Kings for sole possession of the top spot in the NHL’s Western Conference. The result marked a fifth straight road win for the Golden Knights, moving the team past the L.A. Teddy Blueger and Pavel Dorofeyev added goals for Vegas (44-21-6), while Karlsson notched a pair of assists. “And we made some plays and capitalized and we scored goals on the forecheck, we created offence off the rush. “We were ready, for sure,” said Golden Knights coach Bruce Cassidy. William Karlsson picked it off, then dished a pass to Reilly Smith, who blasted a shot up and over Demko’s shoulder for his 24th goal of the season at the 12:11 mark. Later in the frame, Brock Boeser coughed up the puck behind the Canucks’ net. The veteran forward wrapped a shot around the outstretched leg of Vancouver netminder Thatcher Demko to open the scoring 3:01 into the game. Turnovers proved costly as the Canucks (31-33-5) went down 2-0 midway through the first period.įirst, Phil Kessel picked off Ethan Bear’s errant pass at the Canucks’ blue line and dashed in on a breakaway. We can’t afford to have three or four guys not ready for that type of game.” “You’re playing against one of the better teams and you’ve got to be prepared to play,” Tocchet said. VANCOUVER - Rick Tocchet is still in teaching mode two months into his tenure with the Vancouver Canucks.Īnd there were valuable lessons to be learned in a 4-3 loss to the Vegas Golden Knights on Tuesday, the head coach said.

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