LAS VEGAS –
William Karlsson broke a tie early in the third period and the Vegas Golden Knights went on to beat the Vancouver Canucks 3-1 on Thursday night.
Karlsson scored his sixth goal of the season when he skated in along the goal line, banked a shot off Canucks goalie Kevin Lankinen’s stick blade, grabbed the rebound in the crease and fired it on the opposite side of the goal.
Alex Pietrangelo scored his third goal of the season, Brett Howden notched his 12th into an empty net with 51 seconds left and Adin Hill stopped 19 shots to improve to 14-5-2 this season.
Teddy Blueger scored for the Canucks and Lankinen made 19 saves.
The Pacific Division-leading Golden Knights have won six of their last seven games.
Takeaways
Canucks: Vancouver arrived in Vegas with the fifth-best road power play, having converted 12 of 43 chances (27.9%). The Canucks were 0 for 2 …