlled a loose puck off a shot Fleury couldn't cover and scored his first with 28 seconds left in the period.
Smith and Holden scored 1:09 apart midway through the second, at 11:01 and 12:10, to send it to the third period tied at 3-3.
--Field Level Media
Vegas | Vancouver | |
Jonathan Marchessault 2 | Points | Elias Pettersson 2 |
Jonathan Marchessault 1 | Goals | Elias Pettersson 2 |
William Karlsson 2 | Assists | Brock Boeser 2 |
N/A | Power Play Goals | Tanner Pearson 1 |
N/A | Short Handed Goals | N/A |
Marc-Andre Fleury .853 | Save Percentage | Jacob Markstrom .907 |
Marc-Andre Fleury 29 | Saves | Jacob Markstrom 39 |
Team | Shots | Goals | Power Play | Penalty Kill | Penalty Mins | Face Offs Won |
Vegas | 43 | 4 | 0-1 | 4-5 | 14 | 25 |
Vancouver | 34 | 5 | 1-5 | 1-1 | 6 | 38 |