Shea Theodore scored the tiebreaking goal with 6:08 remaining in the third period, and the Vegas Golden Knights advanced to the Western Conference Final with a 3-0 win against the Vancouver Canucks in Game 7 of the second round at Rogers Place in Edmonton on …

Shea Theodore scored the tiebreaking goal with 6:08 remaining in the third period, and the Vegas Golden Knights advanced to the Western Conference Final with a 3-0 win against the Vancouver Canucks in Game 7 of the second round at Rogers Place in Edmonton on Friday.Theodore scored with a snap shot through a screen from the point five seconds after J.T. Miller was called for hooking.
“I thought we played a great team game,” Theodore said. “I thought we controlled a lot of it. We didn’t really give up too much [and] that’s good to see going into the conference finals.”
Robin Lehner made 15 saves for his third shutout of the series for Vegas, the No. 1 seed in the West, which advanced to the conference final for the second time in three seasons.
Game 1 of that series will be against the Dallas Stars in Edmonton, the hub city for the conference finals and Stanley Cup Final, on Sunday (8 p.m. ET; NBC, SN, CBC, TVAS).
Thatcher Demko made 33 saves for the Canucks, the No. 5 seed, who were 0-for-4 on the power play.
He had made 98 consecutive saves dating back to Game 5 before Theodore’s goal five seconds into a power play.
“I thought it was way more than 98, to be honest, I thought it was a couple hundred,” Theodore said. “He’s a great goalie. I thought we had a lot of quality chances. … It was good to see that one go in.”
Lehner’s best save was against Brock Boeser on a 2-on-1 at 10:42 of the second period, when he slid across his crease and robbed the Canucks forward with his glove to keep it 0-0.
Lehner has won five of his 12 games against the Canucks (regular season and Stanley Cup Playoffs), all five by shutout.
Vancouver had a five-minute power play spanning the second and third period after Ryan Reaves was given a match penalty for a check to the head of Tyler Motte at 16:30 of the second, but the Canucks could only generate one shot on goal.
Alex Tuch (17:54) and Paul Stastny (19:54) each scored into an empty net for the 3-0 final.
Demko made 42 saves in his first NHL postseason start in Game 5 and had a 48-save shutout in Game 6.
Canucks goalie Jacob Markstrom was unfit to play for the third straight game. As part of the NHL Return to Play Plan, a team is not permitted to disclose player injury or illness information.