Lehner turned aside 26 shots as the Golden Knights grabbed a 1-0 lead in the best-of-seven series.
His win won’t do anything to cool down a goaltending controversy that flared up over the weekend when Fleury’s agent tweeted a doctored photo suggesting Vegas head coach Peter DeBoer is stabbing Fleury in the back. They scored three times in the second period to put the game away. Smith scored off a rebound on the power play. Then Stone, standing in the slot, redirected a wrist shot from Nate Schmidt to make it 3-0. Tuch then chased down an arching clearing pass from Nick Cousins, racing past the Canucks’ defence to shoot low gloveside and in.Smith, Stone, and Tuch each added an assist.
In the return to play tournament, Vegas won all three round-robin seeding games and then dispatched the Blackhawks 4-1.
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