Golden Knights defeat Canucks to end 5-game skid

Jack Eichel scored a goal and had an assist and Mark Stone added two assists as the Vegas Golden Knights snapped a five-game losing streak with a 5-2 victory over the Vancouver Canucks on Wednesday night in Las Vegas.

Cole Reinhardt, Ivan Barbashev, Pavel Dorofeyev and Alexander Holtz also scored goals and Akira Schmid made 21 saves for the Golden Knights, who broke a first-place tie with Edmonton, a 4-3 loser at Calgary earlier Wednesday, in the Pacific Division.

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