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Vegas Falls 5-1 to Canucks - Recap

The Golden Knights came up short Saturday against the Canucks, falling 5-1.

Vancouver was an underdog by +171 and came through for bettors backing them. The game went UNDER the consensus closing total of 6.5.

Vancouver got goals from Elias Pettersson, Brock Boeser, Bo Horvat, Andrei Kuzmenko, and J.T. Miller in the victory. Boeser opened the scoring at 9:22 of the first period.

Spencer Martin turned in a 26-save effort for the Canucks.

Vegas got a goal from Jonathan Marchessault in the loss, but it wasn't enough.

Vegas got a 31-stop effort from Logan Thompson in the loss.

Vancouver scored 3 times on 5 chances on the power play, while Vegas went 0-for-3 with the man advantage.

Vegas lost the shots on goal battle to Vancouver by a margin of 36-27.

Next game, Vancouver takes its act on the road to face San Jose looking for another win. For Vegas, they head on the road to face Columbus.