VANCOUVER, British Columbia — Jack Eichel had a aim and two assists in his five hundredth regular-season NHL sport and the Vegas Golden Knights beat the Vancouver Canucks 4-1 on Thursday night time.

Ivan Barbashev, William Karlsson and Brett Howden additionally scored to assist the defending Stanley Cup champion Golden Knights enhance to 15-5-3.

Adin Hill stopped all 16 photographs he confronted earlier than leaving due to precautionary measures for a lower-body harm. Logan Thompson took over within the third interval, stopping 5 of six photographs.

Andrei Kuzmenko scored for Vancouver, and Thatcher Demko made 40 saves. The Canucks fell to 15-8-1.

Barbashev opened the scoring, slotting a shot between Demko’s legs at 4:46 of the primary interval. Eichel made it 2-0 with 3:42 left within the first. Nicolas Hague drove to the online, handed it to Barbashev, who then slid it throughout the slot to Eichel for his ninth of the season.

Karlsson sniped it previous Demko halfway by way of the second to make it a 3-0 sport. Howden tipped in Alex Pietrangelo’s level shot 16 seconds into the third interval.

PHOTOS: Jack Eichel has a aim and a pair of assists in his five hundredth NHL sport, Golden Knights beat Canucks 4-1

Kuzmenko scored at 4:01 of the third.

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Golden Knights: Host Washington on Saturday night time.

Canucks: At Calgary on Saturday night time.

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