Canucks beat Golden Knights 3-1 [Video]

Quinn Hughes, Phillip Di Giuseppe and Conor Garland each scored as the Western Conference-leading Vancouver Canucks maintained their stranglehold on the Pacific Division while handing the struggling Vegas Golden Knights a 3-1 loss Thursday night.

Canucks center Elias Pettersson got his 400th career point with a first-period assist. He’s the second-fastest player in franchise history to reach the mark, doing it in 390 games – 30 more than Pavel Bure. Pettersson also has 16 points in 14 career games against the Knights, most among active Canucks.

Thatcher Demko made 27 saves for the Canucks. J.T. Miller’s point streak ended at eight games, during which he had seven goals and seven assists.

Michael Amadio scored Vegas’ lone goal and Adin Hill made 32 saves.

The Canucks have won three in a row and have 89 points, 11 more than second-place Edmonton in the division and four more than Dallas for the …