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Vegas Golden Knights vs Vancouver Canucks Recap - Golden Knights Win 5-3
Max Pacioretty scored a pair of goals against the Canucks as Vegas handed Vancouver a 5-3 defeat on Sunday at Rogers Place.
Bettors who backed the Golden Knights were rewarded as -186 favorites at sportsbooks. Over-Under bettors saw the total score go OVER the closing total of 5.5.
Vegas got goals from Max Pacioretty(2), Nate Schmidt, William Karlsson, and Chandler Stephenson in the victory. Pacioretty opened the scoring at 9:28 of the first period.
Marc-Andre Fleury stopped 28 of 31 Vancouver shots in the victory.
Vancouver got goals from Tyler Toffoli, Bo Horvat, and Elias Pettersson in the loss, but it wasn't enough.
Vancouver got a 28-stop effort from Jacob Markstrom in the loss.
Vegas scored 1 times on 2 chances on the power play, while Vancouver went 2-for-5 with the man advantage.
Vancouver lost the shots on goal battle to Vegas by a margin of 33-31.