{"id":546865,"date":"2026-04-08T06:00:32","date_gmt":"2026-04-08T06:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/546865\/"},"modified":"2026-04-08T06:00:32","modified_gmt":"2026-04-08T06:00:32","slug":"golden-knights-roll-past-canucks-2-1-for-fourth-straight-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/546865\/","title":{"rendered":"Golden Knights Roll Past Canucks 2-1 For Fourth Straight Win"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Vegas Golden Knights <\/a>extended their surge with a 2\u20131 win over the Vancouver Canucks on Tuesday night, marking their fourth straight win. They also remain undefeated under new head coach John Tortorella.<\/a><\/p>\n

Even this late in the season, the so-called \u201ccoaching bump\u201d is proving very real in Las Vegas. Since Tortorella took over behind the bench, the Golden Knights have looked noticeably better and clearly, it\u2019s paying off. <\/p>\n

However, the start wasn\u2019t perfect tonight. The Golden Knights controlled play early and heavily outshot Vancouver in the first period, but it was the Canucks who struck first. <\/p>\n

Midway through the second period, Max Sasson sold pass before snapping a shot past goaltender Carter Hart to give Vancouver a 1\u20130 lead. It\u2019s a goal Hart will likely want back especially with the playoffs approaching and his role, looking like the No. 1 goalie on the team moving forward. <\/p>\n

Shortly after Sasson\u2019s goal, Brayden McNabb buried his fifth of the season to tie the game. While Tom\u00e1\u0161 Hertl didn\u2019t register a point on the play, his net-front presence was big, providing a perfect screen that made life difficult for Vancouver goaltender Nikita Tolopilo to see. <\/p>\n

The second period wound down quietly, and the third followed a similar script. But midway through the final frame, Cole Smith delivered the breakthrough. His go-ahead goal gave Vegas a 2\u20131 lead, and it ultimately stood as the game-winner.<\/p>\n

The Golden Knights clamped down defensively, allowing just 10 total shots on goal,<\/a> which is the fewest they\u2019ve ever allowed in franchise history, surpassing the previous mark of 14. <\/p>\n

Vegas now continues its four-game road trip with a stop in Seattle against the Kraken before finishing in Colorado. The question now: can they make it five straight? <\/p>\n

Also of note, with this win, the Golden Knights are now tied for first place in the Pacific Division with the Edmonton Oilers, further solidifying their late-season push. Whether a fifth division title is on the way, we shall see, with just four games left in the regular season. <\/p>\n

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\t\tCooper Krigbaum is a beat reporter covering the Vegas Golden Knights for Vegas Hockey Now on Sportsnaut. He also … More about Cooper Krigbaum<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Vegas Golden Knights extended their surge with a 2\u20131 win over the Vancouver Canucks on Tuesday night,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":546866,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5128],"tags":[894,146,5,348,4,893,27,5313],"class_list":{"0":"post-546865","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-vancouver-canucks","8":"tag-canucks","9":"tag-edmonton-oilers","10":"tag-hockey","11":"tag-john-tortorella","12":"tag-nhl","13":"tag-vancouver","14":"tag-vancouver-canucks","15":"tag-vancouvercanucks"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nhl\/116367565547498230","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/546865","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=546865"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/546865\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/546866"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=546865"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=546865"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=546865"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}