Vancouver Canucks take measure of Vegas Golden Knights

That brings us to the end of a first period — Vancouver Canucks 1, Vegas Golden Knights 0. Vancouver Canucks edged the shot clock 12-10, and they controlled most of the territorial pressure.

Ivan Barbashev opened the scoring for Vancouver Canucks at 4:52.

Joonas Korpisalo was under siege with 11 highlighted stops.

On the power play, Vegas Golden Knights went 0-for-1.

Vancouver Canucks owned the last five minutes and carried the momentum into the break.

That brings us to the end of a second period — Vancouver Canucks 0, Vegas Golden Knights 0. Vegas Golden Knights edged the shot clock 9-6, and they controlled most of the territorial pressure.

Neither side could solve the goaltending — a grinding, scoreless frame.

Stuart Skinner was under siege with 9 highlighted stops.

On the power play, Vancouver Canucks went 0-for-1 while Vegas Golden Knights went 0-for-1.

Vegas Golden Knights owned the last five minutes and carried the momentum into the break.

That brings us to the end of a wild third period — Vancouver Canucks 3, Vegas Golden Knights 2. Vegas Golden Knights edged the shot clock 16-11, with territorial pressure staying roughly even.

Anton Lundell tied it for Vegas Golden Knights on the power play at 2:29, Oliver Ekman-Larsson put Vancouver Canucks in front at 3:28, Michael Carcone extended the lead for Vancouver Canucks at 6:12, Jake Neighbours extended the lead for Vancouver Canucks at 10:19, and Emmitt Finnie cut the deficit for Vegas Golden Knights at 13:15.

Stuart Skinner was under siege with 14 highlighted stops.

On the power play, Vancouver Canucks went 0-for-1 while Vegas Golden Knights went 1-for-1.

Vancouver Canucks owned the last five minutes and carried the momentum into the break.