Golden Knights 3, Canucks 2: Gatcomb 34 Seconds After the Tie

October 4, 2026 - Vancouver - Jonathan Lekkerimaki tied it at 17:54 of the second. Marc Gatcomb scored 34 seconds later. Rogers Arena had a 2-2 building and then a 3-2 hole it never climbed out of.

The Vegas Golden Knights beat the Vancouver Canucks 3-2. Vegas is 2-1-0. Vancouver is 2-2-0. The Associated Press recap said Vegas has won eight straight against Vancouver dating to Dec. 19, 2024. Neither Gatcomb nor Lekkerimaki is seeded on AthX player pages, so those names stay unlinked. The goals still count.

Adin Hill stopped 18 of 20. The AP recap said he slid well out of his crease in the third to deny Liam Ohgren on a shorthanded breakaway. Kevin Lankinen stopped 25 of 28. Vancouver put 20 shots on Hill after 17 goals in its first three games, the recap said. Attendance was 17,227.

Cotter first, then a four-goal second

Paul Cotter tipped a power-play goal at 18:52 of the first from Filip Hronek and Elias Pettersson. 1-0. The AP recap said Cotter extended a season-opening point streak to four games (four goals, two assists). Tomas Hertl had taken a hooking minor at 18:17.

Mitch Marner snapped his first of the season at 9:01 of the second from Brayden McNabb. 1-1. Victor Olofsson scored on the power play at 14:30. The AP recap had Lankinen stopping Jack Eichel, Mark Stone collecting the rebound at the goal line, and Olofsson finishing high. 2-1. Tom Willander had tripped Ivan Barbashev at 14:00.

Lekkerimaki snapped the tying goal at 17:54 from Linus Karlsson and Luke Schenn. 2-2. Gatcomb answered at 18:28 from Braeden Bowman and Nic Dowd. 3-2. The third period had no goals. Vancouver pulled Lankinen late. The extra attacker did not tie it.

Five Vegas power plays, 20 Vancouver shots

The AP recap said Vegas found success with a five-forward unit on the power play and went 1-for-5 with the extra man. Vancouver took six minors. Hill's 18 saves include that Ohgren breakaway. Lankinen's night was a bounceback from Thursday, when the recap said he allowed eight goals on 20 shots in a 9-7 loss to Edmonton.

Pettersson the center finished with an assist, three shots, and three blocks in 20:29. Eichel had an assist, two shots, and two PIM in 19:52. Cotter's power-play goal, two shots, and a block are 6.20. Marner is 5.80. Gatcomb's goal and one shot are 4.60.

Vancouver starts a six-game trip Thursday at Carolina, the AP recap said. Vegas visits Seattle on Tuesday.

AthX Engine on a 3-2 that stayed 3-2

AthX Engine (our projection and scoring system) scored Hill at 7.80 (win, 18 saves, two goals against). Olofsson is 6.90. Cotter is 6.20. Marner is 5.80. Pettersson is 5.80. Lankinen is 6.40. Lekkerimaki's goal and one shot are 4.60, unlinked. Gatcomb is 4.60, unlinked.

Vegas's team line is 16.60. Vancouver's regulation loss is 1.40.

Fantasy points measure the box. Price is what traders will pay for Marner's first goal of the year, and for a Canucks club that scored 17 times in three games and then managed 20 shots. They are not the same number.

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*Sources: AP recap (ESPN), ESPN box score, NHL.com scoreboard, NHL gamecenter boxscore 2026020039. AthX Engine fantasy points scored from that verified box. Information only; not financial advice.*