Vegas Golden Knights at Vancouver Canucks

Dorofeyev breaks tie in Golden Knights' 4-1 victory over Canucks in regular-season finale

Jack Eichel — back in the lineup after missing four games because of an upper-body injury — followed Dorofeyev's goal with his 28th with 9:15 left.

Victor Olofsson tied it at 1 with 1:27 left in the second, and also had an assist, Cole Schwindt scored an empty-netter for his first NHL goal, and defenseman Ben Hutton had two assists. Akira Schmid, making his fifth appearance of the season, stopped 16 shots.

Vegas won the Pacific Division and finished second in the Western Conference at 50-22-10. The Knights will face the Minnesota Wild in the first round of the playoffs.

Pius Suter scored for Vancouver. Eliminated from playoff contention last week, the Canucks finished 38-30-14.

Kevin Lankinen played the first two periods in goal for Vancouver, stopping 19 of 20 shots. Nikita Tolopilo stopped six of eight shots in the third.

Takeaways Golden Knights: Vegas sat several players, including center Tomas Hertl, goalie Adin Hill and defenseman Noah Hanifin.

Canucks: Vancouver missed the playoffs for eighth time in 10 years.

Key moment Dorofeyev took a pass from Hutton and sent a shot from the faceoff circle over Tolopilo’s glove to give Vegas the lead.

Key stat Vegas swept the four-game season series.

VGK wins series 4-0