Vegas took it 3-2 in Vancouver on the strength of a four-goal second period between the teams that broke their way. The Golden Knights scored three times in the middle frame and then closed the game out with a scoreless third.
Paul Cotter put Vancouver ahead at 19 minutes off a feed from Elias Pettersson, and it stayed 1-0 after 20. Mitchell Marner tied it at 30, Victor Olofsson made it 2-1 at 35 with Jack Eichel assisting, and after Jonathan Lekkerimaki answered at 38, Marc Gatcomb struck at 39 for the 3-2 lead Vegas carried into the intermission.
The turning number is the period split: 1-3 in the second after Vancouver had won the first 1-0. Gatcomb's goal, assisted by Braeden Bowman and scored a minute after the Canucks had drawn level, stood as the game-winner through a third period neither side solved.