{"id":534021,"date":"2026-04-01T04:04:37","date_gmt":"2026-04-01T04:04:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/534021\/"},"modified":"2026-04-01T04:04:37","modified_gmt":"2026-04-01T04:04:37","slug":"golden-knights-open-tortorella-era-with-4-2-win-over-canucks-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/534021\/","title":{"rendered":"Golden Knights open Tortorella era with 4-2 win over Canucks"},"content":{"rendered":"

LAS VEGAS (AP) \u2014 Adin Hill made 22 stops and the Vegas Golden Knights opened the John Tortorella era<\/a> with a 4-2 win over the Vancouver Canucks on Monday night.<\/p>\n

One day after the Golden Knights fired coach Bruce Cassidy<\/a>, who led the team to a Stanley Cup title in 2023, they treated Tortorella to a comeback victory.<\/p>\n

Rasmus Andersson, Shea Theodore, Reilly Smith and Cole Smith scored for Vegas.<\/p>\n

Evander Kane and Brock Boeser scored for the Canucks, while Kevin Lankinen made 29 saves.<\/p>\n

Tortorella, who coached Tampa Bay to the 2004 Stanley Cup title, met with the players earlier in the day, as general manager Kelly McCrimmon is hoping the 67-year-old veteran coach can reignite a locker room just three years removed from a championship season.<\/p>\n

The team found its spark in the second period, when Andersson tied the game midway through to overcome its first one-goal deficit, and then again when Theodore made it 2-all five minutes after Boeser\u2019s goal.<\/p>\n

Reilly Smith scored the game-winner near the end of the second, and Cole Smith\u2019s empty-netter provided the final margin.<\/p>\n

The Golden Knights brought a three-game skid into Monday and opened their final eight-game stretch with a much-needed win. Vegas, which had lost six of its past seven games, is in third place in the Pacific Division just one point behind the Edmonton Oilers.<\/p>\n

The Golden Knights remain in playoff position despite the recent play that saw them enter having lost 12 of their past 17 since the Olympic break.<\/p>\n

Tortorella has been signed for the remainder of this season and the playoffs.<\/p>\n

Up next<\/p>\n

Canucks: Visit the Colorado Avalanche on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

Golden Knights: Host the Calgary Flames on Thursday.<\/p>\n

___<\/p>\n

This story has been corrected to show that Smith scored the game-winner near the end of the second period, and Tortorella coached Tampa Bay to the 2004 Stanley Cup title.<\/p>\n

___<\/p>\n

AP NHL: https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/NHL<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"LAS VEGAS (AP) \u2014 Adin Hill made 22 stops and the Vegas Golden Knights opened the John Tortorella…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":534022,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5129],"tags":[1042,305,762,17763,690,149,5317,5,348,1596,1538,13257,4,292,1274,3327,1260,9,43,300,27,74,39,5316],"class_list":["post-534021","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-vegas-golden-knights","tag-adin-hill","tag-brock-boeser","tag-bruce-cassidy","tag-cole-smith","tag-evander-kane","tag-golden-knights","tag-goldenknights","tag-hockey","tag-john-tortorella","tag-kelly-mccrimmon","tag-kevin-lankinen","tag-nevada","tag-nhl","tag-nhl-hockey","tag-nv-state-wire","tag-rasmus-andersson","tag-reilly-smith","tag-shea-theodore","tag-sports","tag-stanley-cup-finals","tag-vancouver-canucks","tag-vegas","tag-vegas-golden-knights","tag-vegasgoldenknights"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nhl\/116327472843717811","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/534021","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=534021"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/534021\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/534022"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=534021"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=534021"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=534021"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}