William Karlsson pulled the puck behind the Vancouver web, then sliced a fast go to Olofsson on the prime of the crease and the Swedish winger fired it in for his 14th objective of the season with three minutes and 14 seconds left on the sport clock.
Ivan Barbashev and Nicolas Roy added objectives for the Golden Knights (47-22-8), and Adin Hill stopped 19 of the 21 pictures he confronted.
Nils Hoglander and Aatu Raty replied for the Canucks (35-29-13), who obtained 32 saves from Kevin Lankinen.
Each groups have been taking part in their second recreation of the weekend, with Vancouver coming off a 6-2 dismantling of the Anaheim Geese Saturday afternoon and Vegas a 3-2 additional time victory towards the Calgary Flames.
The loss additional dims Vancouver’s faint playoff hopes, leaving the Canucks sitting eight factors out of a post-season berth with 4 video games to go.
Canucks: Hoglander returned after lacking six video games with an undisclosed harm. The Swedish winger was fast to make an affect, opening the scoring together with his seventh objective of the season 4 minutes and 46 seconds into the primary interval. Hoglander changed rookie Jonathan Lekkerimaki within the lineup.
Golden Knights: The staff got here into Sunday’s slate of video games with the top-ranked energy play within the league (30.1 per cent) however have been held scoreless on two alternatives with the person benefit. Vegas has not scored on its final six energy performs.
Raty levelled the rating at 2-2 on the 8:03 mark of the second, gathering a rebound off Filip Hronek’s blast from contained in the blue line and sending it in over a susceptible Hill for his sixth objective of the season. Vegas challenged the tally for goaltender interference, arguing Raty made contact with Hill within the crease earlier than the shot, however the objective stood after an prolonged video overview.
Vegas outshot Vancouver 12-2 within the third interval, regardless of the Canucks pulling Lankinen with 85 seconds left within the remaining body.
Canucks: Go to the Dallas Stars on Tuesday.
Golden Knights: Go to the Colorado Avalanche on Tuesday.
